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Entertainment & Sports

Jul. 9, 2011

Internet Privacy Is a Game to Developer

Ahead of its expected IPO, social game developer Zynga launched a game Thursday that guides players through its privacy policies, showing them how it protects the information they share online.


By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


After the massive Sony Playstation network breach this spring, game developers are more aware than ever of maintaining privacy policies to keep user information out of the hands of hackers. And some are getting creative with their solutions.


Zynga Game Network Inc., the developer behind the popular social media-based FarmVille and Words With Friends, launched a "game" Thursday called P...

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