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==Consumer impact summary==

*'''Forced arbitration:''' VRChat's terms of service<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 Nov 2024 |title=Terms of Service |url=https://hello.vrchat.com/legal |url-status=live |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=[[VRChat]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260103220003/https://hello.vrchat.com/legal |archive-date=3 Jan 2026}}</ref> includes a [[forced arbitration]] clause with a [[class action|class-action]] waiver. To opt out, you must send a letter containing your full legal name and your email address to VRChat Inc. within 30 days of agreeing to the TOS.

*'''Forced arbitration:''' VRChat's terms of service<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=18 Nov 2024 |title=Terms of Service |url=https://hello.vrchat.com/legal |url-status=live |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=[[VRChat]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260103220003/https://hello.vrchat.com/legal |archive-date=3 Jan 2026}}</ref> includes a [[forced arbitration]] clause with a [[class action|class-action]] waiver. To opt out, you must send a letter containing your full legal name and your email address to VRChat Inc. within 30 days of agreeing to the TOS.

*'''Severe privacy deprivation:''' VRChat's terms of service Section 13.4 says that VRChat Inc. and it's staff are allowed to spy on you even in private worlds.<ref name=":0" /><ref>"VRChat reserves the right to monitor your use of the Platform (whether or not you are in a private world, location or setting within the Platform), including by making audio or video recordings of your activities on the Platform"</ref>

==Easy Anti-Cheat controversy==

On 25 July 2022, VRChat announced The VRChat Security Update. This update would force all PC players into running Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC for short) on their systems. Easy Anti-Cheat is a [[Kernel level anti-cheats|kernel level anti-cheat]] developed by [[Epic Games, Inc.|Epic Games]]. In their blog post VRChat stated the update was done to block the use of modified clients and to improve user security by blocking malicious clients.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 Jul 2022 |title=The VRChat Security Update |url=https://hello.vrchat.com/blog/vrchat-security-update |url-status=live |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=[[VRChat]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251213054904/https://hello.vrchat.com/blog/vrchat-security-update |archive-date=13 Dec 2025}}</ref> While this update succeeded in blocking PC clients, many of the clients were very popular at the time and offered many quality of life features. EAC has also raised numerous privacy concerns for how it operates on a user's system and what type of data it collects. EAC is also prone to crashing and causing {{Wplink|Blue screen of death|blue screens]]. This update also failed to cover the Meta Quest version of the game, which some malicious clients migrated to. Notably, clients that were used to {{Wplink|Ripping|rip}} avatars and user generated assets.

On 25 July 2022, VRChat announced The VRChat Security Update. This update would force all PC players into running Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC for short) on their systems. Easy Anti-Cheat is a [[Kernel level anti-cheats|kernel level anti-cheat]] developed by [[Epic Games, Inc.|Epic Games]]. In their blog post VRChat stated the update was done to block the use of modified clients and to improve user security by blocking malicious clients.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 Jul 2022 |title=The VRChat Security Update |url=https://hello.vrchat.com/blog/vrchat-security-update |url-status=live |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=[[VRChat]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251213054904/https://hello.vrchat.com/blog/vrchat-security-update |archive-date=13 Dec 2025}}</ref><nowiki> While this update succeeded in blocking PC clients, many of the clients were very popular at the time and offered many quality of life features. EAC has also raised numerous privacy concerns for how it operates on a user's system and what type of data it collects. EAC is also prone to crashing and causing {{Wplink|Blue screen of death|blue screens]]. This update also failed to cover the Meta Quest version of the game, which some malicious clients migrated to. Notably, clients that were used to </nowiki>{{Wplink|Ripping|rip}} avatars and user generated assets.

==References==

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 ==Consumer impact summary==
-*'''Forced arbitration:''' VRChat's terms of service<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 Nov 2024 |title=Terms of Service |url=https://hello.vrchat.com/legal |url-status=live |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=[[VRChat]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260103220003/https://hello.vrchat.com/legal |archive-date=3 Jan 2026}}</ref> includes a [[forced arbitration]] clause with a [[class action|class-action]] waiver. To opt out, you must send a letter containing your full legal name and your email address to VRChat Inc. within 30 days of agreeing to the TOS.
+*'''Forced arbitration:''' VRChat's terms of service<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=18 Nov 2024 |title=Terms of Service |url=https://hello.vrchat.com/legal |url-status=live |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=[[VRChat]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260103220003/https://hello.vrchat.com/legal |archive-date=3 Jan 2026}}</ref> includes a [[forced arbitration]] clause with a [[class action|class-action]] waiver. To opt out, you must send a letter containing your full legal name and your email address to VRChat Inc. within 30 days of agreeing to the TOS.
+*'''Severe privacy deprivation:''' VRChat's terms of service Section 13.4 says that VRChat Inc. and it's staff are allowed to spy on you even in private worlds.<ref name=":0" /><ref>"VRChat reserves the right to monitor your use of the Platform (whether or not you are in a private world, location or setting within the Platform), including by making audio or video recordings of your activities on the Platform"</ref>
 ==Easy Anti-Cheat controversy==
-On 25 July 2022, VRChat announced The VRChat Security Update. This update would force all PC players into running Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC for short) on their systems. Easy Anti-Cheat is a [[Kernel level anti-cheats|kernel level anti-cheat]] developed by [[Epic Games, Inc.|Epic Games]]. In their blog post VRChat stated the update was done to block the use of modified clients and to improve user security by blocking malicious clients.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 Jul 2022 |title=The VRChat Security Update |url=https://hello.vrchat.com/blog/vrchat-security-update |url-status=live |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=[[VRChat]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251213054904/https://hello.vrchat.com/blog/vrchat-security-update |archive-date=13 Dec 2025}}</ref> While this update succeeded in blocking PC clients, many of the clients were very popular at the time and offered many quality of life features. EAC has also raised numerous privacy concerns for how it operates on a user's system and what type of data it collects. EAC is also prone to crashing and causing {{Wplink|Blue screen of death|blue screens]]. This update also failed to cover the Meta Quest version of the game, which some malicious clients migrated to. Notably, clients that were used to {{Wplink|Ripping|rip}} avatars and user generated assets.
+On 25 July 2022, VRChat announced The VRChat Security Update. This update would force all PC players into running Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC for short) on their systems. Easy Anti-Cheat is a [[Kernel level anti-cheats|kernel level anti-cheat]] developed by [[Epic Games, Inc.|Epic Games]]. In their blog post VRChat stated the update was done to block the use of modified clients and to improve user security by blocking malicious clients.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 Jul 2022 |title=The VRChat Security Update |url=https://hello.vrchat.com/blog/vrchat-security-update |url-status=live |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=[[VRChat]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251213054904/https://hello.vrchat.com/blog/vrchat-security-update |archive-date=13 Dec 2025}}</ref><nowiki> While this update succeeded in blocking PC clients, many of the clients were very popular at the time and offered many quality of life features. EAC has also raised numerous privacy concerns for how it operates on a user's system and what type of data it collects. EAC is also prone to crashing and causing {{Wplink|Blue screen of death|blue screens]]. This update also failed to cover the Meta Quest version of the game, which some malicious clients migrated to. Notably, clients that were used to </nowiki>{{Wplink|Ripping|rip}} avatars and user generated assets.
 ==References==