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I hope this isn't true, because I like Valve... IANAL, but I can only imagine this is quite illegal in the EU. No terms or conditions could possibly waive you
by adwf 13y ago
I hope this isn't true, because I like Valve... IANAL, but I can only imagine this is quite illegal in the EU. No terms or conditions could possibly waive your rights to this extent.
Maybe that's just my optimism speaking though. Every good company turns bad at some point.
- pjc50 13y agoCould you explain why you think this is illegal?
- qwerta 13y agoI am not expert, but in most cases you need permission from data protection agency. I think it is pretty similar to LG TV uploading list of files on local disks.
- adwf 13y agoYeah, for my company I have to comply with some serious regulations over what I can do with customer data, what I can collect, etc... I can't imagine that ripping a customers entire web history is anywhere near compliant. When I think about how much work I do on home machines with Steam installed, I can't even begin to imagine how much of a security breach this could be at larger companies.
- pjc50 13y agoIf they're sending hashes of the data rather than the data itself, they could quite easily argue that it's not "personally identifiable information" (remember that data protection only covers certain things).
- FreeFull 13y agoOn the other hand, if they want to know if you have visited a certain site, they can just hash the domain name and compare it to the hashes that were sent over, so the privacy is just illusory.
- pbhjpbhj 13y agoIt's unauthorised access to the computer. As I understand that's unlawful in USA and UK at least.
- Zikes 13y agoLikely runs afoul of CFAA in the US, but only because of how vague the law is.
- pjc50 13y agoThe authorization will have been when you agreed to the EULA. Or at least that's how the argument will proceed in court.
- pbhjpbhj 13y agoIf it's in the EULA? I didn't check, though it crossed my mind, fixing a tap [faucet] instead. http://pastebin.com/PTG57bXb http://pastebin.com/PTG57bXb is the .deb and the online "Steam Agreement" - section 2A of the later is probably most relevant from a brief look through (unless they've hidden things under non-relevant headings). That requires you to give them rights to run "the software". There are parts about their rights to your UGC, but that doesn't seem pertinent really. Nothing seems to be a warranty from you as user to Valve giving them rights to snoop around your system and upload data they find.