EA's 'Invasion of Privacy' Policy

EA's 'Invasion of Privacy' Policy 98

Posted by Zonk on Sunday August 20, 2006 @07:14AM from the quite-a-sack dept.

Justus writes "Gamers with Jobs has posted an article covering EA's privacy policy for Xbox Live users. In a nutshell, by using an EA game over Xbox Live, you are automatically creating an 'EA Online' account and granting Electronic Arts the ability to collect your name, address, and credit card information, as well as a variety of demographic information about how you use their products. Not only that, they explicitly say that they may tie these demographics to your personal information — no anonymous aggregation here! When Gamers with Jobs asked EA and Microsoft about these issues, they were met with stony silence, a fact they attribute to the pending release of the new Madden game next week. Without an official comment from the companies involved, it certainly looks like EA has the most invasive privacy policy they could come up with."

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EA's policies now public... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday August 20, 2006 @07:35AM (#15943629)

Glad to see they now treat their consumers like they treat their employees.

Re:EA's policies now public... (Score:5, Funny)

by LiquidCoooled ( 634315 ) writes: on Sunday August 20, 2006 @08:25AM (#15943724) Homepage Journal

Quit

Are you sure you want to quit?

Yes

I am sorry, you have not yet completed 18 hour units of playtime, you must continue playing for another 16 hours to enable the Quit command.

Re:What's the problem? (Score:5, Funny)

by NoMaster ( 142776 ) writes: on Sunday August 20, 2006 @09:38AM (#15943850) Homepage Journal

You wouldn't buy a product that says "Insecure!" on the box, would you?

Not unless the box contained a 16 year old nymphomaniac with a thing for middle-aged men...

Re:It's stories like this one... (Score:4, Funny)

by alshithead ( 981606 ) * writes: on Sunday August 20, 2006 @09:46AM (#15943878)

What are you fucking talking about! He's rational and calm as can be for someone who's life is about to be threatened by having his privacy and rights raped right off a fucking cliff. It's the end of civilization! The sky is falling, the sky is falling the sky is...oh wait...

Deep breath...valium...exhale...

Yeah, vote with your wallet but don't act like it's the end of the world. :)

Re:It's stories like this one... (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday August 20, 2006 @12:20PM (#15944284)

I could shoot you in the face with a gun, for example, removing your inalienable right to life.

You think you can take ALL of us Mr. Vice President?

here's the problem (Score:3, Funny)

by benicillin ( 990784 ) writes: on Monday August 21, 2006 @12:22AM (#15946535)

madden players != slashdot readers

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