Nintendo shares your personal information, including gameplay behavior and device identifiers, with third-party advertising and analytics companies to serve you targeted ads and measure campaign performance.
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This clause establishes the operational framework under which Nintendo engages third-party service providers for data collection and advertising delivery. The provision specifies that data sharing occurs for targeted advertising purposes, which constitutes a material business practice affecting how user information flows within the service infrastructure.
Nintendo now explicitly discloses that it collects persistent identifiers (IP addresses, device IDs) from child users for operational, security, fraud prevention, and service improvement purposes, and states that contractual restrictions limit how service providers can use this data. Parents gain enhanced transparency by being able to view a named list of third-party games and applications authorized to access their child's account, rather than just managing access through settings. The policy also clarifies that location information may be used for check-ins at Nintendo locations and events in addition to location-based games. You can review and manage which third-party apps have access to your child's account through your Nintendo Account profile settings.
View change record →Nintendo now discloses that it uses location data not only for location-based games and friend connections, but also to enable check-ins at specific events and Nintendo locations, which is a new explicit use case. The policy now details how child user data including persistent identifiers like IP addresses and device IDs are collected and retained, with commitments to delete or de-identify data based on sensitivity and account activity. Parents can now see which third-party apps have been authorized to access their child's account before deciding whether to allow continued access, giving more visibility into connected applications.
View change record →The revised policy simplifies how Nintendo describes data retention, now stating information is retained only as long as reasonably necessary in accordance with applicable law, without prior detail about sensitivity-based retention practices. For child users, the policy no longer explicitly lists persistent identifiers (IP addresses, device identifiers) that Nintendo and service providers collect, removing specific disclosure language that previously detailed collection purposes for child accounts. The policy now indicates it collects error information from both users and devices, broadening the prior language focused on device errors only. The privacy certification body changed from CARU to ESRB, meaning independent audits and enforcement are now administered by the Entertainment Software Rating Board rather than the Children's Advertising Review Unit.
View change record →Your personal and behavioral data collected by Nintendo may flow to third-party ad tech and analytics vendors, potentially enabling detailed behavioral profiling beyond Nintendo's own platforms.
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We do not share your personal data with any third-party advertisers or ad networks for their advertising except for: (i) hashed or device identifiers (to the extent they are personal data in some countries), (ii) with your separate permission (e.g., in a lead generation form) or (iii) data already v...
We may share your personal information with third-party vendors and service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance. We may also share your personal information with busines...
We may share your information with third-party partners, including advertising and analytics companies, to help us understand how you use our services and to show you more relevant ads. These third parties may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about you...
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"We permit third-party service providers to collect your information, as described here, through some of our services and we share your information with third-party service providers for business purposes as described in this policy, including but not limited to providing advertising on our services and elsewhere based on users' online activities over time and across different sites, services, and devices.— Excerpt from Nintendo's Nintendo Privacy Policy
Third-party data sharing with advertising and analytics vendors implicates CCPA/CPRA 'sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising' definitions, requiring opt-out mechanisms. Compliance teams should audit data processing agreements with these vendors to confirm service provider status and contractual restrictions on downstream use.
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This clause establishes the operational framework under which Nintendo engages third-party service providers for data collection and advertising delivery. The provision specifies that data sharing occurs for targeted advertising purposes, which constitutes a material business practice affecting how user information flows within the service infrastructure.
Your personal and behavioral data collected by Nintendo may flow to third-party ad tech and analytics vendors, potentially enabling detailed behavioral profiling beyond Nintendo's own platforms.
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