Russian video game company demand phone numbers in exchange for data export, a clear breach of GDPR

You can always use a fake or alt phone.

Based Russians
mutts seething

Israel has their HQ in the US, does that make them American?

The other way round.

No.

Same reason why a Russian company that was started in a Russian proxy state is still Russian.

>criticizing (((Russia))) or (((America)))
But what about [other country]? They have [insert random economical, social or political issues tht suit my agenda here] that justifies our actions!

Checkm8 /pol/

The Russian company "Wargaming" claims that a phone number is required to identify the "real owner" and to force them to use 2FA with a phone number.

Completely bullshit reason.

What's the big deal? Are yuropoors too poor to afford a cell phone or something?

Best is just to boycott them and let people know about it. Once I tried to install that Shin Megami Tensei mobilegame, because I'm I love them, but it asked for I think like 5 permissions including reading my phones storage, taking pictures with my camera, location and just iffy shit that had nothing to do with the game. That was the 1st and last time I'll try to install mobileshit. Play real games and never, ever support f2p, mobileshit and browsergames. Period.

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Huh? You don't know why that is illegal? What's the big deal? Are you Amerimutts too dumb to understand basic laws and common sense?

google demands a phone number to have a yt account
same shit

That's during registration and it's completely acceptable.

what data you want to export?

No it isnt, and its why I dont have a google account.

> ceo is russian
> ceo is a minsk-born belarusian
> who cares if belarus and russia are different states, they're the same
you burgers are so fucking dumb

>Knowingly surrendering information
>Worse than spying and stealing information

Fuck off Epic Shill
Tiananmen Square Massacre 1989

jMoot ate my pic

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Snow niggers aren’t white.

Why is this the first time Ive seen this image
Either it was just made or its fake

OP, get in touch with these people.
exposingwot.com/

Yes it is. If a website requires a phone number during registration, then it is acceptable. If you don't want to make an account because you don't want to give your phone number, just walk away.

In Wargaming's case, they never ask for a phone number during registration. They only ask for it when you want to export your data from their servers. That is unacceptable, because they claim a phone number is used to "identify" the real owner, which is bullshit because a phone number doesn't identify shit.

Wargaming's game launcher does the exact same shit.

It even used to take a screenshot of your desktop during beta and they removed it when somebody warned everyone against using it.

>It's illegal to ask for a phone number
Jeeze every time yuropoors try to make their countries sound awesome all they end up doing is making it sound like some god-awful shithole.

what data do you want to export? You mean you want to delete your account?

>Russian
>white
pick one

>implementing laws to protect a users privacy is "God awful shithole"
ok Chang Goldstein

Nah, I can delete my account without a phone number. I just want to see what they've been collecting. I think if I delete my account, it'll still be in their database for an infinite amount of time.

gdpr-info.eu/art-15-gdpr/

So what the fuck are they, green?

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In Russia you give your passport info to the mobile provider. I'm not sure they can disclose the data legally though.
Still, this is a bit of a bullshit.

They're more asian than they are white.

Russians aren't white since whiteness in this case is a position of power/privilege.

Nice try, Chang.

>You can't criticize two shitty companies for datamining and selling users info to advertisers etc
Nice try, retard.

The concern about epic is based on the shot tenecent does. But it shouldn’t be a race to the bottom.

The hell are you on about? Russians are just niggers accidentally born with white skin coloration. You think that oligarchy and not-subtle military intelligence rulership is just a coincidence? It's just ((Sub-Saharan nation)) with snow instead of sand making people's lives shitty.

no we aren't stupid fuck

GDPR like all EU measures is a placebo

Slavic

I'm replying for the fourth time to say russians aren't white because I seethe at the mere idea of someone posting about Russia in a positive way

>implementing laws to protect a users privacy is "God awful shithole"
Someone claimed the phone number can't be used to ID a person. Now you're claiming that it can be used to ID someone and thus asking for it has a valid reason (to make sure the person exporting the data is who they said it is).

So which is it, yuropoor? It can't be both a breach of privacy and also totally pointless in identifying someone.