Netflix has unveiled plans to clamp down on password sharing between outside of account holders' households.

The streaming giant is currently trialling the new guidelines in Chile, Peru and Costa Rica but accidently posted the guidelines on FAQ pages on pages for services across the world, including the UK and the US earlier this week. The pages have since been deleted with the company saying they had been posted in error.

Netflix said in a statement: "For a brief time yesterday, a help center article containing information that is only applicable to Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru went live in other countries. We have since updated it."

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Under the new plans, devices outside the household of the primary user may have to provide additional verification if they attempt to log in to a Netflix account for an extended period of time. In the countries where it is currently being trialled, subscribers must log into the Netflix app from their home WiFi and watch something at least once every 31 days or risk being locked out of their account.

Netflix is also trialling "paid sharing" in the three countries. In Costa Rica, this additional charge costs $2.99 (€2.73) per month. In a statement, Netflix said: "As we roll out paid sharing, members in many countries will also have the option to pay extra if they want to share Netflix with people they don’t live with."

The streamer currently has 230 million subscribers worldwide but claims more than 100 million subscribers are sharing accounts. It said account sharing "undermines our long-term ability to invest in and improve Netflix".

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