I have something us
EU Citizens can try. As I believe this data collection is going against the privacy laws in the EU.
If you have been "Superbanned" and you can not update your hardware device that you paid 'money' for. You could start with this:
Please see the Nintendo site for the proper mail. As it is a GmbH (Germany) you could do it to: "
[email protected]" but there are more emails, check your local site.
Request to see the Data they have of your Device (GDPR Data Request):
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Subject: Request to access to personal data according to Art. 15 GDPR
My reference: 2018-######
Date: 2018-MM-DD
To Whom It May Concern:
I am hereby requesting access according to Article 15 GDPR. Please confirm whether or not you are processing personal data (as defined by Article 4(1) and (2) GDPR) concerning me.
In case you are, I am hereby requesting access to the following information pursuant to Article 15 GDPR:
1. all personal data concerning me that you have stored;
2. the purposes of the processing;
3. the categories of personal data concerned;
4. the recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed;
5. where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
6. where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source;
7. the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for me.
If you are transferring my personal data to a third country or an international organisation, I request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards according to Article 46 GDPR concerning the transfer.
My request explicitly includes any other services and companies for which you are the controller as defined by Article 4(7) GDPR.
As laid down in Article 12(3) GDPR, you have to provide the requested information to me without undue delay and in any event within one month of receipt of the request. According to Article 15(3) GDPR, you have to answer this request without cost to me.
I am including the following information necessary to identify me:
Console-Serial: ########
Console-MAC-Address: ########
If you do not answer my request within the stated period, I am reserving the right to take legal action against you and to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.
Yours sincerely,
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Do not forget to change the Date & "#######"
This way you can request to see the Data Nintendo has of you.
After this, you could go to the next step and request that Nintendo deletes all data they have (meaning the block) from their server. If you still get the error, this means that they have not.
Request to delete the Data they have of your Device (GDPR Erasure request):
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Subject: Request for erasure of personal data according to Art. 17 GDPR
My reference: 2018-######
Date: 2018-MM-DD
To Whom It May Concern:
I am hereby requesting immediate erasure of personal data concerning me according to Article 15 GDPR.
Please erase all personal data concerning me as defined by Article 4(1) GDPR.
I am of the opinion that the requirements set forth in Article 17(1) GDPR are fulfilled.
If I have given consent to the processing of my personal data (e.g. according to Article 6(1) or Article 9(2) GDPR), I am hereby withdrawing said consent.
In addition, I am objecting to the processing of personal data concerning me (which includes profiling), according to Article 21 GDPR.
In case you have disclosed the affected personal data to third parties, you have to communicate my request for erasure of the affected personal data, as well as any references to it, to each recipient as laid down in Article 19 GDPR. Please also inform me about those recipients.
If you object to the requested erasure, you have to justify that to me.
My request explicitly includes any other services and companies for which you are the controller as defined by Article 4(7) GDPR.
As laid down in Article 12(3) GDPR, you have to confirm the erasure to me without undue delay and in any event within one month of receipt of the request.
I am including the following information necessary to identify me:
Console-Serial: ########
Console-MAC-Address: ########
If you do not answer my request within the stated period, I am reserving the right to take legal action against you and to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.
Yours sincerely,
########
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Good luck and godspeed.
Make sure you are a EU citizen & bought it in the EU (they will be able to check that on the serial).
Why would they get nervous of this you may ask?
GDPR fines info:
If there is one thing that people know about the GDPR it's that GDPR fines(administrative fines) can go up to 20 million Euros or 4 percent of annual global (note global!) turnover, whichever of both is highest.
They are not going to risk this for a banned account.