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Data transfers to the US require specific legal safeguards under GDPR, and if those mechanisms are not properly implemented, users' data may lack adequate protection under EU standards — a risk highlighted by the Schrems II ruling.
Riot Games has restructured how it presents information about data collection and use in its privacy notice. The company narrowed its third-party disclaimer by removing the phrase 'we don't own or co…
Riot Games collects a broad range of personal data from players including voice and text communications, hardware identifiers, gameplay behavior, and approximate location, and uses some of this data for targeted advertising through third-party partners. Players who use Valorant are also subject to kernel-level anti-cheat software (Vanguard) that collects detailed system information even outside of active gameplay sessions. You can submit data access, deletion, or opt-out requests through Riot's privacy request page at https://privacyrequest.riotgames.com.
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You will provide personal information directly to our website in the United States. We may also transfer personal information to our partners and service providers in the United States and other jurisdictions. Please note that such jurisdictions may not provide the same protections as the data prote...
Notion is based in the United States and the information we collect is governed by U.S. law. If you are accessing our Services from outside of the United States, please be aware that information collected through the Services may be transferred to, processed, stored, and used in the United States an...
Your personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your country of residence, including Canada and the United States, where our servers are located and our central database is operated. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from those in ...
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"Riot Games is based in the United States, and we may transfer your personal information to countries outside of your home country, including to the United States, which may have different data protection laws than your home country. When we transfer personal information from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland to other countries, we use appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.— Excerpt from Riot Games's Riot Games Privacy Notice
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Data transfers to the US require specific legal safeguards under GDPR, and if those mechanisms are not properly implemented, users' data may lack adequate protection under EU standards — a risk highlighted by the Schrems II ruling.
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