PlayStation may receive information about you from third parties such as social media platforms and fraud detection services, and combine it with your existing account data, expanding the profile PlayStation holds about you beyond what you directly provide.
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The combination of first-party account data with third-party sourced data, including fraud scores and social media data, can significantly expand the scope and sensitivity of the profile PlayStation maintains, with implications for how that data is used and with whom it is shared.
If you link your PlayStation account to social media or other third-party services, data from those platforms may be combined with your PlayStation data, potentially enriching the profile used for advertising and other purposes without additional separate consent.
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"We may receive information, including the following, from third party sources and combine it with information we already directly collect from you. We will handle the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Game, social media, or other information, from those third parties or services you link your Account with, or who provide information to power PlayStation features. Information from other users, for example if those users have given us access to their profiles and if you are one of their connections, or information about you is otherwise made accessible to us by them. Information from third-parties as appropriate given our relationship, for example from anti-fraud service providers we might obtain fraud risk scores.Excerpt from Sony PlayStation's PlayStation Privacy Policy
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The combination of first-party account data with third-party sourced data, including fraud scores and social media data, can significantly expand the scope and sensitivity of the profile PlayStation maintains, with implications for how that data is used and with whom it is shared.
If you link your PlayStation account to social media or other third-party services, data from those platforms may be combined with your PlayStation data, potentially enriching the profile used for advertising and other purposes without additional separate consent.
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