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Gaming and your privacy

What gamers should know

If you’re one of the millions of Canadians who enjoy playing video games, take a moment to understand the potential privacy risks and what you can do to help safeguard your profiles.

Know the risks, so that you can upgrade your armour.

Risks include:

• Your personal information may be shared broadly with third parties
• Gaming and social sites may exchange your personal information
• Someone may attempt online impersonation

 Use this real-time strategy to defend your position:

• Always read privacy policies and terms of service agreements
• Create strong passwords
• Allow multi-factor authentication where possible
• Choose restrictive privacy settings
• Don’t share sensitive information like your school, workplace or home address
• Be careful when clicking on links within in-game chats – they could be phishing attempts
• Always download games from a trusted source, such as the official application store of your preferred mobile device

More tips to level up your protection:

• Create an email address just for gaming
• Use a nickname

Read our complete guidance: priv.gc.ca/videogames

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