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Nintendo

5 serious, 3 to watch. Found 13 of 23 practices.
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nintendo.com/us/terms-of-use (8 Oct 2026)nintendo.com/privacy-policy (8 Oct 2026)
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Do they sell or share your data?Yes

We may share some or all of the categories of your information, as identified above, with third-party service providers that provide services to us for a variety of business purposes, such as payment processing, customer service, email deployment, advertising and marketing (including counting ad impressions, analyzing website clicks, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, ensuring compliance with industry standards, ad delivery, reporting, personalization, audience segmentation, and analytics), security enhancement, fraud prevention, performance monitoring, maintaining or servicing accounts, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, information hosting, auditing, and in
nintendo.com/privacy-policy, lines 96–99
In plain wordsThe company shares your information with advertising and marketing partners to help with things like ad delivery, personalization, and audience segmentation.

12 of 18 other consumer electronics companies we rated do this too.

Do they get wide rights to what you post or upload?Yes

Nintendo may revoke this license at any time. B. Users. If you submit or post User Content to the Services, unless we indicate otherwise, you grant Nintendo a worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, and sublicenseable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, perform, and display such User Content in whole or in part and to incorporate such User Content in other works, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, including for promotional or marketing purposes.
nintendo.com/us/terms-of-use, lines 21–22
In plain wordsBy posting content, you give Nintendo permanent, worldwide permission to use, change, and share your work however they want, even for their own advertising, without paying you. This permission cannot be taken back once you post it.

6 of 8 other consumer electronics companies we rated do this too.

Do you give up the right to sue?Yes

The arbitrator, and not any federal, state or local court or agency, shall have exclusive authority to resolve all Claims.
nintendo.com/us/terms-of-use, lines 52–52
In plain wordsYou cannot take disputes to a regular court or participate in a class-action lawsuit. Instead, you must resolve all legal disagreements through a private process called binding arbitration.

5 of 6 other consumer electronics companies we rated do this too.

Do they refuse responsibility when things break?Yes

NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY NINTENDO OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES CREATES A WARRANTY. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. NINTENDO DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
nintendo.com/us/terms-of-use, lines 46–46
In plain wordsThis clause means the company provides its services without any guarantees and will not be held responsible for most types of damages or losses you might experience. You are essentially using the service at your own risk, and you cannot sue them for indirect or special damages even if they knew a problem might occur.

12 of 14 other consumer electronics companies we rated do this too.

Do you pay their legal bills?Yes

You further agree to indemnify the Nintendo Parties for any Covered Losses arising out of or related to: (a) any Submissions you provide; (b) your violation of these Terms; and (c) your violation of any rights of another. Some jurisdictions limit consumer indemnities, so some or all of the indemnity provisions above may not apply to you. If you are obligated to indemnify us, we will have the right, in our sole and unfettered discretion, to control any action or proceeding and determine whether we wish to settle it, and if so, on what terms. 13. Dispute Resolution; Binding Individual Arbitration; Class Action Waiver.
nintendo.com/us/terms-of-use, lines 49–50
In plain wordsThis clause means that if Nintendo faces a lawsuit because of something you did, you are responsible for paying their legal fees and any damages they lose. You are also giving them total control over how they handle and settle those legal cases.

9 of 9 other consumer electronics companies we rated do this too.

Can they cut you off any time?Partly

Copyright Usage/Infringement Notices. Nintendo respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please follow our Intellectual Property Policy. 10. Modifying/Terminating Services. Nintendo reserves the right to modify, update or discontinue our Services, or any features or portions thereof, without prior notice. You agree that we can suspend or terminate your right to access our Services at any time for any reason without notice, obligation or liability to you. 11. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability. USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
nintendo.com/us/terms-of-use, lines 40–46
In plain wordsNintendo can stop you from using their services or close your account whenever they want, for any reason, and they don't have to warn you first.

1 of 6 other consumer electronics companies we rated do this too.

Do they combine your data across products?Partly

We may also receive information about you from other sources, including from other users of our services, and third-party services and organizations. For example, if you access any social media or similar services through our services to login or to share information about your experience on our services with others, we may collect information from these third-party services. We may also combine the information received from these other sources with information we’ve collected from you. 2. How we use your information
nintendo.com/privacy-policy, lines 88–89
In plain wordsThe company collects information about you from various places, such as social media and other third-party companies, and merges it with the data they already have about you. This allows them to build a single, unified profile of your activities and interests.

6 of 10 other consumer electronics companies we rated do this too.

Can your data go to a buyer if the company is sold?Partly

We may share your information to comply with legal process, respond to claims or inquiries, enforce our terms, or protect and defend the rights, property or personal safety of our operations, our users, or the public. Business transfers We may share your information as part of a substantial corporate transaction, such as a sale or transfer of company assets, a merger, consolidation, or as otherwise legally permitted. Other users and the public
nintendo.com/privacy-policy, lines 100–103
In plain wordsIf the company is sold, merges with another business, or undergoes a major change, your personal information may be handed over to the new owners.

7 of 11 other consumer electronics companies we rated do this too.

Checked, nothing hostile

  • Does not say it keeps your data forever or after you delete your account.
  • Does not say it uses your personal data to target ads at you.
  • Does not describe following you across sites, apps or devices, or collecting your face or fingerprints.
  • Does not say it shows your name, photo or activity in ads.
  • Does not force disputes into a specific far-away court.

Not covered by these documents

The documents we read do not mention these practices, which usually live in a document we haven’t read yet:

  • Do they refuse to let you delete your account?
  • Can they read your private messages?
  • Can they change the deal without asking?
  • Do they use what you post to train AI?
  • Do they lock you in for a year or more?
  • Do they keep rights to your content after you leave?
  • Can they hand your data to authorities without telling you?
  • Are they off the hook if your data leaks?
  • Does your subscription renew by itself?
  • Do they own your ideas and feedback?