Minecraft Privacy Statement

This is Minecraft's privacy policy, explaining how Mojang and Microsoft collect and use your personal data when you play Minecraft games, visit minecraft.net, or use related services. The most important thing to know is that Minecraft collects gameplay data, device identifiers, and account information and may share it with Microsoft's broader network of partners and services. If you want to review, update, or delete your data, you can do so through your Microsoft account privacy settings at account.microsoft.com.

This document is Minecraft's privacy policy, published by Microsoft/Mojang on minecraft.net, governing data collection and processing for users of Minecraft games, websites, and related services, with legal basis grounded in Microsoft's broader privacy framework referenced throughout. The policy creates obligations for Microsoft to disclose data categories collected (including gameplay data, account information, device identifiers, and usage analytics), describe sharing practices with third-party partners, and honor user rights including access, correction, and deletion requests. A notable deviation from industry standard is the policy's heavy reliance on cross-referencing Microsoft's main privacy statement rather than providing fully self-contained disclosures, which reduces transparency and creates friction for users seeking to understand their specific rights under Minecraft services. The policy engages GDPR (as Minecraft operates globally including EU/EEA), COPPA (given Minecraft's substantial minor user base), and CCPA/CPRA for California residents, with material compliance considerations around parental consent mechanisms, the adequacy of cross-referential disclosures, and data transfers from the EU to the US under Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent safeguards. Compliance teams should assess whether the incorporation-by-reference approach to Microsoft's parent privacy statement satisfies the specificity requirements of GDPR Art. 13/14 and whether COPPA-compliant verifiable parental consent is operationally implemented for users under 13.