we collect the information that you provide by entering it into certain Service features. For example, when you want to post in a forum, you provide us the content for the post (which could contain PI which we collect and then display for you on the forum). Likewise, when you use other features such as voice or text messaging, blogs, surveys, user-generated content, activity streams, or social media, we may first collect the information you enter into the feature.
We may also automatically or passively collect information about your use of our Services, see the sub-sections below for a list of categories by sources of such information.
Each time you use a PlayStation console or a PlayStation app on a PlayStation console or other devices (such as a mobile phone or PC), we may automatically collect information about your use of that device and app. If you sign into an Account, we may combine it with other information we have for that Account.
The information that we collect from devices may include: Device identifiers such as your PlayStation console ID, mobile device IDs, cookie IDs, or serial numbers, Network identifiers such as your IP address and MAC address
We may receive information, including the following, from third party sources and combine it with information we already directly collect from you. We will handle the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Game, social media, or other information, from those third parties or services you link your Account with
Marketing and Advertising: We may target and personalize our marketing communications, purchase recommendations and advertisements that we display on our and third-party websites and services based on the information we have collected about you.
The list just goes on here, but to boil it down: Sony wants dat sweet sweet data.
You’re intentionally misrepresenting the situation. They’re collecting a myriad of data, likely literally anything they can legally get away with, selling it to advertisers, and using it to serve you ads.
Not buy products from Sony?
They can collect that ive hacked my vita and I’ve never paid for any games loaded onto my microSD card lawl
I’m never buying helldivers now after all this tho
So does literally every website you visit and every game service you use. Anyone who’s ever had a PlayStation has a PSN account, and I’ve never been served an ad directly from PlayStation. So I don’t understand what you think is happening…
Which is precisely why I don’t make accounts on them.
What if I told you there were PC gamers who’ve never had a PlayStation?
You likely won’t have, but it’s very possible you were served ads based on data they gathered about you and sold to databrokers.
I know exactly what is happening. Sony is exploiting their own customers for additional profits.
So You’re saying I might get an ad for a game that Sony thinks I might want to play. Oh no
You argue like a child.
He probably is one. Only children are defending this.
No, that is very clearly not what I said.
That child doesn’t care about privacy and it hurts all of us
I had a PlayStation and a PlayStation 2 and never signed up for shit.