Orkhepaj: Does anybody know how GoG handles our private data?
And how much can we trust them?
Especially with 3rd parties having access to our data like Zowie chatbot I've read somewhere Gog uses.
Zowie says:
"Zowie goes to work on your data to automate repetitive customer service questions." so it accesses my data.
Btw I have not much knowledge with legal requirements for this, could anybody help us out with that?
You can’t. I don’t mean that in the I don’t trust xyz way, but simply that you cannot trust anything attached to the internet. It is simply not possible to protect data.
Look at it this way, before the internet, jolly old noface hacker would have to come to my house and rummage through the bin to get information on me, and then do that for the thousands of others he would need to be successful or build a database. Now it is all at his digital doorstep.
Sure sites do this and that, encryption here and there etc. to make it more difficult, but that is all it does, makes it more difficult. Eventually it will be cracked. Today people put not just formation, but their thoughts and memories on the net and let “smart” tech rack them about and do things like pay for things or access their cars, or turn on/off home systems etc. the amount of data out there is incredible.
Google, Amazon, Facebook, sure these are the big obvious ones, but behind the scenes there are gangs building databases for ransomware, or for targeted attacks, or for anything else.
Has security stopped terrorism? Nope.
Unfortunately this uncontrolled spiral into information reaping is being done across the board even if meant well. My bank needing a DOB in addition to all the other checks to log in means that information is being sent out each time, it’s not secure anymore.
And it is spiralling, more and more pushing or “smart” tech, wearable devices, mobile phones etc. So no, I can conclusively say that your data is not safe with <insert anything attached to the internet>.