Pokémon Go is an online fantasy game that transportsthe player between the virtual world and the real world throughtheir smartphones.
Players search far and wide in the real world to capture as manyPokémon as they can. Upon encountering a Pokémon, your smartphonewill vibrate to let you know you're near a Pokémon. Hurl a PokéBall to catch more than a hundred species of Pokémon. Thegame takes you to real-world locations such as historicalmarkers in the Hokkaido and Kanto regions of Japan, and public artinstallations in New York, and Paris.
Access to personal data
In order to play you need to log in with your Gmail account.Pokémon Go is location-based, so data about you is crucial to thegaming experience. The Pokémon Go app grantsfull access to all of your personal data. How much accessand risk are we exposing ourselves and our children to? Whatpersonal information is Pokémon Go collecting?
Full access to your personal data is problematic. No one shouldever have "Full account access" privilege to any of your data.Never expose yourself or your family to unnecessary risk. Mostsmartphone users fail to understand the consequences of grantingthird-party access to their personal data.
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