Question - I Heard this Game has a lot of Data Collection

[m0n3y]

I want to buy this game, but another guy down in the comments said it requires an agreement to collect my pc specs & even internet activity. I'm not sure how much data is required in the "limited option", but it's a bit odd. What do you guys think? is it worth?

[SniperGirl]

You already agree to share your data with a 3rd party when you log into the internet and then again when you log into Steam. So you are already sharing with a lot of companies.

Do any search on the internet for a product and see if ads don't start popping up everywhere about that product. I even got ads for a product when I used my phone to scan the barcode for a prices.

[Thradar]

It's not really "odd", nearly every game logs your system information so they can use it for development and crash reporting. This game at least tells you and give you and option to opt out of sharing "full data" (it's under the Extras area in the main menu). Yes, great game, great story, beautiful world to explore.

[charly4711]

There is a lot of variation in the meaning of "your data" ... and as a user you may wish to decide to share some data and not some other data.

(I would even go as far as to say it is illegal under the EU GDPR to stonewall a service behind a mandatory collection and processing of personal data which is _not_ in any way essential to the delivery of the service. This is not informed consent, this is not giving the customer a choice, and just refusing to offer the service without the data collection is illegal when the data collection is not an essential requirement for the service itself. And it's not, as you can see when you play offline. A case could probably be made for online multiplayer if it was a thing in HZD.)

That being said, I personally think the "Limited" option is kinda ok, though you have to have some degree of trust in Sony that they e. g. only collect _some_ configuration data that's relevant to them and not _all_ configuration data on your computer which would still be in accordance with the terms they specify. So, abuse is feasible. You can read the details in the data collection section off the Extras menu.

And if you really want to, you can still block outgoing connections as described here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2756447185

[EolSunder]

exactly just getting on the internet is filled with dozens of cookies on sites, information gathered on gaming sites or any site you visit. Having limited data on the game gathered means nothing don't worry about it. Believe me like the other people said, there are so many sites gathering your data without you even knowing about it, don't worry about a video game.