Microsoft recently updated their Xbox Privacy Statement ahead of the Xbox One launch that details the data they do collect and what they don’t. Check out the highlights below, and click here to read it in full.
The bulk of concern surrounding the Xbox One is the Kinect; here’s the section of the Privacy Statement regarding the camera: “Kinect creates a virtual gaming environment where your body motions and voice can be used to control gameplay and to navigate through the Service. Kinect uses an infrared sensor, camera, and microphone to make control possible.
“The camera can be used to sign you in. To do so, it measures distances between key points on your face to create a numeric value that represents only you. No one could look at the numbers and know they represent you. This authentication information stays on the console and is not shared with anyone. You control what happens to photographs taken during gameplay and whether voice commands are captured for analysis. You can turn Kinect off at any time.
“When Kinect is used with certain games and apps, your skeletal movements can be used to estimate exercise stats. You can decide how your stats are managed and whether they are shared. Some game titles may take advantage of a new Xbox capability called expressions. This feature allows you to use your defined facial expressions to control or influence a game. This data does not identify you, stays on the console and is destroyed once your session ends.”
The Privacy Statement then discussed targeted advertising on the Xbox One:
“Xbox Services are supported by advertising. Because Microsoft serves advertisements on the console and on our own web sites as well as those of our advertising and publisher partners, we are able to compile information over time about your use of Xbox services and the types of pages, content and ads you visited or viewed online. This information is used for many purposes, including to help select and display targeted advertisements that we believe may be of interest to you. When we display online advertisements to you, we will place one or more persistent cookies on your computer in order to recognize your computer each time we display an ad to you.
“You may opt out of targeted ads from Microsoft and may choose to opt out on any device after you’ve signed in to Microsoft account.”
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