Gameplay Integrity Tools may collect and send account, gameplay and unauthorized-program information
Epic uses “Gameplay Integrity Tools” to help find and stop programs or actions that cause problems, such as Fraud (hacking, stealing Epic Games Accounts or other illegal or unauthorized activity) or Cheats (bots, hacks, add-ons, malware, scripts or mods not approved by Epic that give unfair advantages). Some are built into Licensed Products, and sometimes you may need to install them when downloading or updating a product. These tools may collect and send information about your Epic Games Account, your gameplay, and any unauthorized programs running on your device.
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To keep games fair and fun, Epic uses “Gameplay Integrity Tools.”
Some of these tools are built into Licensed Products, and sometimes you may need to install them when downloading or updating a product.
These tools may collect and send information about your Epic Games Account, gameplay, and any unauthorized programs running on your device.
Qualifications & exceptions
The collection is stated as what the tools “may” do.
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The paragraph does not list the specific data fields, retention periods, or recipients beyond Epic; any further detail would be in documents not supplied here.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
When chat reporting is on, captured chat and voice audio is stored on devices and reported snippets can go to Epic
If you use Epic’s text and voice chat features and reporting is enabled in a chat channel, the captured portion of your chat (including voice chat audio data) is stored on your device and on the devices of the other participants in the channel. If a potential violation of the Community Rules is reported, these snippets may be transmitted to Epic and reviewed.
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If you use our text and voice chat features and reporting is enabled in a chat channel, the captured portion of your chat (including voice chat audio data) will be stored on your device and the devices of participants in the chat channel.
these snippets may be transmitted to Epic and reviewed.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies when reporting is enabled in the chat channel.
Transmission to Epic is stated for snippets connected to a reported potential Community Rules violation, and is described as something that “may” happen.
Not stated here
The text does not state how long the captured chat is kept on devices or by Epic.