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An update to TiVo's privacy policy sent out this week has left hints about the digital video recorder company's plans for future relationships with outside content providers.

In the update, which the company sent to its customers via e-mail, the company wrote, "The updates (to the privacy policy) pertain primarily to the addition of new functionality that will enable TiVo subscribers to download content to their series 2 DVR."

And while the company said it is not announcing, or even preparing to announce, any new partnerships, there's no question it is likely getting ready for working relationships with any number of content providers, as well as the more open-ended flood of content that will come with Internet access on TiVo boxes.

At the very least, said Matt Zinn, TiVo vice president, general counsel and chief privacy officer, the company felt obligated to update its privacy policy to reflect changes in the way it handles personal information, given that Internet content will be mixed into what customers can get through TiVo's service.

"We have over the last years talked about this vision of being able to access content over the broadband connection," Zinn said. "All of Series 2 DVRs have a USB port, and if you have a network adapter, your home network will recognize your TiVo DVR as a device (connected to the Internet)."
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