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PlayStation will "irreversably" delete your account along with your game library if you dont login for 3 years (www.msn.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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Just in time for them to take physical discs away! Edit: This is only in EU! For now.

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[+] -19 points 4 months ago (5 children)

It’s literally because of consumer protection laws. GDPR requires the deletion of unused data, to ensure companies aren’t just holding onto your data indefinitely. This is simply the consequence of that, because Sony has apparently determined that three years is enough of a threshold to be considered “unused”.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Why lie about something like this?

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  • [+] -10 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Because it isn’t a lie. Companies need to justify why they are retaining personal information after they stop using it. If they can’t justify it, they need to delete it.

    And you think Sony is going to put their neck on the line to try and argue that keeping old unused accounts open is a justifiable reason? They have literally zero incentive to do so, and a large profit incentive to delete accounts as soon as they can reasonably argue that they are too old. Because that will push people towards re-buying games they already purchased once before.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    It really reveals the nature of your purchase, doesn't it? Apparently you are just buying some entries in a database. Sadly any software we can't use offline can just be deleted like this. The pendulum swung too far towards the cloud, hopefully it comes back down to earth soon.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    yhea, that is 100% bullshit.

    GDPR isn't new, and no company was forced to do that.

    Might as well block the highway with my car saying that the law forces me to do that, because I cannot pass cars on the left lane, and I point to the "right" lane (opposite direction traffic) on the other side of the barrier.

    But good news, according to EU regulations you should just a toilet in your house, you are meant to spew shite into it.

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