The metrics and monitoring part (“We may also automatically or passively collect information about your use of our Services”) is where it gets interesting. There, you can see a laundry list of what is being collected: your name, username, address, payment methods of course, as well as content that gets stored in their databases such as purchases, voice messages, chat content, posts, and more generally any user-generated content that gets stored on their end. ![]() At the individual level, the data is also collected for some legal reasons, as stated in PlayStation terms and conditions.Īlthough the terms may vary depending on your country, all versions of the PSN rules that we checked has a variation on “we are not responsible for recording or monitoring any activity on PSN, although we may do so in order to investigate violations of or enforce this Agreement, or to protect the rights and property of SIE, its partners, and customers.”įor further details on what is being logged, one has to go to PlayStation’s legal page, select their country, and head over to the Privacy Policy page. In theory, that kind of information is aggregated and anonymized in most cases internally before being used to monitor various metrics (whether for marketing, legal, or engineering purposes). It probably won’t be a surprise to most people following this blog, but Sony monitors a lot of information when you use a PlayStation console, and in particular when you connect to the PlayStation Network. Nothing’s really surprising in there, but it’s “funny” to see PlayStation know about hack usage, and overall it’s a shockingly massive amount of data. In the package AlexCheer1 was sent, his entire history had been kept back to 2012! ![]() As such, it isn’t completely surprising, but interesting, to see that they know he’s been using Adrenaline (identified as PSPEMUCFW).įurthermore, they keep a long history of all this data. Their systems also log every kind of game you launch, even offline (the data gets sent the next time you go online), and even if those are homebrew games. Which parts of the system menu you’ve browsed.What games you play online, and whether it’s F2P/Free Weekend or on PS Plus.What controllers/portable consoles you connect to your console.He’s found out that Sony knows, among other things: Please see the PlayStation Store Cancellation Policy for more information.AlexCheer1 has shared a few screenshots of what his data looks like (screenshots below). There are limitations on when you can get a refund for certain payments. ![]() Please check your account transaction history to see if you have purchased the same piece of content multiple times. If you find that a family member under the age of 18 is using an adult account, please contact us. If a child is using an adult account, they will be able to use PlayStation™Network without parental controls - this is a breach of our Terms of Service. The spending limit for a child account is set to 0 by default when the account is created by the family manager. Please see our PlayStation Store Cancellation Policy for more details.Ĭould a family member have used your payment details?Ĭhild accounts don't have their own PlayStation wallet but can spend funds from the family manager's wallet within an assigned spending limit. Please note, there are limitations on when you can get a refund for subscription payments. Please check your subscription settings to see if this is the cause of the transaction. Have you been charged a recurring subscription fee? ![]() If your transaction history doesn't explain the charges, please consider the common reasons for unrecognized payments listed below. If you do not recognize a purchase, first check your PlayStation Store transactions.
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