When you use EA's cross-platform play features, your account identifiers and related information are shared with other gaming platforms (such as Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, Steam) and those platforms' privacy policies then govern how that data is handled.
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Enabling Cross-Play shares your gaming identity with platforms beyond the one you are playing on, and those platforms' own privacy practices apply to the data they receive, which may differ from EA's policy.
Cross-Play users should be aware that their platform ID and usage information is shared with other console and PC platforms, and that the receiving platform's privacy policy governs that data independently of EA's policy. You can disable Cross-Play in the relevant game or platform settings to limit this sharing.
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"When Cross-Play is enabled and you play with someone on another platform, that other platform may receive your platform's ID (such as Xbox Gamertag, or Online ID of your account for PlayStation™Network) along with other information necessary to enable Cross-Play. In addition, we may provide information regarding your use of Cross-Play features to the platform on which you play our games. You can change your Cross-Play preferences by visiting the game's or your platform's settings menus.Excerpt from EA's Privacy and Cookie Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Cross-platform data sharing involves controller-to-controller transfers under GDPR, where each receiving platform becomes an independent data controller for the data it receives.
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Enabling Cross-Play shares your gaming identity with platforms beyond the one you are playing on, and those platforms' own privacy practices apply to the data they receive, which may differ from EA's policy.
Cross-Play users should be aware that their platform ID and usage information is shared with other console and PC platforms, and that the receiving platform's privacy policy governs that data independently of EA's policy. You can disable Cross-Play in the relevant game or platform settings to limit this sharing.
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