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In certain states, you can designate an authorized agent to make a rights request on your behalf. You or the agent must provide written authorization acceptable to us.
If you use an authorized agent to submit a request, we will not act on that request unless we are able to authenticate, with commercially reasonable efforts, both your identity and the authorized agent's authority to act on your behalf.
We will verify your identity first before we can fulfill your request. We will respond to your request within the timeframe as required or permitted by the local laws.
"We will take steps to both verify the identity of the person seeking to exercise their rights as listed above, and to verify that your agent...has been authorized to make a request on your behalf through providing us with a signed written authorization...Excerpt from Activision's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “We will take steps to both verify the identity of the person seeking to exercise their rights as listed above, and to verify that your agent...has been authorized to make a request on your behalf through providing us with a signed written authorization...”
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