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| f | 1 | # **Privacy Policy** | f | 1 | # **Privacy Policy** |
| 2 | 2 | ||||
| n | 3 | # About Us and this Policy | n | 3 | ## Full Privacy Policy |
| 4 | 4 | ||||
| n | 5 | This Privacy Policy explains when we collect information about you, including Pe | n | 5 | ## Read this Privacy Policy in full About Us and this Policy |
| > | rsonal Information (“ **PI** ”), what we collect, why we collect it, how we use | ||||
| > | it, who we share it with, where it is processed, how we handle it and your choic | ||||
| > | es and legal rights associated with this information. Your use of our websites, | ||||
| > | products, services, or other online activities (“ **Services** ”) constitutes yo | ||||
| > | ur consent to these practices. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | ||||
| n | 7 | ## Scope of this Policy | n | 7 | ### The scope of this Privacy Policy |
| 8 | 8 | ||||
| n | 9 | Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, Naughty Dog LLC, Sucker Punch Productions LL | n | 9 | This Privacy Policy describes how the Sony Interactive Entertainment companies m |
| > | C, Insomniac Games Inc., Bluepoint Games Inc., Valkyrie Entertainment LLC, Haven | > | ay collect and process information defined as personal information by the law in | ||
| > | Interactive Studios ULC, Repeat Technologies Inc., Firewalk Studios, LLC, PlayS | > | your country or region (“PI” or “Personal Information”), when you interact with | ||
| > | tation Publishing LLC, and all Americas subsidiaries using the brand name PlaySt | > | PlayStation through our websites, products, services, or other online activitie | ||
| > | ation (" **SIE** ", “ **we** ,” “ **our** ,” and “ **us** ”) controls the inform | > | s ("Services"). | ||
| > | ation collected when you interact with PlayStation through our Services. | ||||
| 10 | |||||
| 11 | ## Who we are | ||||
| 12 | |||||
| 13 | The full PlayStation experience is brought to you by the Sony Interactive Entert | ||||
| > | ainment companies (“SIE ”, “we,” “our” and “us”). The specific SIE company that | ||||
| > | controls the PI collected when you interact with PlayStation through our Service | ||||
| > | s is set out below. If you have an account with PlayStation, the SIE company tha | ||||
| > | t controls the PI associated with that account will depend on the country or reg | ||||
| > | ion your account is registered with. Depending on the Services you use, the firs | ||||
| > | t and third-party studios who develop games for PlayStation may also control the | ||||
| > | PI collected. You can find a list of these studios at https://www.playstation.c | ||||
| > | om/corporate/playstation-studios/. | ||||
| 14 | |||||
| 15 | **For the Americas,** Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC. | ||||
| 16 | |||||
| 17 | **For Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand or India,** Sony I | ||||
| > | nteractive Entertainment Europe Limited and its wholly owned subsidiary Sony Int | ||||
| > | eractive Entertainment Network Europe Limited. | ||||
| 18 | |||||
| 19 | **For the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, M | ||||
| > | ainland China, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan Region,** or **Th | ||||
| > | ailand,** Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. | ||||
| 20 | |||||
| 21 | ## Personal Information That We Collect or Receive | ||||
| 22 | |||||
| 23 | ### Personal Information we collect about you | ||||
| 24 | |||||
| 25 | We collect and receive PI from and about you by different means as described bel | ||||
| > | ow. | ||||
| 26 | |||||
| 27 | ### Personal Information You Provide to Us | ||||
| 28 | |||||
| 29 | We collect the PI that you directly provide to us, such as when you enter it on | ||||
| > | our website, or include it in an email that you send to us. This includes: | ||||
| 30 | |||||
| 31 | - Registration or the creation of an account for PlayStation (“**Account**”), wh | ||||
| > | ere you provide PI such as contact information (e.g., name, email or physical ad | ||||
| > | dress, country or region, and phone number); Account administration information | ||||
| > | (e.g., username and password); billing information (e.g., payment card number an | ||||
| > | d billing address); date of birth; and profile information (e.g., profile photo | ||||
| > | and languages). | ||||
| 32 | - Technical and customer support processes, where we may ask you to provide cont | ||||
| > | act information and information about the issue you are contacting us about. We | ||||
| > | may also record calls you make to or receive from PlayStation Support. | ||||
| 33 | - Service features, where we may collect PI that you enter. For example, when yo | ||||
| > | u use features such as voice or text messaging, surveys, user-generated content, | ||||
| > | activity streams, or social media, we collect PI. When you want to post a revie | ||||
| > | w or in a blog, the content you provide for the blog post or review may contain | ||||
| > | PI which we collect and then display. | ||||
| 34 | - Other business processes, where you may provide PI such as name, email address | ||||
| > | , online ID, and PI collected as free text. For example, if you participate in m | ||||
| > | arket research surveys, beta and other user testing research, competitions, prom | ||||
| > | otions or events, or agree to receive marketing communications from us. | ||||
| 35 | |||||
| 36 | Please make sure that any PI you provide is accurate and current. If we contact | ||||
| > | you with any important information about your Account we will send it to you usi | ||||
| > | ng the contact information you have provided (including Account security and pri | ||||
| > | vacy notices). You can check and update some of the PI you have provided to us a | ||||
| > | t any time via Account Management. | ||||
| 37 | |||||
| 38 | ### Automatic Personal Information Collection | ||||
| 39 | |||||
| 40 | We automatically collect PI about your use of our Services. This includes: | ||||
| 41 | |||||
| 42 | ### Consoles and other devices | ||||
| 43 | |||||
| 44 | Each time you use a PlayStation console or access our Services on other devices | ||||
| > | (such as a mobile phone or PC), we may automatically collect PI about your use o | ||||
| > | f that device and the Services that you use and we may combine it with other PI. | ||||
| > | The PI that we collect from the devices that you use includes: | ||||
| 45 | |||||
| 46 | - Device identifiers such as your PlayStation console ID, mobile device IDs, coo | ||||
| > | kie IDs, or serial number. | ||||
| 47 | - Network identifiers such as your IP address and MAC address. | ||||
| 48 | - Account authentication tokens that avoid you having to log in to your PSN acco | ||||
| > | unt repeatedly. | ||||
| 49 | - Content and ads downloaded to your device for the online services that you acc | ||||
| > | ess. | ||||
| 50 | - Trophies, scores and rankings achieved online and offline. | ||||
| 51 | - Recordings of on-screen gameplay, in-game actions, menu navigation, and other | ||||
| > | actions taken within games. | ||||
| 52 | - Information about the device you are using, any connected peripherals (such as | ||||
| > | controllers and VR headsets), and how you have configured them. | ||||
| 53 | - Information about how you use the software installed on your device such as da | ||||
| > | te and time of use, what games or music you play, what content you browse, share | ||||
| > | or download, what services you access and for how long, including how often you | ||||
| > | use chat and other communication applications. | ||||
| 54 | - The actions you take within games, apps or websites. | ||||
| 55 | - Software errors and load time details. If you have the “Report System Software | ||||
| > | Errors Automatically” setting turned on, detailed information about the error, | ||||
| > | including screenshots and video captured before the error. | ||||
| 56 | - Information about your device’s operating system and configuration, which may | ||||
| > | include system version, active security settings, time zone and language prefere | ||||
| > | nces, how long your device has been running, hardware performance information, w | ||||
| > | hether your device is running applications that interfere with gameplay, and bas | ||||
| > | ic file information about games and associated software (such as file size and l | ||||
| > | ocation). | ||||
| 57 | |||||
| 58 | If you use your PlayStation console offline, we may collect PI from your device | ||||
| > | the next time that you connect to the internet. For example, if you have played | ||||
| > | a game or application offline, we may store PI about that session on your device | ||||
| > | and collect this PI the next time you connect to the internet, for the purposes | ||||
| > | described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide our Services. | ||||
| 59 | |||||
| 60 | Depending on your region, for games and apps released after March 2018 you may b | ||||
| > | e provided with choices that control our collection of PI. For further informati | ||||
| > | on on these options, refer to the Choices and Rights section of this Privacy Pol | ||||
| > | icy below. | ||||
| 61 | |||||
| 62 | ### Account | ||||
| 63 | |||||
| 64 | Each time you sign in to your Account and access our Services, we may automatica | ||||
| > | lly: | ||||
| 65 | |||||
| 66 | - Collect PI about your use of PlayStation and our Services. | ||||
| 67 | - Log your activity on our PlayStation servers. For example, we may receive devi | ||||
| > | ce and Account identifiers, such as your PlayStation online ID (your username) a | ||||
| > | nd account ID (the unique number associated with your Account). | ||||
| 68 | - Collect details of the content, advertisements, and other information you requ | ||||
| > | est and receive from our servers (such as PlayStation content, trophies, content | ||||
| > | generated by other users, and friends lists) and how you interact with it; mess | ||||
