Privacy overview
Understand the privacy and data handling practices of the Friends service.
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The Friends service allows you to add a new social experience to your games by helping players connect with others across any platform. This documentation is intended to assist products to display their privacy compliance to Developers. It is not intended to be used as legal guidance or as a replacement to reading Unity’s Privacy Policy. If you have questions about a term used, please see the Glossary below. If you have further questions about the privacy implications of your product, please email DPO@unity3d.com with your question. For expediency, please list the product about which you are inquiring.
Personal data collected about app users/game-players
Default personal data collected (always collected in order for product to work)- IP address
- Unity Authentication Service ID (UAS ID)
Developer defines
While this product allows for the collection of developer-defined data, we require that you not collect personal data through this mechanism. Our systems will not understand that it is personal data and so such would not be treated as such in retention processes or data subject requests.Relationship under privacy laws
Under GDPR, Unity is the Processor. You, the developer, are an Independent Controller. Under CCPA (as modified by CPRA), Unity is the Service Provider. You, the developer, are the Business.Legal basis for processing
As we are a Processor, we do not determine your legal basis for processing. Instead, it is your responsibility as the Controller to determine such a legal basis.Consent (opt in) vs opt out
This product does not have a consent service. If the Developer determines they need to obtain consent, or provide an opt-out, they should do so within their application.Data subject requests
Two of the most common data subject requests based in law are the request for access to personal data and the request for deletion of personal data.Access
This service has no native functionality to support data access requests. You, the developer, are responsible for actioning them. You can action them by using a service account to fetch all relationships for a given user from the service.Deletion
This service has no native functionality to support data deletion requests. You, the developer, are responsible for actioning them. You can action them by using a service account to delete all relationships from the service. If you have questions about this section please contact us on the Unity Dashboard.Data retention
By default, Unity Authentication Service ID (UAS ID) is retained indefinitely. If you wish to implement a shorter retention period, you can do so by doing one of the following:- Manually deleting relationships from the service.
- Deleting the Player ID created by the Unity Authentication SDK (if enabled), use the Authentication API.
Child privacy
This service is not intended to be used in applications with child users, unless you, the developer, have obtained Verified Parental Consent where required as outlined in the Unity Terms of Service.Privacy policy requirements
It is never appropriate to use Unity’s privacy policy for your application. You will need to ensure that the personal data practices are reflected in your own privacy policy. Additionally, you will need to link out to our Privacy Policy from within your own, as required in the Unity Terms of Service.Data processing agreement (DPA)
The Unity DPA applies to the transfer of data for this product.Glossary & notable laws
- GDPR - The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect in the European Economic Area (EEA). References to GDPR also encompass UK GDPR which is the UK’s version of GDPR which applies post-Brexit.
- CCPA - The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”).
- PIPL - In November of 2021, Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) took effect in China.
- LGPD - The Brazilian General Data Protection Law
- VCDPA - The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act
- CPA - The Colorado Privacy Act
- CTDPA - The Connecticut Data Protection Act
- UCPA - The Utah Consumer Privacy Act
- PIPEDA - The Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
- COPPA - The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) imposes restrictions on how data can be collected and used from children under the age of 13.
- CARU - A self-regulatory organization for the promotion of responsible privacy practices to children under the age of 13
- DPA - A Data Processing Addendum (or Data Processing Agreement) forms part of a contract and governs the rights and obligations of each party concerning the processing of personal data.
- ATT - iOS 14 and later requires publishers to obtain permission to track the user's device across applications. This device setting is called App Tracking Transparency, or ATT.