Here's the Privacy Policy.

[Shibubs]

For anyone concerned about whether or not people are lying about them taking data....
Have a look for yourself. I'm neither confirming nor denying whats going on because some MMORPGs tend to do this as well but....

Tell me your thoughts?
https://protocol.unisdk.easebar.com/release/latest_v475.html

Source taken from the Google App page of their Privacy Policy concerning NetEase.
If you're suspicious of links generally speaking and for a PSA, use VirusTotal.

[Whippin Yams]

This doesn't matter. At least they're openly disclosing it and not burying it somewhere. Also, this seems like the first ToS many of you have read. Go read your favorite online games ToS. Even a lot of your offline games purchased through game aggregators and platforms. You're on the internet, a lot of you have gone to the DMV. You have apps downloaded on your mobile devices. You're using cell towers, random wifi connnections on trips, open forums, instant messaging. The list goes on and on. All of your data is out there. There was just a data leak of nearly 10 billion accounts and passwords. It's fine, you're fine. Fraud protection exists.

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[ThePervertSenpai]

All this is great, but I was not asked to give passwords and agree? Sooo Keep Yourself Safe okay?

[Synka]

I reas the reviews and was like "do they want consent to be turned into human centipede or what?"

Read the ToS, those are just normal? Anyone who uses literally any social media has agreed to Terms of Service like these??

Why are people mad about some random ass game while they share their entire lives with the zucc on fakebook/insta?

[Synka]

Publicado originalmente por ThePervertSenpai:

All this is great, but I was not asked to give passwords and agree? Sooo Keep Yourself Safe okay?

If you registered for any service you gave your password. Accounts without password would be stupid....

[5ive9ine4our]

when something is free online, you are whats being sold

[Synka]

Tbf, this here is a bit inconvenient and dumb:
If you would prefer that we discontinue sharing your Personal Information on a going-forward basis with our affiliates for their direct marketing purposes, you may opt out of this sharing by contacting us at [e-mail].
They couldve just made it an ingame option...

[Taco]

Publicado originalmente por Synka:

I reas the reviews and was like "do they want consent to be turned into human centipede or what?"

Read the ToS, those are just normal? Anyone who uses literally any social media has agreed to Terms of Service like these??

Why are people mad about some random ass game while they share their entire lives with the zucc on fakebook/insta?

Minimized risk when getting involved with companies that are required to collect and report user data when asked. CCP-NetEase-Starry-Once Human. the security risks are dependent on how bound Starry is the the release of data that NetEase is required to abide by the CCP.
So, if your data was unknowingly zucced already, why increase the risk/headache by giving it freely and knowingly?

Edited to remove ad hoc argument I tried to make before thinking, my bad.

[saber fan]

yep, it sounds like they want you to let them data mine you to play their game. which is a no thanks for me. i stopped the DL of the game when i read this post. its bad enough they make people pay them this much for data that you don't even technically own, specially online games.

it's one thing if they know your steam name but different for your personal info
even your payment info since most of the time it's handled by third party and they don't even know it.

[PETERHUN]

"as required by applicable laws for age verification and correction of personal information."

complain to the US government about why they are spying on you.

[Taco]

Publicado originalmente por PETERHUN:

"as required by applicable laws for age verification and correction of personal information."

complain to the US government about why they are spying on you.

Been trying to figure that out for decades...

[Morotheri]

I have yet to see the game prompt me to provide a photo ID, or my passport. In fact, I have yet to give them any information that isn't just attained through Steam. No external launcher where I have to made a specific account (Ubisoft, EA, any MMO in existence)—nothing. What's the issue?

[*Rhpositivo*]

the fault is of the governments that allow this

[Dummy6pack]

If you are so scared about your personal information, then don't worry i have a solution just for you. Just plug out your lan cable or turn off your network entirely. And no worries, this solution was free of charge ;)

[Wazii]

Publicado originalmente por Panzer:

By uninstalling the game does that revoke consent to any/all agreements made in their EULA or is it more of like a once you consent now there is some ♥♥♥♥ in your computer that's going to keep scanning and relaying all that information until you contact them and revoke consent or do a fresh OS install?

Something else i was a little perturbed by in their EULA/EEA whatever they call it, was that it seems to link to so many different apps that have absolutely nothing to do with the game.

