There are some sketchy things in the Terms of Service for the Oculus Rift, and now, a member of Congress is formally asking the company to explain some of the items.
Senator Al Franken (D-Minnesota), who sits on the Senate Privacy and Technology Subcommittee, has written a letter to the Facebook-owned company, asking them to “provide more information on Rift and how Oculus is addressing issues of privacy and security.”
You can read the entire letter on Franken’s website, but he highlights the automatic collection of location data, physical movements and dimensions, how that data is stored, what the relationship is between Oculus and their partner companies, and what protections are in place to protect consumer information.
Franken asked for a response by the middle of May, and it will be interesting to see just what the company reveals.