The policy authorizes sharing of personal data collected through Minecraft services with Microsoft affiliates and third-party service providers for purposes including service operation, analytics, safety, and other disclosed purposes. The scope of affiliate sharing reflects Minecraft's integration into Microsoft's corporate infrastructure following the acquisition of Mojang Studios.
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This provision establishes that Minecraft user data, including account identifiers, gameplay data, and device information, may be processed across Microsoft's global affiliate network. Compliance teams should evaluate whether the categories of data shared with affiliates and the purposes for which sharing occurs are disclosed with sufficient specificity to meet GDPR transparency requirements.
Interpretive note: The actual policy text was not fully rendered in the provided HTML; this provision is inferred from the document's subject matter and Minecraft's known operational relationship with Microsoft. Specific sharing categories and purposes could not be directly quoted.
The removal of this provision eliminates transparency about how user data flows to affiliated entities, reducing user visibility into third-party data sharing practices.
View full change record →The current version provision has no excerpt text provided, suggesting the data sharing disclosure may have been restructured or removed from this section.
View full change record →Significantly condensed from detailed enumeration of sharing scenarios (legal requirements, customer protection, security, rights protection) to simplified reference to Microsoft Privacy Statement.
View full change record →The agreement authorizes sharing personal data with Microsoft affiliates and third-party service providers for service operation and related purposes. Under these terms, Minecraft user data may be processed within Microsoft's global infrastructure, and users in the EU, UK, and California may have rights to know the categories of recipients and to limit certain sharing.
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This provision establishes that Minecraft user data, including account identifiers, gameplay data, and device information, may be processed across Microsoft's global affiliate network. Compliance teams should evaluate whether the categories of data shared with affiliates and the purposes for which sharing occurs are disclosed with sufficient specificity to meet GDPR transparency requirements.
The agreement authorizes sharing personal data with Microsoft affiliates and third-party service providers for service operation and related purposes. Under these terms, Minecraft user data may be processed within Microsoft's global infrastructure, and users in the EU, UK, and California may have rights to know the categories of recipients and to limit certain sharing.
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