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Privacy firm files Ubisoft legal complaint over data collection, forced online in single-player games


Assassin's Creed maker Ubisoft has been hit by a complaint from a European privacy firm over the data it collects from players.

A European privacy firm has filed a legal complaint against Assassin's Creed maker Ubisoft, citing concerns over the company's data collection practices and the requirement of an online connection for single-player games. Based in Austria, the non-profit NOYB - European Center for Digital Rights has taken on the case of a Far Cry fan who contacted Ubisoft to find out what data it had collected. NOYB (which stands for None Of Your Business) was set up by privacy activist Max Schrems, who previously helped surface allegations of personal data being passed from Europe to the USA for use in the NSA's PRISM mass surveillance programme.

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