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  • Re: WTF?

    From rms@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 24 14:55:56 2023
    "Ubisoft clarifies the policy on shutting down inactive accounts.
    Importantly if your account is tied to any purchased game, they will not
    shut it down. They are only closing accounts with no games and 4+ years of inactivity to comply with GDPR data retention policies"

    https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/24/23805783/ubisoft-delete-game-accounts

    rms

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  • From Justisaur@21:1/5 to rms on Mon Jul 24 14:19:20 2023
    On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 1:56:02 PM UTC-7, rms wrote:
    "Ubisoft clarifies the policy on shutting down inactive accounts. Importantly if your account is tied to any purchased game, they will not shut it down. They are only closing accounts with no games and 4+ years of inactivity to comply with GDPR data retention policies"

    https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/24/23805783/ubisoft-delete-game-accounts

    That makes sense, I have bought a couple games (besides the free ones.) so
    I'm good!

    - Justisaur

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to rms on Tue Jul 25 11:11:40 2023
    On 24/07/2023 21:55, rms wrote:
    "Ubisoft clarifies the policy on shutting down inactive accounts.
    Importantly if your account is tied to any purchased game, they will not
    shut it down. They are only closing accounts with no games and 4+ years
    of inactivity to comply with GDPR data retention policies"

    https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/24/23805783/ubisoft-delete-game-accounts

    rms

    Interesting as I've seen some information from people saying that they
    have indeed lost access to their games.

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jul 25 08:55:25 2023
    On Mon, 24 Jul 2023 14:19:20 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    That makes sense, I have bought a couple games (besides the free ones.) so >I'm good!

    - Justisaur

    Yeah, I have at least ONE purchased game on their site so I hope I am
    good too.

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