Cabined Account disclosures stay within limited operating purposes
When Epic discloses Cabined Accounts' personal information externally, it is to help carry out those limited purposes, for example to gaming consoles to help run the game or to cloud storage providers.
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Why
carry out the limited operating purposes, e.g. running the game or cloud storage
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When we disclose personal information of our Cabined Accounts externally, it is to help us carry out these limited purposes (e.g., to gaming consoles to help run the game or to our cloud storage providers). Learn more about Cabined Accounts.
Not stated here
The linked Cabined Accounts page text is not supplied in this source.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Children's account data goes to third parties only for operations or with permission
A child's account information is disclosed to third parties only (1) for purposes integral to operating and protecting the Epic Services, such as to gaming consoles, publishers of games or apps acquired through the Epic Games Store, professional advisors, and law enforcement, or (2) with a parent or guardian's permission, such as for account linking and signing into third-party services.
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What it covers
a child's account information
Condition
only for integral operation and protection purposes, or with parent/guardian permission
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We disclose a child’s account information to third parties: (1) for purposes integral to the operation and protection of our Epic Services (e.g., to gaming consoles, publishers of games or apps acquired through Epic Games Store, professional advisors, and law enforcement), or (2) with a parent/guardian’s permission (e.g., for account linking and signing into third-party services). For additional details, please see Section 5 (Who Do We Disclose Information To?). If you have any questions, please reach out to us using the contact information listed in Section 12 (How Can You Contact Us?).
Qualifications & exceptions
Further detail is pointed to Section 5; questions to the Section 12 contacts.
Sharing & Disclosure · Context
Information may go to affiliates, providers, and third parties
Epic may disclose some reader information to its subsidiaries and affiliates, its service providers, and third parties for the purposes set out in the preceding sections.
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Who
subsidiaries and affiliates, service providers, and third parties
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5. WHO DO WE DISCLOSE INFORMATION TO?
We may disclose some of your information to our subsidiaries and affiliates, our service providers, and third parties for the purposes set forth above.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
Service providers with same-or-similar protections
When Epic discloses information to service providers, it endeavors to ensure they provide protections that are the same as, or substantially similar to, those described in this Policy, for example by limiting use of reader information to the services provided. Listed providers are database hosting and storage providers; customer relationship management tools; email service providers; anti-cheat and fraud prevention technology providers; payment processors; large language model providers to enable AI-powered features; and marketing and advertising partners.
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Who
hosting, CRM, email, anti-cheat, payment, LLM, and marketing providers
Condition
endeavors to ensure same or substantially similar protections, e.g. use limited to the services provided
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When we disclose information to our service providers, we endeavor to ensure these service providers provide protections that are the same as, or substantially similar to, those described in this Policy (e.g., by limiting the use of your information to the services provided). Our service providers include:
database hosting and storage providers;
customer relationship management tools;
email service providers;
anti-cheat and fraud prevention technology providers;
payment processors;
large language model providers to enable AI-powered features; and
marketing and advertising partners.
Qualifications & exceptions
The protection commitment is stated as an endeavor, not a guarantee.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Third parties vary by service: publishers, consoles, public
Depending on the Epic Services used and how the reader interacts with them, third parties include: publishers of games bought or played through the Epic Games Store, to enable the transaction and product features; developers, to authenticate the reader and enable features like friends lists and crossplay when signing into their games or apps with an Epic account, or developers publishing Islands in Fortnite such as for login or support; mobile platforms or gaming consoles to help run games; social media platforms and gaming storefronts where the Epic account is linked; other users or the public, for example display name, game statistics, and created or shared content may be publicly accessible when playing games or using developer tools; and lawyers, consultants, accountants, business advisors, and similar third parties owing Epic duties of confidentiality.
