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Source-backed from Nintendo Privacy Policy

26
reviewed findings
15
key findings
3
free to read here
3
verified controls

Privacy Snapshot

What the published policy covers, and how much we found under each. Tap one to read it.

  • Location 2 findings
  • Microphone & Audio 1 finding
  • Messages 1 finding
  • Sensitive Data 1 finding
  • Tracking 1 finding
  • Advertising & Profiling 4 findings
  • Sharing 9 findings
  • Controls & Permissions 6 findings
  • Other 1 finding

3 findings, in full

The first 3 of this report’s 15 key findings, complete — claim, reasoning, and the policy’s own wording.

Microphone & Audio With your consent Nintendo may monitor and record your video and audio with other users

What this means

With your consent, Nintendo may monitor and record video and audio interactions you have with other users, in order to enforce its terms.

With your consent, Nintendo may monitor and record your video and audio interactions with other users to enforce its terms.

Why this matters

Voice chat while playing is a conversation, and this says it can be recorded.

What the policy says

With your consent, and to enforce our terms, we may also monitor and record your video and audio interactions with other users. When you use any of our services that include these or other similar capabilities we may collect your content in accordance with our terms of use and this policy.

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Sensitive Data With your consent Nintendo may collect health information such as steps taken

What this means

With your consent, Nintendo may collect certain health information, such as steps taken or distance walked.

With your consent, Nintendo may collect certain health information such as steps taken or distance walked.

Why this matters

Activity data describes a body and a routine, not only a game.

What the policy says

With your consent, we may collect certain health information such as the number of steps taken or distance walked. We do not use this information for marketing or advertising purposes.

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Sharing Your nickname, online status, age range and gameplay may be visible to others and sometimes the public

What this means

If you use certain services, your shared content, nickname, user icon, online status, country of residence, reported age range, console type and gameplay information may be visible to Nintendo, its business partners, other users, and sometimes the public.

If you use certain services, your shared content, nickname, user icon, online status, country of residence, reported age range, console type, and gameplay information may be visible to Nintendo, its business partners, other users, and sometimes the public.

Why this matters

A console account can be more visible than the living room it sits in.

What the policy says

When you choose to use these services, the information or content that you share, your nickname, your user icon, your online status, your country of residence, your reported age range, the type of gaming console you are using, and your gameplay information may be visible to Nintendo and its trusted business partners, other Nintendo users, and in some cases, the public.

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12 more key findings a free account opens, by topic

  • Advertising & Profiling 4
  • Sharing 4
  • Location 2
  • Messages 1
  • Other 1

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  • Tracking 1 more
  • Sharing 4 more
  • Controls & Permissions 6 more

  • Complete report

    11 additional reviewed findings, each shown with the policy wording behind it, like the 15 above.

  • Privacy Tune-Up

    3 verified privacy controls — where each one is, what it changes, and what may stop working.

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