Ubisoft Probing Data Privacy Concerns

Whoa, so here we go with a little tale about Ubisoft—yes, that big French company doing the whole gaming thing. So, they’ve got some drama (don’t they always?), ‘cause a data privacy group threw some accusations their way.

Picture this: Ubisoft’s spokesperson chatting with the folks at Eurogamer. They’re all like, “Hey, we’re totally onto this. Promise!” Their focus is super clear—keeping your data safe. Or so they say. They rattled on about how needing the internet for single-player games? Meh, it’s just to make sure you didn’t, y’know, pirate it.

“We know what’s up,” is basically what they tossed out there. Like, they’re all about protecting players’ info on their websites and games. “Oh,” and get this: if the game’s got offline modes, you only need the net to start up. Makes sense? Yeah, sure…

Anyway—wait, what was I even saying? Oh yeah, player control! They yammered on about this fancy Privacy Center thing, where you get to be the boss of your data. Transparency and all that jazz. Tools that are supposed to make our lives easier or something. Sounds dreamy.

So, there’s this group, NOYB (snazzy name, right?), who threw in a complaint earlier this month. They’re not happy with Ubisoft—crying out GDPR violation, which sounds all legal and serious. Something about player data from Far Cry Primal in 2016 being sent off to random places.

Not sure why this stuck with me—but it did. Maybe it was the drama. Or just my love for chaos. Who knows…