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Who
publishers, developers, consoles, linked platforms, other users or the public, professional advisors
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Depending on the Epic Services you use and how you interact with them, third parties include:
publishers of games you buy or play through the Epic Games Store to enable the transaction and product features (publisher information can be found on the product listing in the Epic Games Store, our Publisher Index, and your Library menu within the Epic Games Launcher);
developers to authenticate you and enable features like friends lists and crossplay if you sign into their games or apps using your Epic account (developer information is available in our EAS Developer Index, and these connections can be viewed and managed in your Epic account settings under ‘Linked accounts’) or developers who publish Islands in Fortnite (e.g., to help with login or support requests);
mobile platforms or gaming consoles to help run our games (e.g., PlayStation®, Microsoft Xbox, and Nintendo Switch);
social media platforms (e.g., Facebook) and gaming storefronts (e.g., Steam) if you link your Epic account to a third-party platform (these links can be viewed and managed in your Epic account settings under ‘Linked accounts’);
other users (e.g., when you use social features like chat) or the public (e.g., when you play our games or use our developer tools, information like your display name, game statistics, and content created or shared may be publicly accessible);
our lawyers, consultants, accountants, business advisors, and similar third parties who owe us duties of confidentiality;
Qualifications & exceptions
Recipient set depends on the Services used and the interaction.
Not stated here
The linked Publisher Index and EAS Developer Index contents are not supplied in this source.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Successors, authorities, and permitted others may receive data
Reader information may also go to a buyer or other successor in a sale, merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other transfer of some or all assets, whether as a going concern or in bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceedings, where retained user information is among the transferred assets; to law enforcement, government authorities, or others as required to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal processes, or if Epic believes disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Epic, its users, or others, such as investigating fraud or illegal activity, enforcing terms and policies, or protecting against death or serious harm; and to others with the reader's permission, such as in cross-promotional events or with certain payment methods.
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Who
a buyer or successor; law enforcement and authorities; others with reader permission
Condition
asset transfer including user information; legal requirement or believed necessity to protect rights, property, or safety; reader permission
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a buyer or other successor in the event of a sale, merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other transfer of some or all our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which information retained by us pertaining to users of the Epic Services is among the assets transferred;
law enforcement, government authorities, or others as required to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal processes, or if we believe disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Epic, our users, or others (e.g., to investigate fraud or other illegal activities, enforce our terms and policies, or protect our users or others from death or serious harm); and
others with your permission (e.g., if you participate in cross-promotional events or use certain payment methods).
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Security phone numbers are never shared for marketing
No mobile phone numbers provided to Epic for security purposes will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.
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What it covers
mobile phone numbers provided for security purposes
Exception
never shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes
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No mobile phone numbers provided to Epic for security purposes will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
No extra sensitive use, no sale or share, no marketing disclosure
Epic does not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes other than those necessary to provide the Epic Services or permissible under the CCPA. Epic also does not sell or share the personal information it collects, including for users it actually knows are under 16. Under Shine the Light, Epic also does not disclose reader personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes unless the reader opts in to that disclosure, as defined by California's Shine the Light Law.
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Exception
no sale or sharing, including known under-16 users; no third-party direct-marketing disclosure without opt-in
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Epic does not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes other than those that are necessary to provide the Epic Services or permissible under the CCPA. Epic also does not sell or share the personal information it collects. This includes for users for whom we have actual knowledge are under 16.
Shine the Light: We also do not disclose your personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes unless you opt-in to that disclosure (as defined by California’s Shine the Light Law).
Qualifications & exceptions
The Shine the Light Law is named but not explained here.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
No sale, no targeted ads, no significant automated profiling
Epic does not sell personal data it collects or process it for targeted advertising. Epic also does not profile its users through automated means to make decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects. This includes users Epic actually knows are under 18.
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Exception
no sale, no targeted-advertising processing, no legal-or-similarly-significant automated profiling, including known under-18 users
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Epic does not sell personal data it collects or process it for targeted advertising. Epic also does not profile its users through automated means to make decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects. This includes for users for whom we have actual knowledge are under 18.