Practical privacy steps
Review smart-TV viewing and advertising controls
Find Roku ACR and personalized-ad settings, review Samsung viewing consent and keep the limits of each control in view.
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Roku: review viewing recognition
- On a supported Roku TV, press Home on the Roku remote. Open Settings > Privacy > Smart TV Experience, then deselect Automatic Content Recognition (ACR). The U.S. support article describes pressing OK to change the checkbox. Roku: ACR controls
- In the same Smart TV Experience area, review Content Viewing Disclosure separately. Roku's policy says to deselect it to withdraw consent to that disclosure. Roku: privacy policy
Roku: review personalized ads separately
- In the Privacy section of Settings, review Personalized Ads for the signed-in Roku account. Turn it off if that is your preference. Roku says contextual ads can remain, and third-party apps may have separate controls. Roku: privacy policy
Samsung: review the viewing-service notice
- Open the TV's Settings and review Viewing Information Services and its privacy notice. Samsung describes ACR as optional and says consent can be changed there. Use the model's current instructions when the menu differs. Samsung: ACR disclosure
Stopping future collection is different from deleting old data
Roku's ACR support page says it retains information collected while ACR was enabled after the setting is disabled. Do not interpret the checkbox as a deletion confirmation. Roku: ACR controls
For access or deletion, use the request link in Roku's policy. The policy describes applicable-law limits on honoring requests. A request and a confirmed deletion outcome are separate things. Roku: privacy policy
Questions and answers
Will turning off personalized ads remove ads?
Roku says ads can remain after personalization is disabled. Roku: privacy policy
Does disabling ACR erase earlier viewing data?
Roku's support page says previously collected information is retained. Roku: ACR controls
Sources and scope
Documentation checked 10-23-2026: Roku U.S. support updated 06-23-2026, Roku policy updated 07-01-2026 and Samsung ACR support. Menu availability depends on the device and software. No physical-TV test was performed.
- Roku Support: Using More Ways to Watch on your Roku TV. Checked 10-23-2026.
- Roku Privacy Policy, updated 07-01-2026. Checked 10-23-2026.
- Samsung Smart TV Automatic Content Recognition feature. Checked 10-23-2026.



