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If that's the case then it would be simpler to just put that as the reason accounts can be closed. It would shift the blame to some government and at least give
by daemin 3y ago
If that's the case then it would be simpler to just put that as the reason accounts can be closed. It would shift the blame to some government and at least give an air of transparency to the whole thing.
- Anthony-G 3y agoI’m in Europe so I’m more familiar with GDPR than privacy regulations for other jurisdictions but it would be a gross abuse/misinterpretation of GDPR to use it as an excuse for closing down accounts of customers who have already paid for their games. GDPR does require data controllers to remove data subjects from their database but only if there is no legitimate reason to keep their account information.
- ivan_gammel 3y agoActive account is a legitimate reason. Inactive account and no explicit consent to keep the data -> no evidence that customer still wants to keep the data -> no legitimate reason -> better be deleted. As a child you may leave your toy in playground, return back in 1 hour and it may still be there. If you come back in 10 years it would be an unjustified expectation to find it there. As an adult you buy a property, abandon it and in 30-40 years it is no longer yours. Why in the digital world it should not be the same?
- eviks 3y agoThe answer is pretty obvious - because the digital world is fundamentally different, and you toy doesn't occupy any playground space, and also it's not publicly accessible, and you haven't paid for your toy to stay they, etc
- Bluecobra 3y agoExcept I never abandoned my copy of Far Cry 4. A better analogy would be a book on a shelf. I may not complete a book I bought 10 years ago but I may revisit it anytime.