| > | ages you send and receive, including their content; what content and apps you ad | ||||
| > | d to your 'basket' on PlayStation Store; and transaction information such as wha | ||||
| > | t you purchase. | ||||
| 69 | |||||
| 70 | ### Games | ||||
| 71 | |||||
| 72 | Each time you play a game developed and/or published by us, another Sony Interac | ||||
| > | tive Entertainment company, or a third-party game publisher we may automatically | ||||
| > | : | ||||
| 73 | |||||
| 74 | - Collect PI about your use of that game. | ||||
| 75 | - Log your activity on our game servers. For example, we may receive device and | ||||
| > | Account identifiers, such as PlayStation Online ID, PI about how you use our gam | ||||
| > | es, and which players you play with or against. | ||||
| 76 | |||||
| 77 | ### Cookies and Similar Technologies | ||||
| 78 | |||||
| 79 | If you interact with our Services, marketing communications, or advertising (on | ||||
| > | our or third party websites and services), we may automatically log your activit | ||||
| > | y through the use of cookies (which are small text files stored on your computer | ||||
| > | ) or similar technologies such as web beacons or tracking pixels. These technolo | ||||
| > | gies allow us to recognise you and remember your visit and preferences. We use c | ||||
| > | ookies and similar technologies to provide our Services, including to monitor, s | ||||
| > | ecure and maintain our Services, detect and prevent fraud, analyze and improve o | ||||
| > | ur Services, and for advertising purposes. | ||||
| 80 | |||||
| 81 | ### Personal Information We Receive from Third Parties | ||||
| 82 | |||||
| 83 | We may receive PI from third party sources and combine it with PI we already col | ||||
| > | lect from you. We may also collect PI from third party publicly available servic | ||||
| > | es, including those that share user generated content. We will handle the PI in | ||||
| > | accordance with this Privacy Policy. PI we receive from third party sources incl | ||||
| > | udes: | ||||
| 84 | |||||
| 85 | - PI from game and social media companies with whom you link your Account, who p | ||||
| > | ower our Services, or whose services you access while signed in to your Account. | ||||
| 86 | - PI from other people, for example if someone engages with you or your content | ||||
| > | on our Services, submits a report of inappropriate behaviour or otherwise provid | ||||
| > | es PI about you. | ||||
| 87 | - PI from third parties who provide services to us, for example information from | ||||
| > | anti-fraud service providers to help us identify fraudulent behaviour, informat | ||||
| > | ion about suspected unlawful or malicious activity from law enforcement, or info | ||||
| > | rmation about your activity on third party services you engage with from those s | ||||
| > | ervices or from marketing or measurement service providers | ||||
| 88 | - Updated payment information provided by financial institutions or payment proc | ||||
| > | essors, for example when your payment card expires to help keep your payment car | ||||
| > | ds up to date on your Account. | ||||
| 89 | |||||
| 90 | ## Personal Information Use | ||||
| 91 | |||||
| 92 | ### How we use the Personal Information we Collect or Receive | ||||
| 93 | |||||
| 94 | This section explains how we use the PI we collect or receive about you. We will | ||||
| > | only use your PI where we have a lawful basis to do so. The lawful bases we rel | ||||
| > | y on depend on your account creation country, the type of relationship we have w | ||||
| > | ith you and how we interact with you. These lawful bases include the following: | ||||
| 95 | |||||
| 96 | - To fulfil our contractual relationship with you and provide our products and s | ||||
| > | ervices to you. For example, when you make a purchase on PlayStation Store we pr | ||||
| > | ocess your PI to take payment and deliver your purchase to you. | ||||
| 97 | - To fulfil our legitimate interests, or those of a third party in conducting an | ||||
| > | d managing our business and our relationship with you as described in this Priva | ||||
| > | cy Policy. For example, we rely on legitimate interest to detect and prevent fra | ||||
| > | ud, the unauthorised use of our Services, and other harmful or illegal activity, | ||||
| > | including by reviewing reports submitted by other PlayStation users, improve ou | ||||
| > | r products and services, including by performing analytics and business reportin | ||||
| > | g in relation to how you use our Services and any issues you may encounter, and | ||||
| > | share information with other Sony Group Corporation companies where necessary to | ||||
| > | support the security of our Services. | ||||
| 98 | - To meet our legal obligations under applicable law, including to comply with f | ||||
| > | inancial reporting requirements. | ||||
| 99 | - Where you have provided us consent to process your PI for a specific purpose, | ||||
| > | including to send marketing messages and personalized advertisements to you. Whe | ||||
| > | n we process your PI on the basis of consent, you can withdraw your consent at a | ||||
| > | ny time. See the Choices and Rights section of this Privacy Policy for more info | ||||
| > | rmation. | ||||
| 100 | |||||
| 101 | We may combine and process the PI we have collected about you for the purposes e | ||||
| > | xplained in this Privacy Policy. | ||||
| 102 | |||||
| 103 | ### Services | ||||
| 104 | |||||
| 105 | We use your PI to operate our Services. This includes: | ||||
| 106 | |||||
| 107 | - To provide and operate the Services: for example, we will use your PI to enabl | ||||
| > | e you to sign in to our Services, make purchases, deliver our products and Servi | ||||
| > | ces to you (including physical delivery if available in your country or region), | ||||
| > | earn trophies in-game, and interact with your friends online. | ||||
| 108 | - To personalize the Services: for example, we may use your IP address to displa | ||||
| > | y content relevant to your location, use voice or text data to deliver accessibi | ||||
| > | lity settings, or personalize recommendations or how the Services are presented | ||||
| > | to you. We may also use account and transaction information to determine eligibi | ||||
| > | lity for discounts. | ||||
| 109 | - To protect you and keep our Services secure: for example, we may verify that t | ||||
| > | he PI you have provided is accurate or request additional PI (such as identity d | ||||
| > | ocumentation or purchase information) to verify your age, identity, or that you | ||||
| > | purchased a product that you are leaving a review for, and we will process PI to | ||||
| > | detect and prevent fraudulent activity and transactions. | ||||
| 110 | - To develop, understand, improve and enhance our Services and your experience, | ||||
| > | and to develop and enhance technologies: for example, we may use PI to develop a | ||||
| > | nd optimise user interfaces, game performance, or new technologies, including de | ||||
| > | veloping and training artificial intelligence and machine learning models. | ||||
| 111 | |||||
| 112 | In addition, we may use information that does not identify you individually (suc | ||||
| > | h as de-identified or aggregated information) for business, operational, analyti | ||||
| > | cal or other purposes. | ||||
| 113 | |||||
| 114 | ### Moderation and Safety | ||||
| 115 | |||||
| 116 | While we strive to ensure the security of our Services and we maintain robust sy | ||||
| > | stems and processes, please be aware that it is not possible to continuously mon | ||||
| > | itor every aspect of our Services. Under our Terms of Service, you and our other | ||||
| > | users are required to comply with our Code of Conduct. As such, we may monitor, | ||||
| > | review and record your online activities, communications (including messages, i | ||||
| > | mages, videos and voice communications) and content throughout our Services for | ||||
| > | the purposes of assessing whether these activities, communications, and content | ||||
| > | comply with our Terms of Service, our Code of Conduct, and any other terms or ru | ||||
| > | les applicable to your use of our Services (together, "Terms”) or applicable law | ||||
| > | . We will also review reports made by you and other users for breaches of the Te | ||||
| > | rms. | ||||
| 117 | |||||
| 118 | To do so, we may use technology that automatically detects online activities, co | ||||
| > | mmunications, and content that may breach the Terms or applicable law (“Monitori | ||||
| > | ng Technology”). We may also use the PI we collect (as described in this section | ||||
| > | and elsewhere in this Privacy Policy) to improve and develop Monitoring Technol | ||||
| > | ogy. We may remove or delete any of your communications and content that breach | ||||
| > | the Terms or applicable law, take action on your account or device, and share th | ||||
| > | ese communications or content in accordance with this Privacy Policy. | ||||
| 119 | |||||
| 120 | ### Advertising and Analytics | ||||
| 121 | |||||
| 122 | Subject to your Account settings, we may target and personalize our marketing co | ||||
| > | mmunications and advertisements (including those displayed on our Services and t | ||||
| > | hird party websites and services) based on the PI we have collected about you. Y | ||||
| > | ou may notice this personalization on the PlayStation Store (whether via console | ||||
| > | , our website, or in-game), in marketing communications, or when you visit our a | ||||
| > | nd third party websites (such as social network sites) that show advertisements | ||||
| > | from us. We may also use this data to measure the performance of our websites, a | ||||
| > | dvertisements, and marketing campaigns, to understand how they can be improved a | ||||
| > | nd to pay or be paid for the placing of advertisements. You have options to cont | ||||
| > | rol our use of PI to personalize marketing and advertising in your Account setti | ||||
