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"Assassin's Creed" games maker Ubisoft accused of illegal data collection

Video game giant Ubisoft. (Courtesy/Ubisoft)

A privacy campaign group filed a complaint Thursday with authorities in Austria against video game giant Ubisoft, accusing the "Assassin's Creed" publisher of illegally collecting users' personal data.

The Vienna-based organisation, Noyb -- which stands for "none of your business" -- said the French games maker forced users to connect to the internet even to play offline, then used their personal data for commercial ends without their consent.

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