“Epic also does not profile its users through automated means to make decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects. This includes for users for whom we have actual knowledge are under 18.”
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Automated profiling for consequential decisions is a recognized risk in data protection frameworks, and this commitment addresses that category explicitly, with an extension to known minors.
Interpretive note: The under-18 protection is conditioned on 'actual knowledge,' meaning users whose age Unreal Engine does not know are not explicitly covered by this clause's extension.
Unreal Engine will not subject you to automated profiling that produces decisions with legal or similarly significant effects, and this applies explicitly to users it actually knows are under 18.
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"Epic also does not profile its users through automated means to make decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects. This includes for users for whom we have actual knowledge are under 18.Excerpt from Unreal Engine's Epic Games Privacy Policy
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Automated profiling for consequential decisions is a recognized risk in data protection frameworks, and this commitment addresses that category explicitly, with an extension to known minors.
Unreal Engine will not subject you to automated profiling that produces decisions with legal or similarly significant effects, and this applies explicitly to users it actually knows are under 18.
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