| > | ngs and can learn more about them in the Choices and Rights section of this Priv | ||||
| > | acy Policy. | ||||
| 123 | |||||
| 124 | ### Legal and Compliance | ||||
| 125 | |||||
| 126 | We may use the PI we collect for auditing, compliance, and legal purposes, for e | ||||
| > | xample for protecting the rights and property of Sony, its partners and customer | ||||
| > | s, or preparing assessments and reports required by applicable law. | ||||
| 127 | |||||
| 128 | ### Security | ||||
| 129 | |||||
| 130 | We may use the PI we collect and receive for security purposes in order to help | ||||
| > | protect SIE, you and others, including to: | ||||
| 131 | |||||
| 132 | - Identify fraudulent activities and transactions. | ||||
| 133 | - Prevent abuse of and investigate and/or prosecute any potential threat to or m | ||||
| > | isuse of our Services. | ||||
| 134 | - Protect your account from unauthorized access, for example by preventing acces | ||||
| > | s if an attempt is made to log-in from a new location. | ||||
| 135 | - Detect and prevent cheating, interference with online gameplay, the use of una | ||||
| > | uthorised software, and other attempts to undermine the integrity of SIE’s produ | ||||
| > | cts and services. | ||||
| 136 | |||||
| 137 | ## Personal Information Sharing and Transfers | ||||
| 138 | |||||
| 139 | ### Who we share Personal Information with | ||||
| 140 | |||||
| 141 | This section explains how we may share the PI we collect with third parties that | ||||
| > | provide services to us or provide games and apps on our Services that you use. | ||||
| > | We do not and will not accept money in exchange for sharing PI. | ||||
| 142 | |||||
| 143 | ### Service Providers & Partners | ||||
| 144 | |||||
| 145 | We share PI with service providers to SIE, who are persons or companies that pro | ||||
| > | vide services which may include handling PI for any of the purposes described in | ||||
| > | this Privacy Policy, and partners who are persons or companies that SIE works w | ||||
| > | ith in ways that may include handling PI for any of the purposes described in th | ||||
| > | is Privacy Policy. We may share PI with the following service providers and part | ||||
| > | ners: | ||||
| 146 | |||||
| 147 | - Financial organisations and payment processors in order to obtain payment, com | ||||
| > | plete your purchase, and carry out credit and anti-fraud checks. | ||||
| 148 | - Game publishers and developers, who provide some of the games you may play on | ||||
| > | PlayStation, so that they can deliver that content to you in-game and ensure you | ||||
| > | r entitlement to access that content is reflected across different gaming platfo | ||||
| > | rms. | ||||
| 149 | - Service, application or website providers, for operational purposes, or for ad | ||||
| > | ditional purposes with your permission (such as when you link your Account to a | ||||
| > | third party account). | ||||
| 150 | - Security and fraud partners, to support the security of our Services and relat | ||||
| > | ed third party services, fraud prevention, the detection and removal of harmful | ||||
| > | content and users who share harmful content, and to protect PI. | ||||
| 151 | - Advertising and promotional partners, to produce, personalize and deliver adve | ||||
| > | rtising, competitions and promotions related to services or features (including | ||||
| > | third party services). | ||||
| 152 | - Sony group companies, to provide you with content, products, or services, incl | ||||
| > | uding games, videos, music, software and software applications; for community ad | ||||
| > | ministration or development; to support various business and security processes; | ||||
| > | research and development; and so that other Sony group companies may contact yo | ||||
| > | u about products, services or other offerings that may be of interest to you. | ||||
| 153 | - usiness transfer partners, in connection with the negotiation and sale of the | ||||
| > | applicable business, a portion of the business, or certain stock and/or assets, | ||||
| > | or a corporate merger, consolidation, restructuring, or other corporate change i | ||||
| > | ncluding during any due diligence process. | ||||
| 154 | |||||
| 155 | ### Other Users | ||||
| 156 | |||||
| 157 | You are responsible for any content you share using blogs, chat, and messaging f | ||||
| > | eatures. This content will be accessible to other users who can then share that | ||||
| > | PI further. We recommend you consider carefully what you share and with whom you | ||||
| > | share your PI. | ||||
| 158 | |||||
| 159 | When you create an Account, certain PI will form part of your public profile and | ||||
| > | we will make it accessible to all Accounts on PlayStation, on the internet via | ||||
| > | playstation.com, and some third party websites, apps or services, including othe | ||||
| > | r gaming services and sites in games where cross-platform play is enabled. This | ||||
| > | PI includes: | ||||
| 160 | |||||
| 161 | - Your PlayStation online ID; | ||||
| 162 | - Your "About Me" statement, avatar, language, country or region, and gaming sco | ||||
| > | res and statistics; and | ||||
| 163 | - Content you have shared. | ||||
| 164 | |||||
| 165 | You can control how your PI is shared with other users using privacy settings. P | ||||
| > | lease see https://www.playstation.com/support/account/privacy-settings/ for more | ||||
| > | information. | ||||
| 166 | |||||
| 167 | We may index and use content which you have shared publicly, as part of our plat | ||||
| > | form’s features like Game Help, PlayStation profiles, or future Services. We may | ||||
| > | act on any harmful content you share, including as described in the Moderation | ||||
| > | & Safety section of this Privacy Policy. | ||||
| 168 | |||||
| 169 | ### Government & Authorities | ||||
| 170 | |||||
| 171 | We may share your PI with law enforcement, government, and other authorities if | ||||
| > | we believe that it is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation, or | ||||
| > | legal process, to detect, protect and enforce the safety of any person, their pr | ||||
| > | operty or their rights, to address fraud and security and report criminal activi | ||||
| > | ty. | ||||
| 172 | |||||
| 173 | ## Personal Information Handling | ||||
| 174 | |||||
| 175 | ### Children’s Personal Information | ||||
| 176 | |||||
| 177 | If you are below the age of majority in your country or region, your parent or l | ||||
| > | egal guardian (“Responsible Adult”) must create your Account for you. Your Accou | ||||
| > | nt is called a “Child Family Member Account ”, and your Responsible Adult’s Acco | ||||
| > | unt is called a “Family Manager Account ”. The Family Manager Account can contro | ||||
| > | l your experience including what PI you make available to other users, who you c | ||||
| > | an chat to, and what games you can play. You can find more information on https: | ||||
| > | //www.playstation.com/support/account/playstation-family-account-set-up/. | ||||
| 178 | |||||
| 179 | Please ask your Responsible Adult to explain anything in this Privacy Policy you | ||||
| > | do not understand. You can also read our Privacy Information for Young Players | ||||
| > | to help you understand how we use your PI and your privacy rights over your PI. | ||||
| 180 | |||||
| 181 | If you are a Responsible Adult you will need to create an account for PlayStatio | ||||
| > | n before you can create a Child Family Member Account. Using your Family Manager | ||||
| > | Account, you can set a range of Parental Controls for any Child Family Member A | ||||
| > | ccounts that you are responsible for. You can also invite other adults to join. | ||||
| > | You can also use the PlayStation Family App to manage your child or children’s a | ||||
| > | ccount(s). Please find more information at https://www.playstation.com/ps-family | ||||
| > | -app/. | ||||
| 182 | |||||
| 183 | If you are a Responsible Adult creating a Child Family Member Account, we recomm | ||||
| > | end that you and your child read our Privacy Information for Young Players to he | ||||
| > | lp you and your child understand how we handle their PI and their rights. You ca | ||||
| > | n find child friendly privacy information on PlayStation 5 at [Settings] > [Guid | ||||
| > | e & Tips, Health & Safety, and Other Information] > [Legal Information] > [Other | ||||
| > | Documents] > [Privacy Information for Young Players], or on our website at: htt | ||||
| > | ps://www.playstation.com/legal/privacy-information-for-young-players/ | ||||
| 184 | |||||
| 185 | We will collect, use, and share PI collected from or about children in accordanc | ||||
| > | e with the practices described in this Privacy Policy, with the following except | ||||
| > | ions: | ||||
| 186 | |||||
| 187 | PI You Provide to Us | ||||
| 188 | |||||
| 189 | - A Responsible Adult needs to provide limited PI about their child (name, email | ||||
| > | address, and date of birth) to create a Child Family Member Account. | ||||
| 190 | - A child can only add an address to their Child Family Member Account with the | ||||
| > | Responsible Adult’s approval. | ||||
| 191 | |||||
| 192 | PI You May Choose to Share | ||||
| 193 | |||||
| 194 | - A Responsible Adult can control their child's ability to use (and share PI thr | ||||
| > | ough) text chat, voice chat, video chat, and other messaging features to communi | ||||
| > | cate directly with other users in games, apps or via system software features th | ||||
| > | rough the “Communication and User-Generated Content” setting on the Child Family | ||||
| > | Member Account. Please note that a Child Family Member Account can still: (a) s | ||||
| > | end and receive predetermined text messages created by a game or app; (b) create | ||||
| > | and see other users' in-game character names, designs, and clan titles; and (c) | ||||
| > | use communication services via an Internet browser unless it isn’t required for | ||||
| > | our Services or specifically disabled. | ||||
