The policy discloses that third-party services accessed through Nintendo services may independently collect user information, including activity data from Nintendo services, and may notify the user's connections on those third-party platforms about their Nintendo service use.
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This provision discloses that Nintendo's policy does not govern data collection by third-party services accessed through Nintendo platforms; users' data and activity information may be collected and shared by those third parties under separate privacy policies that Nintendo does not control.
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 →Under this provision, when users access third-party gaming or social media services through Nintendo services, those third parties may collect information about the user's Nintendo activity and share information with the user's connections on those platforms, subject to each third party's own privacy policy rather than Nintendo's policy.
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Compare across platforms →"If you access third-party services -- such as third-party online gaming services and social media services -- through our services, these third-party services may be able to collect information directly from you or about you, including information about your activity on our services, and they may notify your connections on the third-party services about your use of our services, in accordance with their own privacy policies.Excerpt from Nintendo's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Nintendo's disclosure of third-party data collection through its services engages FTC guidance on transparency and disclosure of data flows involving third parties.
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This provision discloses that Nintendo's policy does not govern data collection by third-party services accessed through Nintendo platforms; users' data and activity information may be collected and shared by those third parties under separate privacy policies that Nintendo does not control.
Under this provision, when users access third-party gaming or social media services through Nintendo services, those third parties may collect information about the user's Nintendo activity and share information with the user's connections on those platforms, subject to each third party's own privacy policy rather than Nintendo's policy.
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