Article 19NJ4 Facebook's Oculus hit by fears it will spy on users and pass on data

Facebook's Oculus hit by fears it will spy on users and pass on data

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Alex Hern
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Virtual reality firm says it isn't sharing information, such as physical movements of owners, with the social network - yet

Facebook's VR firm, Oculus, is fighting to combat suspicions raised by its privacy policy and terms of service that it will spy on users' activity and pass information to third parties.

The privacy policy warns about "information automatically collected about you when you use our services", including "information about your physical movements and dimensions when you use a virtual reality headset" which may be used "to send you promotional messages and content and otherwise market to you".

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