| 195 | - A Responsible Adult can control their child's ability to post or view user-gen | ||||
| > | erated content, including photos, videos, drawings, and content imported from ou | ||||
| > | tside sources (any of which might contain PI) through the “Communication and Use | ||||
| > | r-Generated Content” setting. This will not prevent video capture of a child Fam | ||||
| > | ily Member Account user's online gameplay. | ||||
| 196 | - A Responsible Adult can agree to our collection and use of their child's PI wi | ||||
| > | thout consenting to our disclosure to third parties, except when the disclosure | ||||
| > | is inherent to our Services. | ||||
| 197 | |||||
| 198 | When a Responsible Adult allows a Child Family Member Account to participate in | ||||
| > | games, chat or user-generated content features, they also allow or consent to SI | ||||
| > | E sharing PI with the publishers of the games, applications, or services that in | ||||
| > | corporate those features and the collection of PI entered into such features by | ||||
| > | the Child Family Member Account (e.g., typing text into the chat feature). | ||||
| 199 | |||||
| 200 | If you discover your child under the age of majority in your country or region h | ||||
| > | as created an adult Account, once we verify you are the child's Responsible Adul | ||||
| > | t parent, we can give access and control of the child’s account to you or, depen | ||||
| > | ding on your country and region, convert the adult Account into a Child Family M | ||||
| > | ember Account. | ||||
| 201 | |||||
| 202 | If you live in the Americas, we may notify the Family Manager Account if we asse | ||||
| > | ss that the activities of the child operating the Child Family Member Account ha | ||||
| > | ve breached our Code of Conduct. | ||||
| 203 | |||||
| 204 | ### International Transfers | ||||
| 205 | |||||
| 206 | Our Services operate in many countries, areas, and regions, including the United | ||||
| > | States, United Kingdom, and Japan, which means that we collect, process and sto | ||||
| > | re your PI globally and authorities in these countries may, in certain circumsta | ||||
| > | nces, be entitled to access your PI. Privacy laws in some of these countries may | ||||
| > | not offer the same level of protection as those in the country or region you re | ||||
| > | side in or are a citizen of. We ensure there are adequate safeguards in place wh | ||||
| > | en transferring your PI outside your country including by entering into contract | ||||
| > | s with the recipients that incorporate the European Commission Standard Contract | ||||
| > | ual Clauses and UK Addendum or other relevant transfer mechanism and require tha | ||||
| > | t the transfer only occurs where permitted by applicable law. By using our Servi | ||||
| > | ces, you acknowledge the transfer, processing, and storage of your PI to or in t | ||||
| > | hese countries. | ||||
| 207 | |||||
| 208 | ### Security | ||||
| 209 | |||||
| 210 | We maintain appropriate technical and organisational security measures that conf | ||||
| > | orm to industry standards to help protect your PI against unauthorised or accide | ||||
| > | ntal disclosure, access, misuse, loss, or alteration. Although we strive to prot | ||||
| > | ect your PI, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of such PI. We recommend y | ||||
| > | ou take steps to protect your PI, including: | ||||
| 211 | |||||
| 212 | - Use the enhanced account access controls that we make available such as 2-Step | ||||
| > | Verification and passkey. | ||||
| 213 | - Keep any passwords and passcodes for your devices and accounts safe and do not | ||||
| > | disclose them to anyone else. Avoid using the same password for multiple accoun | ||||
| > | ts. | ||||
| 214 | - Consider disabling automatic Account log-in and setting up a password at check | ||||
| > | out, particularly if your PlayStation device is shared with others. | ||||
| 215 | - Contact PlayStation Support immediately if you become aware of any unauthorise | ||||
| > | d use of your Account or other security incidents. | ||||
| 216 | |||||
| 217 | Please visit www.playstation.com and/or contact PlayStation Support if you need | ||||
| > | any assistance in restricting access to your devices or accounts. | ||||
| 218 | |||||
| 219 | ### Retention | ||||
| 220 | |||||
| 221 | We retain PI about you as long as it is necessary for us to fulfil the purposes | ||||
| > | outlined in this Privacy Policy. In addition, we retain your PI as long as is pe | ||||
| > | rmitted or required to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and | ||||
| > | enforce agreements. Where required by applicable law, we will delete your PI whe | ||||
| > | n it is no longer necessary. Even if we delete your PI from active databases, yo | ||||
| > | ur PI may remain on backup or archival media as well as other information system | ||||
| > | s. | ||||
| 222 | |||||
| 223 | ### Your Choices and Rights | ||||
| 224 | |||||
| 225 | You have certain choices about how your PI is collected, used, stored, and share | ||||
| > | d, as described in this section. These choices can be accessed through your Acco | ||||
| > | unt or device settings. Your choices include: | ||||
| 226 | |||||
| 227 | - Personalized Purchase Recommendations: You can choose whether we use the PI we | ||||
| > | have collected about you to personalize purchase recommendations. Note that we | ||||
| > | will always slightly customise what you see (e.g., to avoid displaying content y | ||||
| > | ou have already purchased from the PlayStation Store), and some older devices, a | ||||
| > | pps and games may still show some commercial personalization. | ||||
| 228 | - Personalized Advertisements: You can choose whether we use the PI we have coll | ||||
| > | ected about you to serve you advertisements on our Services and third-party webs | ||||
| > | ites and applications. If you consent to this, you may see personalized PlayStat | ||||
| > | ion advertisements on websites that you visit (e.g., social media websites). | ||||
| 229 | - Device data collection: You can choose whether we collect only the limited dat | ||||
| > | a that is necessary to provide our Services, or full data to provide a richer ex | ||||
| > | perience. Please see About Device Data from your console for more information an | ||||
| > | d how to change your settings. | ||||
| 230 | - Communication preferences: You can choose whether we send you marketing emails | ||||
| > | or push notifications. | ||||
| 231 | - Sharing social PI: You can choose whether to share other PI, such as your name | ||||
| > | , PlayStation friends, or activities with other users, and whether you use socia | ||||
| > | l features like text and voice chat. | ||||
| 232 | - Shared content: You can choose whether to share content such as gameplay video | ||||
| > | s with other users. | ||||
| 233 | - Voice data collection: You can choose whether we collect voice transcription ( | ||||
| > | excluding spoken voice) to improve our Chat Transcription feature. | ||||
| 234 | - Depending on your country or region, you may have additional rights regarding | ||||
| > | your PI. For example, if applicable, you may manage cookie settings or request m | ||||
| > | ore information from us if we make a decision about you or your account solely b | ||||
| > | ased on automated decision making that has a significant impact on you. Addition | ||||
| > | al information can be found in the applicable Privacy Policy addendum. | ||||
| 235 | |||||
| 236 | For an alternative accessible PDF of this Privacy Policy please contact us using | ||||
| > | the information in the Contact Us section of this Privacy Policy. | ||||
| 10 | 237 | ||||
| 11 | ## Contact Us | 238 | ## Contact Us | ||
| 12 | 239 | ||||
| n | 13 | Please contact us with any privacy questions by phone at 1-800-345-7669 or onlin | n | 240 | Please contact us for further information about this Privacy Policy or our proce |
| > | e at http://www.playstation.com/support . See the bottom of this Privacy Policy | > | ssing of your PI, or to make a complaint, by any of the methods described below. | ||
| > | for additional ways to contact us or to contact us for specific matters. | > | We may ask you to verify your identity or, if required, charge a reasonable fee | ||
| > | for processing requests, depending on the nature of your query. We may decline | ||||
| > | to process requests which are not required by applicable laws. | ||||
| 14 | 241 | ||||
| n | 15 | # Information That We Collect or Receive | n | 242 | If you live in **the Americas** , please contact us: |
| 16 | 243 | ||||
| n | 17 | We collect and receive information from and about you by different means as desc | n | 244 | - By phone at: 1-800-345-7669 |
| > | ribed below. | ||||
| 245 | - By mail at: | ||||
| 18 | 246 | ||||
| n | 19 | ## Information You Provide to Us | n | 247 | SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT CONSUMER SERVICES DEPARTMENT |
| 20 | 248 | ||||
| n | 21 | We collect the information that you directly provide to us, such as when you ent | n | 249 | 2207 BRIDGEPOINTE PARKWAY |
| > | er it on our website, or include it in an email that you send to us. This type o | ||||
| > | f collection often occurs through our business support processes, such as: | ||||
| 22 | 250 | ||||
| n | 23 | ● Registration or account for PlayStation (“ **Account** ”) Creation Proces | n | 251 | SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, 94404 |
| > | ses, where we ask you to provide information such as: Contact info (e.g. name, e | ||||
| > | mail or physical address, country, or phone number); Account Administration Info | ||||
| > | (e.g. user name, password, or security questions); Billing Information (e.g. cr | ||||
| > | edit card or other payment number, billing address); Date of Birth; and Profile | ||||
| > | Info (e.g. profile photo, languages, likes). | ||||
| 24 | 252 | ||||
| n | 25 | ● Purchase Processes, where we may ask you to provide additional billing in | n | 253 | - Online at: www.playstation.com/support |