Xbox app
Epic Games app
Discord app
(Instant) Messaging app (I know what IM is but i haven't heard of that since like AOL, what do they mean by as they word it (Instant) Messaging app?)
I believe even mf Skype of all things was on there too


What do any of those apps have to do with their game? And what information are they collecting from those apps?

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Short answer no... You usually have to contact them and cite GDPR like if you're from europe to have them 'revoke it and delete whatever they have. But uninstalling usually prevents them from collecting more data.
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Depends on the company.
hardware info like MAC address, OS version and other info can be farmed from the computer directly to make a finger print of your computer then by scanning the cookies in your browser and looking for one from a partner company they can link your computer fingerprint to your browser fingerprint. At that point once they've done the scan and linked both it's to late to undo it. (it's a good idea to set your browser to auto clear cache and cookies when closing browser if you care about your privacy to prevent these kind of attacks).

Some of it is likely difficult to harvest if you don't login to their website or game on mobile. Cellphones using one of the two major OS apple or android is notorious for allowing apps to collect info they really shouldn't. So you should be relatively safe from those.

Like others have said, ID/passport is for countries who force companies to collect those like the UK where people can get visits from the cops for saying mean things online. You're more or less safe from that unless you somehow sent it to them.

If you uninstall the game, it should also remove whatever anti cheat and potential spyware that comes with it. I haven't installed the game so I'm not sure if it like one of those extra scummy companies that leaves it behind.

Discord is basically a website run into a container. It's possible that they use the same cache/cookie sniffing technique to try to get information from you. But for most of the social media stuff it's likely sniffing at the cookies and working with its third parties to build a better picture of who you are so they can sell the hole picture for more money.

At the end of the day, it's hard to say what info they're collecting and how, if they use their own anti-cheat then it likely as kernel access and may be taking snapshots of your desktop as you play the game. (common practices for anti cheat these days to try to catch cheaters). But that high level of access also means the anti cheat can do pretty much whatever it wants under the hood and your system is unlikely to catch it unless you're running something on a similar level that's looking for it. This is the entire reason why anti cheat usually run at the kernel level because cheaters let the hacks they buy (They trust the hacker's tool not to do anything bad to their computer) and let it run in admin mode so it can access the kernel level to evade less intrusive anti cheat methods.

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TL DR
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Unless they're extra shady and leave stuff behind, uninstalling usually stops them from collecting more info. But they've likely already scanned your cookies/cache from your browser in a attempt to link your computer finger print to any fingerprint they or their partners have managed to build on you via your browser and anything they've already collected is in their hands.

You can usually e-mail them at a specific e-mail requesting to have the information deleted citing GDPR and they'll usually comply. (they may not know if you're just visiting your current country or using a VPN. So it usually not worth the risk to assume that someone is from the IP they connect too.) But who knows if their partners that they sent the info to will do the same.



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You can ignore everything bellow this line. You just sound like your new to protecting your privacy online so I wrote a few good first steps.
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I suggest using a browser like librewolf (modified firefox so no chromium/google is involved) or brave (Cromium based but modified towards being more private.) and setting them to delete cache/cookies automatically if they're not set to do so by default when closing your browser as a first step to attempting to improve your privacy. You can also use websites like https://amiunique.org/fingerprint to see what info a website can collect with your current browser and configuration. Some privacy focused browsers will obfuscate the data by semi-randomizing the user agent and other parts of the browser so getting a 'unique' fingerprint isn't necessarily a bad thing if you see that the website says your running on android 3.x.x.x.x while your really on windows. The goal of obfuscation with random data is to make every browsing session unique so they can't link multiple sessions together if you clear your cache and cookies. (Well if you login to a website that website will obviously be able to link the session to the one you were on previously.)
A VPN requires you to trust that the VPN won't collect any info on you in the first place. So it's a double edge sword. If they don't. Then they enable you to change your IP on a whim allowing you to 'teleport' around the world and help make it harder to fingerprint you. Heck just swapping from server to server in the same region usually results in a different IP without moving areas.
Logging into your modem (look at guides) you can release then renew the WAN IP to get a new external IP that websites/games sees. So you can do this regularly if you don't have a VPN to make it harder for them to track you by IP address.
To reduce the risk of a VPN linking you to w/e you're doing you can use some that allows you to buy a 'gift card' and make a account with no name/address or w/e like mullvad.

[OzoneKiller]

It's a Netease game basically CCP spyware simulator.