{"id":755,"date":"2015-03-25T21:48:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T01:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/dig210\/?p=755"},"modified":"2015-03-25T21:54:52","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T01:54:52","slug":"making-disney-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/dig210\/2015\/03\/25\/making-disney-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Disney Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many reader posts this week focused on John Foreman’s article, which doesn’t surprise me. \u00a0I would have, too. \u00a0Full disclosure: I was literally obsessed with Disney as a child, and as far I was concerned Disney could never<\/em> be bad. \u00a0It all started when Cinderella came to my birthday party when I was 3 and told me I was a princess. \u00a0I was 5 years old the first time my parents took me to Disney World (which I pronounced Dis-uh-nee), and we’ve returned many times since. \u00a0I vividly recall\u00a0receiving a special hotel room key with my name printed on it, and hiring a family tour guide who could get us extra fast passes as we rode the rides. \u00a0It was all about efficiency, and there would be no time wasted. \u00a0As my sister and I grew older, it became more and more like a game as we tried to get as many fast passes for as many rides as possible. \u00a0It seemed like a race against all other families to do the most we possibly could in the shortest possible time. \u00a0In hindsight we were maybe too intense about our vacations.<\/p>\n

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So to me, the Disney MagicBand feels like a device that would cater directly to my weirdly intense family. \u00a0We get sucked into the adventure and can’t stop running between rides and discreetly racing other families and buying snacks along the way, which is probably what they want — complete absorption in the entire theme park experience. \u00a0The MagicBand removes all obstacles in our way, like having to physically remove your wallet to pay for things. \u00a0It seems like it would be a perfect fit for us, so I decided to dig deeper into Disney’s data collection. \u00a0Apparently, the MagicBand is technically defined as “an all-in-one device that effortlessly connects you to all the vacation choices you made with My Disney Experience.<\/a>” \u00a0What a nice personal touch. \u00a0However, if you check out Disney’s Privacy & Legal<\/a> page you can actually “review how your information is collected and protected<\/a>” which will then direct you to this FAQ<\/a> where you can then access The Walt Disney Company Privacy Center.<\/a>\u00a0 The sheer number of links it takes to get to this page is enough for me to lose interest in\u00a0learning about how Disney is tracking my data. \u00a0This stuff is boring so I read it for you. \u00a0Here’s what I’ve found.<\/p>\n

Disney collects three types of information: personal, anonymous, and aggregate. \u00a0They collect your name, address, email, password, gender, date of birth, phone number, payment information, anything posted on their website, anything posted on a Disney app, location information when using their websites or apps, usage, viewing and technical data, and more. \u00a0So what happens to your data? \u00a0Well, a member (read: subsidiary or affiliated entity)<\/a>\u00a0of the Walt Disney Family of Companies<\/a> (including ABC, Disney, DisneyPixar, ESPN, Hollywood Films, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Muppets, Playdom, Star Wars, and others) will act as data controller. \u00a0Specifically, a data processor<\/a> will be the one analyzing your data on behalf of the data controller. \u00a0Using your data, they can “send you offers and promotions for our products<\/a>” and “provide you with advertising based on your activity on our sites and applications.”\u00a0From here, you can click through to Disney’s Online Tracking and Advertising<\/a> page, which, if you’ve made it this far, is where you’ll really lose interest in caring about any of this (with the exception of maybe\u00a0some data enthusiasts or something). \u00a0Do I really want to understand the full reality of giving Disney my data in return for this plasticky wristband of convenience? \u00a0Or do I want to be blissfully ignorant as I buy my $9 bottle of water with the wave of my arm, just<\/em> like a magic wand? \u00a0I want to say no, that I wouldn’t\u00a0be a part of their system, and that I wouldn’t\u00a0simply give my data away so easily. \u00a0But let’s be real…<\/p>\n

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