| > | fo to process payment. | ||||
| 26 | 254 | ||||
| n | 27 | ● Technical and Customer Support Processes, where we may ask you to provide | n | 255 | If you live in **Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand** , **I |
| > | contact info and information related to the issue you are contacting us about. | > | ndia** , or **Pakistan** please contact us: | ||
| > | We may also record calls you make to PlayStation Support. | ||||
| 28 | 256 | ||||
| n | 29 | ● Other business processes, where we may ask you to provide information suc | n | 257 | - By mail: |
| > | h as name, email address, and Account ID if you participate in market research s | ||||
| > | urveys, beta and other user testing research, competitions, promotions or events | ||||
| > | or agree to receive marketing information from us. | ||||
| 30 | 258 | ||||
| n | 31 | In addition, we collect the information that you provide by entering it into cer | n | 259 | Data Protection Office |
| > | tain Service features. For example, when you want to post in a forum, you provid | ||||
| > | e 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 voi | ||||
| > | ce or text messaging, blogs, surveys, user-generated content, activity streams, | ||||
| > | or social media, we may first collect the information you enter into the feature | ||||
| > | . | ||||
| 32 | 260 | ||||
| n | 33 | Please make sure that any personal details which you provide are accurate and cu | n | 261 | Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited / Sony Interactive Entertainment N |
| > | rrent. We will send any important information relating to your Account to you us | > | etwork Europe Limited | ||
| > | ing the contact information you provide (including Account security and privacy | ||||
| > | notices). You can check and update some of the information you have provided to | ||||
| > | us any time via Account Management. | ||||
| 34 | 262 | ||||
| n | 35 | ## Automatic Information Collection | n | 263 | 10 Great Marlborough Street |
| 36 | 264 | ||||
| n | 37 | We may also automatically or passively collect information about your use of our | n | 265 | London |
| > | Services, see the sub-sections below for a list of categories by sources of suc | ||||
| > | h information. | ||||
| 38 | 266 | ||||
| n | 39 | ## Consoles and other devices | n | 267 | United Kingdom |
| 40 | 268 | ||||
| n | 41 | Each time you use a PlayStation console or a PlayStation app on a PlayStation co | n | 269 | W1F 7LP |
| > | nsole or other devices (such as a mobile phone or PC), we may automatically coll | ||||
| > | ect information about your use of that device and app. If you sign into an Accou | ||||
| > | nt, we may combine it with other information we have for that Account. | ||||
| 42 | 270 | ||||
| n | 43 | The information that we collect from devices may include: | n | 271 | - Online at: www.playstation.com/data-subject-request |
| 272 | - By email at: siee.dpo@sony.com. Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited | ||||
| > | and Sony Interactive Entertainment Network Europe Limited are registered in Engl | ||||
| > | and under company numbers: 03277793 and 06020283. | ||||
| 44 | 273 | ||||
| n | 45 | ● Device identifiers such as your PlayStation console ID, mobile device IDs | n | 274 | **If you live in Turkey,** we have appointed Özdağıstanli Ekici Avukatlık Ortakl |
| > | , cookie IDs, or serial numbers | > | ığı as our Turkish Data Controller Representative you can contact our Turkish Da | ||
| > | ta Controller Representative by email at info@iptech-legal.com. | ||||
| 46 | 275 | ||||
| n | 47 | ● Network identifiers such as your IP address and MAC address | n | 276 | If you live in the **Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Indonesia, Japan, |
| > | Malaysia, Mainland China, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan Region** , or **Tha | ||||
| > | iland** , please contact us: | ||||
| 48 | 277 | ||||
| n | 49 | ● Account authentication tokens that avoid you having to log in repeatedly | n | 278 | - By phone at: |
| 50 | 279 | ||||
| n | 51 | ● Content and ads downloaded to your device for the online services that yo | n | 280 | +852 5814 0155 (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) |
| > | u access | ||||
| 52 | 281 | ||||
| n | 53 | ● Your current and recent locations (e.g. on PS Vita) | n | 282 | +62 1500 323 (Indonesia) |
| 54 | 283 | ||||
| n | 55 | ● Trophies, scores and rankings achieved online and offline | n | 284 | 400 810 8166 (Mainland China) |
| 56 | 285 | ||||
| n | 57 | ● Information about the device you are using, any connected peripherals (su | n | 286 | +60 3 2770 0288 (Malaysia) |
| > | ch as controllers and VR headsets) and how you have configured them | ||||
| 58 | 287 | ||||
| n | 59 | ● Information about how you use the software installed on your device (whic | n | 288 | +65 6347 5988 (Singapore) |
| > | h may include information about the use of the software offline), such as date a | ||||
| > | nd time of use, what games or music you play, what content you browse, share or | ||||
| > | download, what services you access and for how long, including how often you use | ||||
| > | chat and other communication applications | ||||
| 60 | 289 | ||||
| n | 61 | ● The actions you take within games or apps published by SIE (e.g. what obs | n | 290 | +886 2 7752 7470 (Taiwan Region) |
| > | tacle you jump over and what levels you reach) | ||||
| 62 | 291 | ||||
| n | 63 | ● Software errors and load times details, and if you have the "Report Syste | n | 292 | +66 0 2459 0206 (Thailand) |
| > | m Software Errors Automatically" setting turned on, detailed information about t | ||||
| > | he crash, including screenshots and video captured before the crash | ||||
| 64 | 293 | ||||
| n | 65 | On a device or app basis, depending on your region, and for games released after | n | 294 | - By email at: sie.apac.privacy@sony.com |
| > | March 2018, you may be provided with choices that control our collection of inf | ||||
| > | ormation. For further information on these options, refer to the Choices section | ||||
| > | of this Privacy Policy below. | ||||
| 66 | 295 | ||||
| n | 67 | ## PlayStation and Store | n | 296 | If you live in **South Korea** , please see the South Korea addendum for contact |
| > | details for our domestic agent and personal information protection officer. | ||||
| 68 | 297 | ||||
| n | 69 | Each time you sign into PlayStation and access our Services, we may automaticall | n | 298 | ### Complaints |
| > | y: | ||||
| 70 | 299 | ||||
| n | 71 | ● Collect information about your use of PlayStation Services on your device | n | 300 | If you have a concern about our handling of your PI, please get in contact with |
| > | . | > | us first so we can try to resolve your query using the details above. If you fee | ||
| > | l we have not dealt with your concern and/or that we are failing to meet our leg | ||||
| > | al obligations, you can contact the following: | ||||
| 72 | 301 | ||||
| n | 73 | ● Log your activity on our servers. For example, we may receive device and | n | 302 | **If you live in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, India* |
| > | Account identifiers, such as your Online ID and Account ID. We may also receive | > | * , or **Pakistan** you can contact your local data protection regulator or the | ||
| > | details of: the content, advertisements, and other information your devices requ | > | Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO") in the United Kingdom. More informatio | ||
| > | est and receive from our servers (such as store content, trophies, and friends l | > | n on reporting a concern to the ICO can be found at https://ico.org.uk/. | ||
| > | ists) and when you receive and interact with them; what content and apps you add | ||||
| > | to your 'basket' in our Store; and what you purchase. | ||||
| 74 | 303 | ||||
| n | 75 | ## Games | n | 304 | **If you live in Mainland China** , you may also seek solutions through external |
| > | channels by contacting the Cyberspace Administration of China. Their contact de | ||||
| > | tails can be found at http://www.cac.gov.cn. | ||||
| 76 | 305 | ||||
| n | 77 | Each time you play a game developed and/or published by us or another Sony Inter | n | 306 | **If you live in South Korea,** and you need to report or consult with us about |
| > | active Entertainment company we may automatically: | > | any other privacy concerns, please contact the organisations below: | ||
| 78 | 307 | ||||
| n | 79 | ● Collect information about your use of that game on your device (including | n | 308 | - Personal Information Infringement Report Center (118 without area code) |
| > | for offline games, which may include information about the use of the game offl | ||||
| > | ine). | ||||
| 309 | - Cyber Crime Investigation Unit, Supreme Prosecutors' Office (02-3480-3571) | ||||
| 310 | - National Police Agency Cyber Terror Response Center (182 without area code) | ||||
| 80 | 311 | ||||
| n | 81 | ● Log your activity on our game servers. For example, we may receive device | n | 312 | ## Changes to this Privacy Policy |
| > | and Account identifiers, such as Online ID, information about how you use our o | ||||
| > | nline games, and which players you play against. | ||||
| 82 | 313 | ||||
| n | 83 | ## Websites, Marketing, and Advertising | n | 314 | We may revise this Privacy Policy at any time. By continuing to access or use ou |
| > | r Services after those changes become effective, you acknowledge and accept that | ||||
| > | PI will be handled in accordance with the revised Privacy Policy. | ||||
| 84 | 315 | ||||
| n | 85 | Each time you visit our websites or receive and interact with our marketing comm | n | 316 | Version 10 (08.2026) |
| > | unications and advertising on our and third-party websites and services, we may | ||||
| > | automatically log your activity on web, emails, or advertising and marketing ser | ||||
| > | vers we control through cookies (small information files placed on a hard drive) | ||||
