Origin owns you (And your IP address)

Back in the day.. when each game was seperate, and there was no adding to Origin/Steam, I never ever registered any of my EA games. As I really didn't want a publishing house to know who I am and what games I have/had.

So now I never use any real information, apart from where it's REALLY needed.
 
Im sorry this is nowhere near as bad as facebook.

I suggest you read the FB T&C's.....

And why I as a photographer have hardly any pictures on there, and why as a journalist my friend does not use it.

Trust me, Origin is nothing compared. You can even opt out of the marketing etc.

Facebook does all of this:

Everything you say, every picture you post, whether a friend posts one of your pictures or you do yourself is intellectual property of Fb. Fb uses your status updates to form a digital collage of your life and activities and makes £££££££££ selling that on. Fb also has access to many other activities that relate to your address and IP, i.e. ever wondered why after watching a set of alloys on ebay, an ad pops up for rimstyle in your fb feed?

Lets face it, the www is now an intricate system of ways to obtain critical information to drive advertising, and there is not one free company that doesn't at least do one of the things in the OP.

Dont like it, stop posting! lol
 
Chris. said:
Fb also has access to many other activities that relate to your address and IP, i.e. ever wondered why after watching a set of alloys on ebay, an ad pops up for rimstyle in your fb feed?
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Then you're doing something wrong, as I've NEVER had this happen to me.

FB does keep offering me Singles matching and dating services though.. and I never use those types of websites.. must be grabbing that from my profile.
 
Anon-e-mouse said:
Then you're doing something wrong, as I've NEVER had this happen to me.

FB does keep offering me Singles matching and dating services though.. and I never use those types of websites.. must be grabbing that from my profile.
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He's not doing anything wrong. A great deal of online advertising does this, including google Adsense.
 
Another reason, to be REALLY ruthless with those tracking cookies and webbugs. Get rid of those and a good 90% of the web tracking is eliminated. However, I still don't want to give EA my real details so no Origin use here from me.
 
ZombieFan said:
Erm... Apart from the fact that the definition of spyware is a piece of software which collects information without the user's knowledge. EA has told us that Origin collects information, otherwise this thread wouldn't exist!
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Considering most people dont read EULA's then effectively it is without thier knowledge.
 
Fred said:
Considering most people dont read EULA's then effectively it is without thier knowledge.
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Ignorance is not a defence.

The journalist (and I use that destription loosely) who wrote the piece read the EULA and then thought it was spyware AFTER he/she knew that Origin collected this information? It's not like they had to sniff the network traffic to uncover this. It's there in black and white.

Sensationalism journalism at it's best.
 
This week, people finally got around to reading the end user license agreement for EA's download service Origin, and found that it allowed EA to collect personal and usage data for marketing purposes (the old version of the ORIGIN EULA which can be found here). In response, EA issued a new, much softer-sounding version (PDF link here) of Origin's EULA. The new version no longer mentions marketing, but maintains the right to collect "nonpersonally identifiable data, including computer configuration, software usage, and peripherals connected. EA specifies that this data collection is done "for purposes of improving our products and services, providing services to you, facilitating the provision of software updates, dynamically served content and product support as well as communicating with you." Here's the new EULA wording:
EA knows that you care how information about you is collected, used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. Information about our customers is an important part of our business, and EA would never sell your personally identifiable information to anyone, nor would it ever use spyware or install spyware on users’ machines. We and agents acting 37683v1 on our behalf do not share information that personally identifies you without your consent, except in rare instances where disclosure is required by law or to enforce EA’s legal rights.

In addition to information that you give EA directly, EA collects nonpersonally identifiable (or anonymous) information for purposes of improving our products and services, providing services to you, facilitating the provision of software updates, dynamically served content and product support as well as communicating with you. The non-personally identifiable information that EA collects includes technical and related information that identifies your computer (including the Internet Protocol Address) and operating system, as well as information about your Application usage (including but not limited to successful installation and/or removal), software, software usage and peripheral hardware.

As noted above, this information is gathered periodically for purposes such as improving our products and services, troubleshooting bugs, and otherwise enhancing your user experience. This and all other data provided to EA and/or collected by EA in connection with your installation and use of this Application is collected, used, stored and transmitted in accordance with EA’s Privacy Policy located at www.ea.com. To the extent that anything in this section conflicts or is inconsistent with the terms of EA’s Privacy Policy, the terms of the Privacy Policy shall control.​
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