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
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages CPRA's requirements around disclosure of data sources and the combination of personal information from disparate sources, which must be disclosed in the privacy policy. The FTC Act's prohibition on deceptive practices applies if the scope of data combination is not sufficiently clear to users at the point of account linking. GDPR Article 14 imposes notice requirements where personal data is obtained from sources other than the data subject, relevant to users in EU-covered jurisdictions addressed by separate policy supplements. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. Third-party data combination is a common practice, but CPRA and emerging state privacy laws require that the sources of personal information be disclosed, and that the combined data be subject to the same opt-out and deletion rights as directly collected data. JURISDICTION FLAGS: California, Virginia, Colorado, and Connecticut privacy laws all require disclosure of categories of sources from which personal information is collected, and deletion rights extend to personal information regardless of its source. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Agreements with third-party data providers, anti-fraud services, and social media platforms should include representations that the data provided is lawfully collected and that its combination with PlayStation data is consistent with the original collection context and applicable law. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should map all third-party data intake flows, confirm that the categories of data sources described in the policy are accurate and current, and assess whether user-facing disclosures at the point of account linking adequately describe the scope of data combination.
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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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