| > | , web beacons, tracking pixels, browser configuration details (e.g. browser type | ||||
| > | , list of installed plugins and list of installed fonts), and embedded scripts ( | ||||
| > | programming code that is temporarily downloaded onto a device). | ||||
| 86 | 317 | ||||
| n | 87 | ## Information We Receive from Third Parties | n | 318 | ## Privacy Policy addendum for the Americas |
| 88 | 319 | ||||
| n | 89 | We may receive information, including the following, from third party sources an | n | 320 | This addendum provides additional information required by law if you live in the |
| > | d combine it with information we already directly collect from you. We will hand | > | USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, or other countries in the Americas. It should be r | ||
| > | le the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. | > | ead together with the Privacy Policy. | ||
| 90 | |||||
| 91 | ● Game, social media, or other information, from those third parties or ser | ||||
| > | vices you link your Account with, or who provide information to power PlayStatio | ||||
| > | n features. | ||||
| 92 | |||||
| 93 | ● Information from other users, for example if those users have given us ac | ||||
| > | cess to their profiles and if you are one of their connections, or information a | ||||
| > | bout you is otherwise made accessible to us by them. | ||||
| 94 | |||||
| 95 | ● Information from third-parties as appropriate given our relationship, for | ||||
| > | example from anti-fraud service providers we might obtain fraud risk scores; fr | ||||
| > | om law enforcement or partners, we might obtain IP addresses and details of susp | ||||
| > | ected unlawful or malicious activity. | ||||
| 96 | |||||
| 97 | ● Card account update information provided by your bank to help keep your p | ||||
| > | ayment cards up to date on your Account. Following any update, we will continue | ||||
| > | to charge the applicable payment methods to any purchases you make unless you no | ||||
| > | tify us otherwise. | ||||
| 98 | |||||
| 99 | # Information Use | ||||
| 100 | |||||
| 101 | This section explains how we may use the information we collect about you. We ma | ||||
| > | y combine information from any of the sources explained in the “Information That | ||||
| > | We Collect or Receive” section of this Privacy Policy. For example, we may proc | ||||
| > | ess together information we have collected from you, your visits to our website, | ||||
| > | your device gameplay history, etc., for the purposes explained in this Privacy | ||||
| > | Policy. | ||||
| 102 | |||||
| 103 | ## Services | ||||
| 104 | |||||
| 105 | We may use your information to operate our Services. We may also personalize the | ||||
| > | services we provide to you based on the information we have collected about you | ||||
| > | (for instance, we may use your IP address to display content relevant for your | ||||
| > | area). And, to enable accessibility settings functions (for you, or other users) | ||||
| > | , we may convert your voice data to text. | ||||
| 106 | |||||
| 107 | ## Development | ||||
| 108 | |||||
| 109 | We use the information we collect to understand, improve and enhance our existin | ||||
| > | g Services, your experiences with them, and our business operations, and to deve | ||||
| > | lop new ones. For example, we may use the information to develop and optimize us | ||||
| > | er interfaces or game performance. | ||||
| 110 | |||||
| 111 | ## Moderation and Safety | ||||
| 112 | |||||
| 113 | We cannot monitor the whole of PlayStation and make no commitment to do so. Howe | ||||
| > | ver, we reserve the right in our sole discretion to monitor (including through t | ||||
| > | he use of technology that automatically detects images, text, and URLs that brea | ||||
| > | ch our Terms of Service) and record your online activity and communication throu | ||||
| > | ghout PlayStation and to remove and/or delete any content. We may use the inform | ||||
| > | ation we collect (as described above) to detect breaches and enforce our PlaySta | ||||
| > | tionTerms of Service, Software Usage Terms, System Software License Agreements, | ||||
| > | any other terms of service you have agreed to and any rules or codes of conduct | ||||
| > | applicable to your use of PlayStation. | ||||
| 114 | |||||
| 115 | ## Marketing and Advertising | ||||
| 116 | |||||
| 117 | We may target and personalize our marketing communications, purchase recommendat | ||||
| > | ions and advertisements that we display on our and third-party websites and serv | ||||
| > | ices based on the information we have collected about you. You may notice this p | ||||
| > | ersonalization on the PlayStation Store (whether via console, website or in-game | ||||
| > | ), in marketing communications, or when you visit our and third-party websites ( | ||||
| > | such as social network sites) that show purchase recommendations or advertisemen | ||||
| > | ts from us. You have options to control our use of information we have collecte | ||||
| > | d about you to personalize marketing to you, and can learn more about them in th | ||||
| > | e Choices section of this Privacy Policy. | ||||
| 118 | |||||
| 119 | ## Legal and Compliance | ||||
| 120 | |||||
| 121 | We may use the information we collect for auditing, compliance and legal purpose | ||||
| > | s (for example, protecting the rights and property of Sony, its partners and cus | ||||
| > | tomers). | ||||
| 122 | |||||
| 123 | ## Security | ||||
| 124 | |||||
| 125 | In order to help protect you and others, we may use the information we collect a | ||||
| > | nd receive in order to: | ||||
| 126 | |||||
| 127 | ● Identify fraudulent activities and transactions. | ||||
| 128 | |||||
| 129 | ● Prevent abuse of and investigate and/or prosecute any potential threat to | ||||
| > | or misuse of our Services. | ||||
| 130 | |||||
| 131 | ● Protect your account from unauthorized access (for example by preventing | ||||
| > | access if an attempt is made to log-in from a new location). | ||||
| 132 | |||||
| 133 | # Information Sharing and Transfers | ||||
| 134 | |||||
| 135 | This section explains how we may share the information we collect with third par | ||||
| > | ties that provide services to us or provide games and apps on PlayStation that y | ||||
| > | ou use. We do not and will not accept money in exchange for sharing PI. We may s | ||||
| > | hare your information with the following recipients and for the following purpos | ||||
| > | es. | ||||
| 136 | |||||
| 137 | ## Service Providers | ||||
| 138 | |||||
| 139 | We share information with service providers to SIE, who are persons or companies | ||||
| > | that provide services which may include handling PI for any of the purposes des | ||||
| > | cribed in this Privacy Policy. Service providers are required to adhere to this | ||||
| > | Privacy Policy, and confidentiality and security requirements. | ||||
| 140 | |||||
| 141 | ## Partners | ||||
| 142 | |||||
| 143 | We may share information with the following partners: | ||||
| 144 | |||||
| 145 | ● Financial organizations, such as payment details in order to complete you | ||||
| > | r purchase, obtain payment and carry out credit and anti-fraud checks. | ||||
| 146 | |||||
| 147 | ● Game publishers, such as the content you have purchased from PlayStation | ||||
| > | Store so that they can deliver that content to you in-game, and ensure your enti | ||||
| > | tlement to access that content is reflected across different gaming platforms. | ||||
| 148 | |||||
| 149 | ● Other service, application or website providers, for operational purposes | ||||
| > | , or for additional purposes, with your permission (such as when you link your A | ||||
| > | ccount to your account with them). | ||||
| 150 | |||||
| 151 | ● Security and fraud partners, as appropriate to support the security of ou | ||||
| > | r Services, fraud prevention, or protect PI. | ||||
| 152 | |||||
| 153 | ● Advertising and promotional partners, with whom we are jointly delivering | ||||
| > | services or features, such as sweepstakes, contests, promotions, or advertising | ||||
| > | . | ||||
| 154 | |||||
| 155 | ● Sony Group, for purposes related to providing you with content, products, | ||||
| > | or services, including games, videos, music, software and software applications | ||||
| > | ; community administration or development; to support various business and secur | ||||
| > | ity processes; research and development; and so that other Sony group companies | ||||
| > | may contact you about products, services or other offerings that may be of inter | ||||
| > | est to you. | ||||
| 156 | |||||
| 157 | ● Business transfer partners, in connection with the negotiation and sale o | ||||
| > | f the applicable business, a portion of the business, or certain stock and/or as | ||||
| > | sets, or a corporate merger, consolidation, restructuring, or other corporate ch | ||||
| > | ange including, without limitation, during the course of any due diligence proce | ||||
| > | ss. | ||||
| 158 | |||||
| 159 | ## Other Users | ||||
| 160 | |||||
| 161 | When you create an Account, certain information will form part of your public pr | ||||
| > | ofile and we will make it accessible to all accounts on PlayStation, on the Inte | ||||
| > | rnet via playstation.com, and some third-party websites, apps or services. This | ||||
| > | information includes: | ||||
| 162 | |||||
| 163 | ● Your Online ID | ||||
| 164 | |||||
| 165 | ● "About Me" statement, avatar, language, country and gaming scores and sta | ||||
| > | tistics | ||||
| 166 | |||||
| 167 | ● Content you have shared | ||||
| 168 | |||||
| 169 | You are responsible for any content you share on forums, communities, chat and m | ||||
| > | essaging features. This content will be accessible to other users who can then s | ||||
| > | hare that information further. We recommend you consider carefully what you shar | ||||
| > | e and with whom you share your information. We may also index and use content wh | ||||
| > | ich you have shared publicly, as part of our platform’s features like Game Help, | ||||
