Club Nintendo Changes Privacy Policy

May 6, 2011

Nintendo's Club Nintendo has revised its privacy policy related to online access via its new 3DS hand-held. Nintendo is asking users via an email circulated today to accept a brand new privacy policy that lets it share personal member information with Nintendo Japan. Members must accept the new terms by May 31 or face losing their accounts. There is apparently no way to opt out of these new terms. From the web site:

"The amendment of the Club Nintendo privacy policy was necessary due to the launch of the new Nintendo 3DS system which offers a broad variety of network services. As you can link your Club Nintendo account to your Nintendo 3DS system, we adjusted the existing privacy policy to reflect and explain this.

Under the new Club Nintendo Privacy Policy we ask for your consent to share your data with our parent company Nintendo Co Ltd in Japan. The Nintendo 3DS system offers many new and exciting features and applications which we cannot provide to you without involving our parent company. As you can link your Club Nintendo account to your Nintendo 3DS system, the involvement of our parent company also affects Club Nintendo."

Nintendo insists that it will not share user information with any other party beyond Nintendo Japan and promises privacy:

"We will take all necessary steps to ensure that your privacy is protected."

Source: Edge

Posted in Nintendo Privacy

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Re: Club Nintendo Changes Privacy Policy

Submitted by Grif on Sat, 05/07/2011 - 13:28.

Well, considering that Microsoft has been hacked themselves at least a half-dozen times (That we know of.), they should be on alert anyway.

And I can't find anything on Nintendo getting hacked, so if someone knows of an incident, then feel free to correct me. But Nintendo knows what it's doing. They aren't the best in the industry for no good reason.

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Re: Club Nintendo Changes Privacy Policy

Submitted by Vake Xeacons on Sat, 05/07/2011 - 11:27.

You would have thought Nintendo would have STRENGTHENED security after the PSN incident. Shouldn't everybody be on alert? XBL, Steam, Apple, Nintendo? Everybody should be at Defcon 1 right now.

Re: Club Nintendo Changes Privacy Policy

Submitted by CEOIII on Sat, 05/07/2011 - 01:55.

Yeah, with what Sony's going through with the PSN, THIS is a great idea.

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Re: Club Nintendo Changes Privacy Policy

Submitted by Kincyr on Fri, 05/06/2011 - 16:14.

it's woth noting that the Edge article cites the European Club Nintendo privacy policy. North American menbers have yet to recieve an email message

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DorthLous: Actually, nop, I did miss the emoticon for some reason (getting used to pics?) and I didn't know you changed it since (since I posted previous to my shout and it was still there.) Anyhow, thanks for taking it out!05/23/2012 - 6:01pm

james_fudge: Well we were just testing it. but it is still on the submission to fight $pam.05/23/2012 - 5:48pm

E. Zachary Knight: James, No I don't have it. I was just wondering who does and why. More curiosity than anything.05/23/2012 - 5:38pm

james_fudge: Did you not see the emoticon and did you not see that it has already been changed back?05/23/2012 - 5:10pm

james_fudge: LOL05/23/2012 - 5:07pm

DorthLous: Why? Not shocked that people are barking to an additional hoop to jump through when posting from their already logged in account or just mentionning this to try to paint me as one always complaining?05/23/2012 - 4:45pm

james_fudge: big shock there ;)05/23/2012 - 4:30pm

DorthLous: I'll add my voice to those wanting it gone :S I'm already logged in, I don't need a captch'a. That's for those registering.05/23/2012 - 3:54pm

james_fudge: Et tu EZK?!?05/23/2012 - 3:51pm

Craig R.: I'm a One Man Quorum! And it's working for me now, thanks. :)05/23/2012 - 3:48pm

E. Zachary Knight: How do we determine who get's the game/captcha thingy? Is there a certain posting threshhold users have to meet before it is turned off?05/23/2012 - 2:25pm

james_fudge: Give it a chance, we're still adjusting it ;)05/23/2012 - 11:20am

james_fudge: One does not a Quorum make Craig.05/23/2012 - 11:16am

Craig R.: If I complete the stupid game, and it just deletes my comment, what's the point?05/23/2012 - 11:15am

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