Ugh, so Ubisoft—yeah, the big French video game company—is caught up in some privacy drama, right? There’s this noise about them and a data privacy group. It’s like one of those things that nags at you, like an eyelash in your eye. Anyway—wait, I think I went off track.
So they told Eurogamer they’re super serious about keeping user data safe. Sure, that’s what they say. They’re saying you need to have your internet on for some single player game. I guess they’re worried about folks getting sneaky with game copies? Or maybe it’s just a thing they like to say.
Their spokesperson, bless their heart, was all like, “Oh, we’re checking it out.” I mean, maybe they will. Or won’t. Hard to tell sometimes. But they seem to want players to know they’ve got some fancy Privacy Center? Supposedly, it’s meant to keep everything out in the open. Who really reads those privacy things in games, though? I know I don’t—maybe I should.
Anyway, there’s this group—NOYB, not the catchiest name, but hey. They filed a complaint. Something about Ubisoft not playing by the GDPR rules, which sounds serious. It looks like there might’ve been some sneaky business going on with player data from Far Cry Primal back in 2016. But like, who among us hasn’t slipped up a bit here and there?
So, Ubisoft’s got their hands full, I guess. We’ll just have to see—well, if they clean this mess up or if it becomes a weird footnote in gaming history. Meanwhile, I might just stick to board games for a while.
