Nintendo updated its privacy policy to clarify error reporting practices, expand location-based service uses, provide more detailed information retention procedures, add explicit disclosures about persistent identifiers collected from child users, enhance parental controls with a named list of authorized third-party apps, and transition its privacy certification from ESRB to CARU. The policy now specifies that error data is collected from devices (not individuals), describes additional location-based features like event check-ins, details how personal information is deleted or de-identified based on data sensitivity and account activity, and establishes contractual restrictions on how persistent identifiers are used for child accounts.
Parents: Parents can now see exactly which third-party apps have been given permission to access their child's Nintendo Account data.
Consumers: Nintendo now explicitly states it collects device-level identifiers from child accounts for operational and advertising purposes, subject to contractual restrictions.
Consumers: Nintendo now provides more detail about how long it keeps your data and the factors that determine when it deletes or anonymizes information.
Consumers: Nintendo now explicitly states it may use your location data to let you check into specific events and Nintendo locations, not just for games and friend features.
The updated policy expands the location-based services Nintendo may provide using your location data to include event check-ins and visits to Nintendo locations, in addition to location-based games and friend connections. For parents of child users, the policy now explicitly discloses that Nintendo collects persistent identifiers such as IP addresses and device identifiers from child accounts for operational purposes including service functionality, security, fraud prevention, and contextual advertising, and states that contractual restrictions limit how service providers use this information. The policy also clarifies that personal information is retained only as long as reasonably necessary and is then deleted or de-identified based on data sensitivity, account activity, and features used. Parents can now view a named list of third-party games and applications authorized to access their child's account information and manage which apps continue to have access through their Nintendo Account profile settings.
→ Review the updated location-based service uses in your Nintendo Account settings if you have location services enabled.
→ If you are a parent, log into your Nintendo Account to view the named list of third-party games and applications authorized to access your child's account and adjust permissions as needed.
Policy now explicitly discloses collection of IP addresses, device identifiers, and unique identifiers from child accounts for operational, security, fraud prevention, and contextual advertising purposes, with contractual restrictions on service provider use.
Parents can now view a named list of third-party games and applications authorized to access their child's account and manage which apps continue to have access.
Policy now explicitly includes event check-ins and Nintendo location visits as uses of location data, in addition to location-based games and friend connections.
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Nintendo revised its privacy policy to expand location-based service disclosures, enhance transparency around persistent identifier collection from child users, and strengthen parental controls. The change adds explicit language about IP addresses and device identifiers collected …
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