Picked up a copy of Tombraider and it was one of the download codes which comes with Nvidia cards. Unlike in the past where you would just register the code and get the Steam code in an e-mail,Nvidia has sunken to a brand new low:
It's basically market research by deception. Even the Valve privacy policy is vague with regards to third parties:
http://store.steampowered.com/privacy_agreement/
There is scant information on what Nvidia is collecting from this,what they are using it for,how long the data is being kept for and what third parties they share this data and what companies they will be using to do the analysis.
The thing is that at least with things like Google services and store cards there is generally more information available to know what they are doing regarding market research,but this is rather vague IMHO!!
When I bought Nvidia cards previously and got free games like Metro:Last Light and got the free station cash for PS2,never needed to do all this bullcrap.
Out of spite I am just going to open a dud account and put all the crap games I don't want in it.
Nothing on their website regarding the market research they are doing in the terms and conditions of the bundle:
http://www.geforce.co.uk/games-appli...r/bundle/terms
http://www.geforce.co.uk/games-appli...e-instructions
Oh,they want your name and address too.