Sony har opdateret deres vilkår, og med lille skrift fremgår det nu at firmaet aktivt kan "overvåge og registrere" kommunikationen mellem spillerne og PlayStation Network hvis de ønsker det.
Konsol-fabrikanten bekræfter det i deres Software Usage Terms, hvor det fremgår at selvom de overvåger aktiviteten på PSN, har de ikke adgang til at registrere alt. Samtidigt nævner de dog også at de har adgang til at "monitor and record any or all of your PSN activity", samt at den indsamlede information kan blive brugt af Sony og deres samarbejdspartnere, for at håndhæve vilkår og betingelser.
Her er hvad der står:
Are we monitoring PSN?
14.1. Yes but we can't monitor all PSN activity and we make no commitment to do so. However, we reserve the right in our sole discretion to monitor and record any or all of your PSN activity and to remove any of your UGM at our sole discretion, without further notice to you. Your use of PSN and our community features may be recorded and collected by us or sent to us by other users as described in 13.1. Any information collected in this way, for example, your UGM, the content of your voice and text communications, video of your gameplay, the time and location of your activities, and your name, your PSN Online ID and IP address, may be used by us or our affiliated companies to enforce these Terms and the SEN Terms of Service, to comply with the law, to protect our rights and those of our licensors and users, and to protect the personal safety of our employees and users. This information may be passed to the police or other appropriate authorities. By accepting these Software Usage Terms, you expressly consent to this.
14.2. Use of the community features provided by your Authorised System and authorised Software published for use on it in accordance with the applicable agreements described in clause 10.1 will not breach clauses 6.2 and 6.5 of these Terms.