RealPlayer Electronic Registration
Information about Registration
During electronic registration, you can optionally send information
about your general location, name, email address, and connection speed.
This information is sent with relevant system and player version information.
The optional electronic registration process enables us to better understand
the demographics of our user base, and gives you the option to receive
e-mail notification of important news and offers, and to enter your geographic
information so that you can receive customized content for your location.
RealNetworks requests your electronic registration when you first install
and use the product. RealPlayer registration can be resubmitted at any
time from the Help menu. Much of the data that is sent is provided by you,
although some of the information sent is automatically identified about
your system such as the operating system and version, and operating system
locale.
You are not required to submit an electronic registration. A registration
reminder will appear each time you launch RealPlayer (simply select Cancel
if you do not wish to register).
What Information is Sent to RealNetworks:
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Product Name (e.g. RealPlayer)
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Product Version and Language
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Player License key - used to determine whether the product is Plus or Basic
and to confirm that the product has not expired
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E-mail Address - See How This Information is Used
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Receive E-mail Option - used to indicate whether you would like to receive
e-mail from RealNetworks.
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OS (Detected from system)
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OS Locale (Detected from system)
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Zip/Postal Code (US and Canada)
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Country ID
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Connection Speed - the bandwidth setting that you entered.
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Distribution Code - to determine where a product was downloaded, purchased,
or installed.
How This Information is Used
Your name and e-mail are used if you elect to receive updates and special
offers via e-mail from RealNetworks and to provide us with information
about the number of unique users we have. If you do not wish to receive
e-mail from RealNetworks, you can remove the check mark next to E-mail
me about product news, updates, and offers during registration. Alternatively,
you can be removed from our e-mail mailing list at any time by visiting:
http://ml.real.com/ml/ml.html.
Other registration information may be used in two ways
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To help personalize content selections available in your player or the
e-mail or in-product offers that you may receive
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For aggregate statistical analysis
Privacy Implications
By electing to submit an electronic registration, you are sending some
personal information to RealNetworks, such as your name and e-mail address.
RealNetworks will never sell, rent, or share your personal information
supplied during electronic registration without your consent unless compelled
by law or court order to do so.
No unique product ID is sent during this communication (the Globally
Unique Identifier - GUIDs has been set to zeroes for electronic registration
so it cannot be used to identify you).