The Handling of Personal Information in Mobile Games
The Handling of Personal Information in Mobile Games
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手机游戏中个人信息的处理
DOI：
10.1007/978-3-319-76270-8_29
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发表时间：
2018
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通讯作者：
S. Kurabayashi
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作者：
S. Brueckner;Y. Sato;I. Waragai;S. Kurabayashi
企业实体对个人消费者信息的管理是一个政治和社会敏感话题。本文研究了手机游戏开发者如何处理个人信息以及如何在手机游戏中显示个人信息。我们对来自 29 家开发商的 38 款手机游戏进行了检查，并根据 Google Play 商店中的排名所表达的受欢迎程度进行选择。我们对注册过程中需要提供哪些信息、哪些信息是可选的以及最终在游戏中显示哪些信息以及向谁显示进行了调查。第二步，对 29 家手机游戏开发商的隐私政策进行比较，检查它们在内容上的差异。最后，调查了游戏开发商对信息披露和删除的书面请求的反应。结果表明，个人信息在游戏中的显示方式很大程度上取决于游戏类型。隐私政策虽然遵循相同的模板，但其详细程度有所不同。最后，对信息询问和删除请求的答复差异很大，有时与公司的隐私政策不一致。这项调查表明有必要积累和分享设计隐私政策和正确处理个人信息的专业知识和最佳实践。
The management of personal consumer information by corporate entities is a politically and socially sensitive subject. This paper examines how personal information is handled by mobile game developers and displayed inside mobile games. 38 mobile games from 29 developers were examined, chosen based on their popularity as expressed by the rankings in the Google Play store. An investigation was made into the type of information that is required during the registration process, what information is optional, and what information is finally displayed in the game and to whom. In a second step, the privacy policies of the 29 mobile game developers were compared, examining them for differences in content. Lastly, the reaction of game developers to written requests for information disclosure and deletion was investigated. Results suggest that how personal information is displayed in-game is largely dependent on the game genre. Privacy policies, while following the same template, differ in how detailed they are held. Lastly, replies to inquiries about information and requests for deletion varied greatly and sometimes were at odds with a company’s privacy policy. This investigation indicates the necessity of accumulating and sharing know-how and best practices for the design of privacy policies and the proper handling of personal information.