Blizzard: We're Not Sharing Private Data

27 May 2010 at 12:35:35 by Gunnar Petzall

Blizzard's VP of product development, Frank Pearce said in an interview with IncGamers that the company has no interest whatsoever in sharing customer data.

When confronted with a somewhat sneaky paragraph of the game's EULA, Pearce explained "that might just be a legal clause that we were required to put in the EULA."

This is the discussed paragraph:

If at any time you wish to opt out of having your personal information shared with third parties and/or receiving information from Blizzard (via e-mail or postal mail) about new products, services, or promotions, you can do so. You may contact us at Blizzard Entertainment Privacy Policy, Attn: Opt-Out Administrator, 16215 Alton Pkwy. Irvine CA 92618-3616. You can also contact us by e-mailing us at opt-out@blizzard.com. Please indicate what publications or services you no longer wish to receive so that we may better address your needs.

"I can't tell you for sure without talking to lawyers but we're not interested in the Battle.net data that we got to share that with anyone," Pearce told us. "We want to maintain our connections and relations with our customers and not to anyone else."

As well as our full StarCraft II Single Player Preview, we will shortly release the full interview with Frank, so stay tuned!

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