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Recommendations and Best Practices for Data Protection in Video Games

Author
Spanish & Belgian DPAs
Date
18 Jun 2026
Focus
Privacy & Data Protection
Category
Regulator or Lawmaker

The document analyses the most common personal data processing activities in video games, identifies the threats and risks involved, and offers recommendations and best practices.

The information collected in these gaming environments could be used to identify individual players, enabling specific actions or interactions and differentiated treatment, as well as processing personal data to analyse or predict behaviour.