| > | PlayStation profiles, or future PlayStation services. | ||||
| 170 | |||||
| 171 | ## Government Authorities | ||||
| 172 | |||||
| 173 | We may share your information with police and other government authorities if we | ||||
| > | believe that it is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation, or le | ||||
| > | gal process, to detect, protect and enforce the safety of any person, their prop | ||||
| > | erty or their rights, to address fraud and security and report criminal activity | ||||
| > | . The majority of the cases in which we have shared information with police and | ||||
| > | government authorities concern their investigations into stolen devices, unautho | ||||
| > | rized use of payment methods, or moderation purposes and safety of PlayStation a | ||||
| > | nd its users. In a small number of cases, we have also provided information in r | ||||
| > | esponse to anti-fraud or more serious criminal investigations. | ||||
| 174 | |||||
| 175 | # Information Handling and Your Choices | ||||
| 176 | |||||
| 177 | ## Children’s Information | ||||
| 178 | |||||
| 179 | We are committed to respecting children's privacy. We will not collect PI from a | ||||
| > | nyone we have actual knowledge is under the age of 13, without a parent's consen | ||||
| > | t. We do not share the PI of children who we have actual knowledge are under the | ||||
| > | age of 16 for delivery of advertising purposes. If you are creating an account | ||||
| > | for your child, we recommend that you and your child read our Privacy Informatio | ||||
| > | n for Young Players to help them understand how we handle their PI and their rig | ||||
| > | hts over their PI. | ||||
| 180 | |||||
| 181 | With parental consent, we will collect, use and share information collected from | ||||
| > | or about children in accordance with the practices described in this document, | ||||
| > | with the following exceptions. | ||||
| 182 | |||||
| 183 | ## Information You Provide to Us | ||||
| 184 | |||||
| 185 | ● A parent only needs to provide limited information about their child (an | ||||
| > | email address and date-of-birth) to create an Account for their child. Providing | ||||
| > | gender is optional. | ||||
| 186 | |||||
| 187 | ● Only with the parent's approval to create an Account for the child, can a | ||||
| > | child add their address. | ||||
| 188 | |||||
| 189 | ● The spending limit of the Account for your child is set by the associated | ||||
| > | parent's Account. | ||||
| 190 | |||||
| 191 | ## Information You May Choose to Share | ||||
| 192 | |||||
| 193 | ● A parent can control, through the “Free Communication” setting on their c | ||||
| > | hild's Account, their child's ability to use (and share PI through) text chat, v | ||||
| > | oice chat, video chat, and other messaging features from communicating directly | ||||
| > | with other users in games, apps or via system software features. Please note tha | ||||
| > | t a child's Account can still (1) Send and receive predetermined text messages c | ||||
| > | reated by a game or app, (2) Create and see other users' in-game character names | ||||
| > | , designs, and clan titles, (3) Use communication services via an Internet brows | ||||
| > | er unless specifically disabled, and (4) Communicate via system messaging on PS3 | ||||
| > | and PS Vita. | ||||
| 194 | |||||
| 195 | ● A parent can control their child's ability to post or view user-generated | ||||
| > | content, including photos, videos, drawings, and content imported from outside | ||||
| > | sources (any of which might contain PI) through the user-generated content contr | ||||
| > | ol. This will not prevent video capture of a child Account user's online gamepla | ||||
| > | y. | ||||
| 196 | |||||
| 197 | ● A parent can agree to our collection and use of their child's PI without | ||||
| > | consenting to our disclosure to third parties, except when the disclosure is inh | ||||
| > | erent to the Services we are providing. | ||||
| 198 | |||||
| 199 | When a parent allows their child's Account to participate in games, chat or user | ||||
| > | -generated content features, they also consent to SIE sharing information with t | ||||
| > | he publishers of the games, applications, or services that incorporate those fea | ||||
| > | tures and the collection of information entered into such features by the child' | ||||
| > | s Account (e.g. typing text into the chat feature). | ||||
| 200 | |||||
| 201 | If you discover your child under the age of 13 has provided PI to us without you | ||||
| > | r consent, once we verify you are the child's parent, we will promptly: (a) prov | ||||
| > | ide direct notice to you indicating what, if any PI of your child has been colle | ||||
| > | cted and how it has been used or disclosed; (b) remove and cease the use of your | ||||
| > | child's PI or other information from our database and (c) by notice to you, con | ||||
| > | firm compliance with the foregoing. | ||||
| 202 | |||||
| 203 | ## International Transfers | ||||
| 204 | |||||
| 205 | Our Services are operated in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, and other | ||||
| > | countries/areas/regions around the world. Please be aware that information we c | ||||
| > | ollect, including PI, will be transferred to, processed and stored in these coun | ||||
| > | tries/areas/regions and, as such, courts, law enforcement, and other authorities | ||||
| > | in these countries may, in certain circumstances, be entitled to access your PI | ||||
| > | . We ensure there are adequate safeguards in place when transferring your inform | ||||
| > | ation outside your country by entering contracts with the recipients, European C | ||||
| > | ommission Standard Contractual Clauses or otherwise that the transfer only occur | ||||
| > | s where permitted by applicable law. By using our Services or providing us with | ||||
| > | any information through them, you acknowledge this transfer, processing, and sto | ||||
| > | rage of your information in these countries in which the privacy laws may not be | ||||
| > | as comprehensive as those in the country where you reside or are a citizen. | ||||
| 206 | |||||
| 207 | ## Security and Retention | ||||
| 208 | |||||
| 209 | We seek to maintain appropriate technical and organizational security measures t | ||||
| > | hat conform to industry standards to help protect your information against unaut | ||||
| > | horized or accidental disclosure, access, misuse, loss, or alteration. Although | ||||
| > | we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security | ||||
| > | of such information. There is no such thing as perfect security. | ||||
| 210 | |||||
| 211 | We advise you to make use of the enhanced account access controls that we make a | ||||
| > | vailable such as 2-Step Verification. Please visit www.playstation.com and/or co | ||||
| > | ntact PlayStation Help and Support if you need any assistance in restricting acc | ||||
| > | ess to your devices or accounts. | ||||
| 212 | |||||
| 213 | Please keep any passwords and passcodes for your devices and accounts safe and d | ||||
| > | o not disclose them to anyone else. Consider ensuring automatic account log-in s | ||||
| > | etting is disabled and the setting requiring a password to be entered before com | ||||
| > | pleting purchases is enabled, particularly if your PlayStation device is shared | ||||
| > | with others. You should contact PlayStation Support immediately if you become aw | ||||
| > | are of any unauthorized use of your accounts or other security breaches. | ||||
| 214 | |||||
| 215 | We may retain information about you as long as it is necessary for us to fulfill | ||||
| > | the purposes outlined in this policy. In addition, we may retain your informati | ||||
| > | on for an additional period as is permitted or required to, among other things, | ||||
| > | comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements. Whe | ||||
| > | re required by applicable law, we shall delete your information when the informa | ||||
| > | tion is no longer necessary or requested to do so. Even if we delete your inform | ||||
| > | ation from active databases, the information may remain on backup or archival me | ||||
| > | dia as well as other information systems. | ||||
| 216 | |||||
| 217 | ## Your Choices and Rights | ||||
| 218 | |||||
| 219 | ## Your Choices | ||||
| 220 | |||||
| 221 | You may have certain choices about how your information is collected, used, stor | ||||
| > | ed, and shared. These options can be accessed through your Account or device se | ||||
| > | ttings. Please ensure that your information is up-to-date. Among others, you ha | ||||
| > | ve the following choices: | ||||
| 222 | |||||
| 223 | ● Personalized content and marketing: Whether we may use the information we | ||||
| > | have collected about you to personalize advertising and purchase recommendation | ||||
| > | s. Note that we will always slightly customize what you see (e.g. to avoid displ | ||||
| > | aying content you've already purchased from the PlayStation Store), and some old | ||||
| > | er devices (e.g. PS3/Vita), apps and games may still show some commercial person | ||||
| > | alization. | ||||
| 224 | |||||
| 225 | ● Personalized communications: Whether we may use the information we have c | ||||
| > | ollected, to personalize emails and notifications. | ||||
| 226 | |||||
| 227 | ● Limited Data/Service Data and Full Data/Advanced Data collection: Whether | ||||
| > | we may collect only the Limited Data necessary to provide our Services, or Full | ||||
| > | Data to enable a richer experience. | ||||
| 228 | |||||
| 229 | ● E-Mail Messages: Whether we send you marketing emails. | ||||
| 230 | |||||
| 231 | ● Sharing social PI: Whether to share other information, such as your real | ||||
| > | name, PlayStation friends, or activities. | ||||
| 232 | |||||
| 233 | ● Shared content: Whether to share content such as gameplay videos with oth | ||||
| > | er users. | ||||
| 234 | |||||
