A recent decision from the Northern District of California may signal an important shift in the trend of how courts interpret “consent” under ...

The judge concluded that the “issue of consent defeat[ed] all of Plaintiffs’ claims.” Lakes v. Ubisoft, Inc., No. 24-cv-06943, 2025 WL 1036639 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 2, 2025). The plaintiffs ...

A complaint submitted to the Austrian data protection authority alleges that Ubisoft illegally harvested gamer data. The complainant claims that while playing Far Cry Primal, ...

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In this case, Ubisoft has reportedly not abided by the law, inviting another headache for themselves. As a user on X commented, “They’ve been getting an excessive amount of attention lately ...

Austrian data protection agency, Noyb, has filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft, claiming that the French company is collecting user data from single-player games without a valid legal reason.

UPDATE 29/4/25: Ubisoft has said it is investigating the legal complaint around the collection of data when playing single-player games while connected online. "We are aware of the complaint and ...

We understand lawyers are employed to get their clients off the hook, but these comments from Ubisoft’s legal team are not exactly going to help the embattled French publisher’s image.

Noyb asked the Austrian regulator to find Ubisoft violated the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which requires users' consent in such cases. It called for a fine of up ...