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Like to play alone? Ubisoft is still watching you!

Online & Mobile tracking Today, noyb filed a complaint against the French video game developer and publisher Ubisoft (known for Assassins Creed, Far Cry, Prince of Persia).

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Apr 24, 2025 Source noyb.eu

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Online & Mobile tracking Today, noyb filed a complaint against the French video game developer and publisher Ubisoft (known for Assassins Creed, Far Cry, Prince of Persia). The company forces its customers to connect to the internet every time they launch a single player game. This is the case even if the game doesn’t have any online features. This allows Ubisoft to collect people’s gaming behaviour. Among other things, the company collects data about when you start a game, for how long you play it and when you close it. Even after the complainant explicitly asked why he is forced to be online, Ubisoft failed to disclose why this is going on. Under Article 6(1) GDPR, there seems to be no valid legal basis to randomly collect such user data. Complaint against Ubisoft (EN)Complaint against Ubisoft (FR)Complaint against Ubisoft (DE)Offline games – with obligation to be online. Most of the video games offered by French developer and publisher Ubisoft are designed around a single player exp

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