Re:Dozens of PC games drop tracking software after surveilla...
by mrmr1993 on Friday July 20, 2018 @11:45AM
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From GDPR Article 4(1):
> ‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;
To layer on some interpretation:
* Red Shell is collecting information
* which relates to "an identifiable natural person"
* who "can be identified [...] by reference to [...] one or more factors specific to the physical [...] identity of that natural person"
* where these factors are the information Red Shell is collecting about the software and hardware of their physical devices
* and thus are "personal data", as regulated by the GDPR.
Given that their primary purpose is identifying users, they're going to have a hard time arguing that they don't fall under the GDPR's jurisdiction.
> ‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;
To layer on some interpretation: * Red Shell is collecting information * which relates to "an identifiable natural person" * who "can be identified [...] by reference to [...] one or more factors specific to the physical [...] identity of that natural person" * where these factors are the information Red Shell is collecting about the software and hardware of their physical devices * and thus are "personal data", as regulated by the GDPR.
Given that their primary purpose is identifying users, they're going to have a hard time arguing that they don't fall under the GDPR's jurisdiction.