Sony can 'monitor and record' PSN activity
In a section in the company's new Software Usage Terms entitled 'Are we monitoring PSN?', the company declares that it is, but reassures that it is unable to monitor all communication.
Instead, Sony said it reserves the right to "monitor and record" text or voice communication, or user-generated media (UGM) where they feel it's necessary - for example, if another player submits a grief report. The disclosure comes amid widespread concerns over mass internet surveillance, after it was revealed that state officials across numerous western countries have been secretly accessing the user data of millions.
The full statement on Sony's site reads as follows:
Are we monitoring PSN?
Yes but we can't monitor all PSN activity and we make no commitment to do so. However, we reserve the right in our sole discretion to monitor and record any or all of your PSN activity and to remove any of your UGM at our sole discretion, without further notice to you.
Your use of PSN and our community features may be recorded and collected by us or sent to us by other users as described in 13.1.
Any information collected in this way, for example, your UGM, the content of your voice and text communications, video of your gameplay, the time and location of your activities, and your name, your PSN Online ID and IP address, may be used by us or our affiliated companies to enforce these Terms and the SEN Terms of Service, to comply with the law, to protect our rights and those of our licensors and users, and to protect the personal safety of our employees and users.
This information may be passed to the police or other appropriate authorities. By accepting these Software Usage Terms, you expressly consent to this.
Other agreements required in Sony's Software Usage Terms include the acceptance that all software is licensed, not sold, and that players "must not resell either disc-based software or software downloads, unless expressly authorised by [Sony]".
However, it is worth noting that similar statements have also been present in previous Terms & Conditions agreements for the PS3, PS Vita, PSP and Microsoft consoles.
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BRSPosted:
Ugg Hopefully, everyone won't be mad at the Xbox One now for having the "always on" Kinect.
They forgive Sony for all their mistakes but not Microsoft.
BRSPosted:
That's ok. I'll just update MY terms and conditions so they allow me to sub-licence software to Game, HMV, me mate Dave or whoever..
MaggardoPosted:
Shen People are so paranoid now. They freak out to extra protection companies and governments are employing, then when something goes wrong, they question why things like that can still go on. Because we are preventing them from helping us out to their full potential.
I'm sorry, but I just wanted to say, that I agree with what your trying to say. But then, I disagree. I like how the government, wants to keep us safe and all. I just think what they are doing is invasion of our privacy. Which is something, I don't like at all!
FrogPosted:
Shen People are so paranoid now. They freak out to extra protection companies and governments are employing, then when something goes wrong, they question why things like that can still go on. Because we are preventing them from helping us out to their full potential.
I don't agree with some of the extremities many governments go to, it's just way over the top and invasion of personal information. Although they can catch criminals and terrorists through it, they also get lots of information of how to screw over other countries and their own people.
Evo8Posted:
People are so paranoid now. They freak out to extra protection companies and governments are employing, then when something goes wrong, they question why things like that can still go on. Because we are preventing them from helping us out to their full potential.
KatsumiPosted:
Thlack I am getting the Xbox One now, I am just going to throw my kinnect in a box surrounded by foam to cancel noise and vision.
It may be worth actually giving it a try seeming that it's mandatory with the console..
ThlackPosted:
I am getting the Xbox One now, I am just going to throw my kinnect in a box surrounded by foam to cancel noise and vision.
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