Skip to main contentSling TV: check opt-outs on every device your customers use
You can check the opt-out inside the app that a customer uses. Sling TV’s 2025 case shows why a website form is not enough.
Case record
| Fact | Record |
|---|---|
| Authority | California Department of Justice (DOJ) |
| Defendants | Sling TV L.L.C. and Dish Media Sales L.L.C. |
| Jurisdiction and law | California, US · California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and Unfair Competition Law |
| Action | Settlement and stipulated judgment |
| Announced | 30 October 2025 |
| Amount | USD 530,000 in civil penalties |
| Source review | 16 October 2026 |
The announcement described a proposed settlement. The DOJ also publishes the judgment, which records agreed terms without a trial or an admission of liability. Judgment, page 2
What happened
The DOJ alleged that Sling TV made opt-outs hard to find and complete. It also alleged gaps in privacy protections for children. DOJ announcement
The settlement sets USD 530,000 in civil penalties. Its terms cover in-app opt-outs, simpler forms for logged-in customers, and children’s profiles that limit data use. Judgment, paragraphs 22–42
Technical behaviour
The DOJ said that cookie choices did not complete the CCPA opt-out. Logged-in customers still faced a form for information that Sling TV already held. Some apps on living-room devices lacked an opt-out method. DOJ announcement
Inth’s technical interpretation: a cookie choice and a statutory opt-out can control different data flows. Tests need to cover each app, device, and account state.
Checks for your own systems
In the repository
- List the website, mobile apps, and connected-TV apps.
- Map each opt-out control to the data uses it stops.
- Find forms that ask logged-in customers for known information.
- Check the default choices for children’s profiles.
In the browser and network
- Complete an opt-out inside each test app.
- Compare the result with the website choice.
- Check data transfers after the choice and a return visit.
- Use invented profiles to test the controls for children.
With the people responsible for data use
- Agree who owns each app’s privacy controls.
- Check the notices for parents and the rules for age-related data use.
- Record evidence for the complete opt-out process.
Sources and limits
Source review: 16 October 2026. This page covers the cited settlement and judgment. It does not audit Sling TV’s current apps or establish payment or every later legal action.
Inth wrote these technical checks. They cannot decide which laws apply or prove compliance with a law or contract. Browser captures cannot show all server operations.