Battlegrounds Mobile India: Amid BAN demand, know all about PRIVACY POLICY - find all details here

Battlegrounds Mobile India Privacy Policy: The launch of the early access of Battlegrounds Mobile India had a warm reception among the Indian gamers and gaming enthusiasts. Nevertheless, controversies never take a back seat when it comes to this battle royale title. As Krafton is expected to take some more days to release Battlegrounds Mobile India, several quarters of the country have demanded the ban of this game. The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has written a letter to Union IT & Communication Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad demanding ban on Battlegrounds Mobile India because it is “not only a threat to national sovereignty and security of India but also harmful for young generations.”

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In its letter CAIT further wrote, "We have been informed that despite being marketed as an Indian game, made only for Indian users, the data will be transferred to Singapore and other regions and that non-Indians will be applicable to users as governing law. The app will also have multiple features from the banned version."

Now, on its official website, Battlegrounds Mobile India has discussed the privacy policy of the games in details. Regarding the information collected, it is stated on the website, "We collect information about you and the Services that you use. Information may also be required to enter into a contract with you or to perform a contract with you (such as to provide the Service at your request), and failure to provide any information may result in our inability to provide the requested services or products. The information we collect falls into three different categories: 1) information collected directly from you; 2) information collected automatically, and 3) information collected from third parties."

On the website, Krafton, the developer of the game, regarding the usage of the information collected stated that they use the collected information for a variety of purposes, primarily, to provide the Game and the Service (collectively, the “Game Service”) to players and to improve the quality of the Game Service.

The developer of the game has further assured that they comply with all applicable laws related to personal information and strive to protect the rights of individual players by adopting the Privacy Policy in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

Krafton has also issued a statement where it stated that they are  implementing the industry's toughest standard for data security and is working to overcome any shortcomings throughout the early access testing period, for the official launch of the Battlegrounds Mobile India. With player's privacy and data security and protection being their top priority, Krafton is taking the concerns raised very seriously and has taken immediate and concrete action to address the issue.

In the statement, it has been explained that like other mobile games and apps, Battlegrounds Mobile India also uses third party solutions to provide unique game features. In the process of using these solutions, some game data was shared to third parties. The link to the game's privacy policy fully discloses that the app may transfer some user data, with users’ consent to the privacy policy and choosing to migrate their accounts. However, no data has been shared in violation to the privacy policy.

Thus, the data shared to third parties is only to enable the features of the game. Furthermore, Krafton will continue to closely monitor and protect any data being transferred to unexpected and restricted IP addresses prior to the official launch.