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Title: Sony app requires my birthday for registration, how do you feel?
Post by: Orchidpoet on January 19, 2018, 16:00
I don't understand why Sony Playmemories requires my birthday to buy an app. My camera is registered, and I can pay with a credit card.

Does it bother anyone else?
Title: Re: Sony app requires my birthday for registration, how do you feel?
Post by: SuperPhoto on January 19, 2018, 16:13
Yes, it does. More and more companies are "demanding" this information as their "right", when in fact, it is quite wrong.

Unfortunately, most people do what they are told, and are sheep. I suppose you could enter whatever birthday you wanted.
Title: Re: Sony app requires my birthday for registration, how do you feel?
Post by: dpimborough on January 19, 2018, 16:14
Just give them a fake birth date

January 1st 1901 see how they like them apples :D
Title: Re: Sony app requires my birthday for registration, how do you feel?
Post by: pancaketom on January 19, 2018, 16:29
just make sure you are over 18 or maybe 21 with your "new" birthday.
Title: Re: Sony app requires my birthday for registration, how do you feel?
Post by: Orchidpoet on January 19, 2018, 16:44
According to Sony's Privacy Policy website, birthday is not a requirement: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/network/legal/privacy-policy/ (https://www.playstation.com/en-us/network/legal/privacy-policy/)

Sony's support really is not very useful, and the employees and supervisor won't provide any more contact info such as their legal department or people at higher level.

This policy actually prevents some customers, such as moi, to buy their apps.

Title: Re: Sony app requires my birthday for registration, how do you feel?
Post by: SpaceStockFootage on January 19, 2018, 19:08
What negative consequences do you envision from them having this privileged and highly classified information?
Title: Re: Sony app requires my birthday for registration, how do you feel?
Post by: Mantis on January 19, 2018, 20:02
I was looking for a different Internet provider and before they would show me their packages (Frontier) they wanted me to enter my social security number so they could do a credit check.  Fk that. 
Title: Re: Sony app requires my birthday for registration, how do you feel?
Post by: PaulieWalnuts on January 19, 2018, 20:14
Maybe they will send you a birthday present
Title: Re: Sony app requires my birthday for registration, how do you feel?
Post by: Orchidpoet on January 19, 2018, 20:33
Maybe they will send you a birthday present

Haha, probably. Guess they want to compile user profiles. On the hand, their greed keeps some users from spending money on them.
Title: Re: Sony app requires my birthday for registration, how do you feel?
Post by: angelawaye on January 19, 2018, 21:22
I always do a "fake" birthday for anything online like that.
Title: Re: Sony app requires my birthday for registration, how do you feel?
Post by: Orchidpoet on January 19, 2018, 22:22
It does not have an option to make a purchase on behalf of a business, which is odd.
Title: Re: Sony app requires my birthday for registration, how do you feel?
Post by: namussi on January 20, 2018, 06:45
 Sony app requires my birthday for registration, how do you feel?

I feel nothing. I am numb. People are mysteries to me. I am a shell: empty and dark inside.