Oculus Rift Privacy Policy Boggles The Mind

It looks like Oculus Rift’s privacy policy (who reads all of that stuff anyway upon purchase and booting up?) does have its fair bit of interesting information, especially since it claims to not carry any kind of liability in the event of a hack. Not only that, the company is also allowed to terminate the service of any account at any point in time for just about any reason, now how about that for shocking?

We are talking about transforming a $599 device into nothing more useful than a paperweight, and a very expensive one at that, too. The Facebook-owned company certainly seems to have a really, really broad definition in its terms of service and privacy policy, that’s for sure! With just about every kind of product and service being accompanied by the various rules and regulations that should be agreed to before using it, virtual reality, being a newcomer to the technology world,

Basically, in point 6, it mentions, “Please note that no data transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect the information we maintain, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you disclose or transmit to our Services and cannot be responsible for the theft, destruction, or inadvertent disclosure of information.”

Not only that, point 2 of the privacy policy mentions, “We use the information we collect to send you promotional messages and content and otherwise market to you on and off our Services. We also use this information to measure how users respond to our marketing efforts.”

Looks like Facebook would end up with all of that information one way or another, as you remain a major target in their advertising efforts.

Edwin Kee
Categories: Gadgets
Tags: Oculus Rift, Virtual Reality (VR)