PlayStation Terms of Service (US)

PlayStation · agreement dated April 2026 · Official agreement

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Use & Processing · Permission or license

SIE is not required to monitor activity but may do so, and is not liable for other users' violations

SIE says it is not responsible for monitoring or recording any activity or communications on its services, although it may do so to investigate violations of or enforce the Agreement, or to protect the rights and property of SIE, its partners and customers. SIE is not liable for any violation of the Agreement by you or by any other PlayStation user.

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We are not responsible for monitoring or recording any activity or communications on PlayStation our services, although we may do so in order to investigate violations of or enforce this Agreement, or to protect the rights and property of SIE, its partners, and customers.
We are not liable for any violation of this Agreement by you or by any other PlayStation user.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Monitoring or recording is permitted for investigation, enforcement and protecting rights and property, but SIE says it is not obliged to do it.

Not stated here

  • The text does not say how any recorded activity or communications are stored or used; see the Privacy Policy, which is not supplied.

Use & Processing · User right or choice

Some PlayStation Devices may download Content automatically without notice; you can switch it off

Some PlayStation Devices may be set to download Content automatically from the Services, without notice to you, when you sign in to PlayStation with your Account. This Content may include featured content SIE believes will interest you, such as game demos or free trial promotions. You can change your device settings so the device does not download content automatically by setting the automatic download option to OFF.

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Some PlayStation Devices may be set to download Content automatically from our Services without notice to you when you sign into PlayStation with your Account.
This Content may include featured content that we believe will be of interest to you, such as game demos or free trial promotions.
You can change your device settings so that it does not download content automatically by setting the automatic download option to

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Applies to some PlayStation Devices that are set to download automatically.
  • The opt-out is a device setting.

Use & Processing · Permission or license

SIE may push updates without notice that can change your system or cause data loss, and says it is not liable

SIE says it may need to provide content to keep the Services, Content or your PlayStation Devices working properly, and some may be provided automatically without notice when you sign in. This may include automatic updates or upgrades that change your current operating system, cause a loss of data or content, or cause a loss of functionalities or utilities. Updates may be provided for system software on your PlayStation Device or other devices, and use of system software is subject to a separate end user license agreement. You authorize SIE to provide this content, updates and upgrades, and you acknowledge SIE is not liable for any damages, loss of data or loss of functionalities arising from delivering them. SIE recommends regularly backing up any archivable data.

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Some content may be provided automatically without notice when you sign in.
This content may include automatic updates or upgrades that may change your current operating system, cause a loss of data or content, or cause a loss of functionalities or utilities.
Access or use to any system software is subject to terms of a separate end user license agreement.
You authorize us to provide this content, updates, and upgrades, and you acknowledge that we are not liable for any damages, loss of data or loss of functionalities arising from our delivery of these content, updates, upgrades, and maintenance services.
It is recommended that you regularly back up any archivable data.
the System Software License Agreement, which governs the use of the software embedded in a PlayStation-branded device

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Updates may be delivered automatically and without notice when you sign in.
  • System software is governed by a separate end user license agreement.

Not stated here

  • The text of the System Software License Agreement is not supplied here.