Oculus responds to concerns about the Rift's privacy policy
Just a couple days ago, we covered an ongoing brouhaha over the Oculus Rift's privacy policy. The Rift's companion software installs a Windows service with system-level privileges. Some of the wording in the Rift's privacy policy has been interpreted as a license for Facebook to collect multiple types of user data and to claim ownership of content created using Oculus' services. Oculus has now responded to these concerns in a statement provided to UploadVR. The company believes its privacy policy was drafted in a way that makes it clear to users how their information will be collected and used, but the situation still seems about as clear as Vantablack.
Oculus told UploadVR that "users and content developers own all the content and IP they create using Oculus services." The company says that its terms of service are meant to give it a "license to user-created content" in order to power some of is integration services, like sharing VR ...