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But you’re looking at it? There’s even a link to a (presumably) more detailed version? I don’t know what else they’d tell you though; this read pretty clear to me.
None that won’t get you banned.
I don’t know why you make such a huge fuss about this. Stupid client-side AC has been the status quo in online games for how many years now?
This policy seems to be rather tame though:
If you wanna know what data they have on you, make a GDPR request. Based on this policy however, I highly doubt it’s more than IP addresses (for which they have a legitimate interest) and player IDs (which aren’t particularly sensitive PII).
An excerpt from the linked privacy policy:
(Emphasis mine.)
Given that all of what they’ve written is legally binding for them aswell and that they’re an actual company in a domicile with rather strict privacy laws (Germany) not in some an off-shore scam company, this is pretty trustworthy.
On that note, I just noticed that Battleye is an e.K. (“Eingetragener Kaufmann” ~= Registered businessman); this is a one-man shop O.o
If they fsck up legally, they’re personally on the hook.
I didn’t know that before and was still rather suspicious of them but, reading their privacy policy, they’re actually kinda trustworthy in my book now.