| 235 | ## Do Not Track (DNT) | ||||
| 236 | |||||
| 237 | "Do Not Track" is an internet browser setting regarding tracking. As there are c | ||||
| > | urrently no agreed upon standards for the DNT signals or how to respond to them, | ||||
| > | we adhere to the standards set out in this Privacy Policy. | ||||
| 238 | 321 | ||||
| 239 | ## Your Rights | 322 | ## Your Rights | ||
| 240 | 323 | ||||
| 241 | In addition to the rights described below, you can also access, amend or delete | 324 | In addition to the rights described below, you can also access, amend or delete | ||
| > | some information through your Account Settings page. | > | some information through your Account Settings page. | ||
| 242 | 325 | ||||
| n | 243 | ● Request to Access and Correct: You have the right to request that we info | n | 326 | ● Request to Access and Correct: You have the right to request that we inform |
| > | rm you of the PI we hold about you, as well as to request the correction of any | > | you of the PI we hold about you, as well as to request the correction of any ina | ||
| > | inaccurate information about you. | > | ccurate information about you. | ||
| 244 | 327 | ||||
| n | 245 | ● Right of Access: You have the right to request that we inform you of the | n | 328 | ● Right of Access: You have the right to request that we inform you of the PI |
| > | PI we have collected, used and shared about you, and to obtain a copy of it. | > | we have collected, used, and shared about you, and to obtain a copy of it. | ||
| 246 | 329 | ||||
| n | 247 | ● Right of Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete the PI we | n | 330 | ● Right of Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete the PI we ha |
| > | have collected or retained about you in some circumstances as defined by law. T | > | ve collected or retained about you in some circumstances as defined by law. To r | ||
| > | o request removal of certain of your PI from a blog, forum, or message board, pl | > | equest removal of certain of your PI from a blog, forum, or message board, pleas | ||
| > | ease contact us as described in the Contact Us section above. Following your req | > | e contact us as described in the Contact Us section above. Following your reques | ||
| > | uest for deletion, please be aware that the information that we collect about yo | > | t for deletion, please be aware that the information that we collect about you m | ||
| > | u may still be retained for legal, accounting, business continuity (backup), ant | > | ay still be retained for legal, accounting, business continuity (backup), anti-f | ||
| > | i-fraud and community reasons. | > | raud, and community reasons. | ||
| 248 | 331 | ||||
| 249 | In some cases, your choices to provide, change or delete information may affect | 332 | In some cases, your choices to provide, change or delete information may affect | ||
| > | our ability to deliver our Services, or your user experience. We may decline to | > | our ability to deliver our Services, or your user experience. We may decline to | ||
| > | process requests which are not otherwise required by applicable law. You have th | > | process requests which are not otherwise required by applicable law. You have th | ||
| > | e right not to be unlawfully discriminated against because you have exercised th | > | e right not to be unlawfully discriminated against because you have exercised th | ||
| > | ese rights. | > | ese rights. | ||
| 250 | 333 | ||||
| 251 | To make a Request to Access or Deletion, please visit https://ps-support.playsta | 334 | To make a Request to Access or Deletion, please visit https://ps-support.playsta | ||
| > | tion.com/s/consumer-privacy?language=en_US&locale=en-us , or contact Consumer Se | > | tion.com/s/consumer-privacy?language=en_US&locale=en-us , or contact Consumer Se | ||
| > | rvices toll-free at 1-800-345-7669. After you submit a request, we will require | > | rvices toll-free at 1-800-345-7669. After you submit a request, we will require | ||
| > | you to confirm your request, and verify your identity by requesting details of y | > | you to confirm your request, and verify your identity by requesting details of y | ||
| > | our account, devices, payment instruments or past transactions. We reserve the r | > | our account, devices, payment instruments or past transactions. We reserve the r | ||
| > | ight to deny your requests if we cannot verify your identity. | > | ight to deny your requests if we cannot verify your identity. | ||
| 252 | 335 | ||||
| n | 253 | ## Right to Opt-Out of Share | n | 336 | Right to Opt-Out of Share |
| 254 | 337 | ||||
| 255 | We may share data about your activities related to PlayStation services, website | 338 | We may share data about your activities related to PlayStation services, website | ||
| > | s, and apps with third parties to provide ads that are more personalized to you | > | s, and apps with third parties to provide ads that are more personalized to you | ||
| > | on third-party platforms. You may opt-out of our sharing of your personal inform | > | on third-party platforms. You may opt-out of our sharing of your personal inform | ||
| > | ation by visiting the link below and completing the web form: https://www.playst | > | ation by visiting the link below and completing the web form: https://www.playst | ||
| > | ation.com/en-us/legal/third-party-ads/ . | > | ation.com/en-us/legal/third-party-ads/ . | ||
| 256 | 339 | ||||
| 257 | Alternatively, you may also opt-out by sending an email to sie-privacy@sony.com | 340 | Alternatively, you may also opt-out by sending an email to sie-privacy@sony.com | ||
| > | and providing the email address associated with your PSN account. | > | and providing the email address associated with your PSN account. | ||
| 258 | 341 | ||||
| n | 259 | This Privacy Policy is made available in an accessible format that is compatible | n | 342 | ### Do Not Track (DNT) |
| > | with ADA compliant web browsers. For an alternative accessible PDF of the Priv | ||||
| > | acy Policy please contact 1-800-345-7669. | ||||
| 260 | 343 | ||||
| n | 261 | # Complaints | n | 344 | “Do Not Track” (DNT) is an internet browser setting that you can toggle to set y |
| > | our tracking preferences. Currently our system does not support and we cannot ac | ||||
| > | t on DNT signals that we may receive from your device. | ||||
| 262 | 345 | ||||
| n | 263 | ## ESRB Privacy Certified | n | 346 | ### ESRB Privacy Certified |
| 264 | 347 | ||||
| n | 265 | This Privacy Statement and the confirmation page at www.esrb.org/confirm/siea-co | n | 348 | SIE is a valid licensee, and participating member, of the Entertainment Software |
| > | nfirmation.aspx or accessed by clicking the seal in the footer of any page of pl | > | Rating Board’s Privacy Certified Program (“ESRB Privacy Certified”). To help pr | ||
| > | aystation.com) confirms that SIE is a valid licensee and participating member in | > | otect your privacy, we have voluntarily undertaken this privacy initiative. As a | ||
| > | the Entertainment Software Rating Board's Privacy Certified Program. We have un | > | licensee in this program, we are subject to audits of our Services and other en | ||
| > | dertaken this privacy initiative and our websites have been reviewed and certifi | > | forcement and accountability mechanisms administered independently by ESRB Priva | ||
| > | ed by ESRB Privacy Online to meet established online information collection and | > | cy Certified. Our Services containing an ESRB Privacy Certified seal have been r | ||
| > | use practices. As part of the privacy program, we are subject to frequent audits | > | eviewed by ESRB Privacy Certified to meet established data collection and use pr | ||
| > | of our sites and other enforcement and accountability mechanisms administered i | > | actices. | ||
| > | ndependently by ESRB. | ||||
| 266 | 349 | ||||
| t | 267 | How to Contact Us About this Privacy Policy | t | 350 | If you believe that SIE has not responded to your privacy-related inquiry or you |
| > | r inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, please contact ESRB Privacy Cer | ||||
| > | tified at www.esrb.org/privacy/contact.aspx . | ||||
| 268 | |||||
| 269 | For further information on our Privacy Policy, or how users can review or change | ||||
| > | their information, please contact us at: | ||||
| 270 | |||||
| 271 | - By Phone at: | ||||
| 272 | |||||
| 273 | 1-800-345-7669 | ||||
| 274 | |||||
| 275 | - By Mail at: | ||||
| 276 | |||||
| 277 | SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT CONSUMER SERVICES DEPARTMENT | ||||
| 278 | |||||
| 279 | 2207 BRIDGEPOINTE PARKWAY | ||||
| 280 | |||||
| 281 | SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, 94404 | ||||
| 282 | |||||
| 283 | Online: www.playstation.com/support | ||||
| 284 | |||||
| 285 | SIE is a licensee of ESRB's Privacy Certified Program. If you believe that we ha | ||||
| > | ve not responded to your privacy-related inquiry or your inquiry has not been sa | ||||
| > | tisfactorily addressed, please contact ESRB Privacy Certified at www.esrb.org/pr | ||||
| > | ivacy/contact.aspx . | ||||
| 286 | |||||
| 287 | Changes to this Policy | ||||
| 288 | |||||
| 289 | We may revise this Privacy Policy at any time and we will update this Policy wit | ||||
| > | h any revisions. By continuing to access or use the Services after those changes | ||||
| > | become effective, you acknowledge and accept that PI will be handled in accorda | ||||
| > | nce with the revised Privacy Policy. | ||||
| 290 | |||||
| 291 | Last Revised: 2026-03 | ||||
| 292 | 351 | ||||
| 293 | This div will include the esi-include only if dynamic include is not disabled an | 352 | This div will include the esi-include only if dynamic include is not disabled an | ||
| > | d Akamai Edge Side Include are supported This first div is the PlayStation Famil | > | d Akamai Edge Side Include are supported This first div is the PlayStation Famil | ||
| > | y Logo - this image should never change | > | y Logo - this image should never change | ||
| 294 | 353 | ||||