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.
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.
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.
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.
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 you give up the right to sue?
- Do they get wide rights to what you post or upload?
- 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 refuse responsibility when things break?
- Can they cut you off any time?
- 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 you pay their legal bills?
- Must disputes be settled in their chosen court?
- Do they own your ideas and feedback?