Data Report Card · Epic Games
Epic Games Data Report Card
Fortnite / Epic Games Store · Epic Games, Inc.
§ Enforcement action
Data
Practices
Practices
2Access0Portability1Friction1Deletion2Sells1Trains AI
=
D
§
3/12
Agent
Readiness
Readiness
2Access
0Portability
1API access
=
C
3/6
Agent Readiness is a derived signal — a synthesis of two existing cells (Access, Portability) plus one sourced factor (API access), not an independently measured grade. API access scale: Best (2) consumer-grantable API · Moderate (1) partial / encumbered · Restrictive (0) manual export only. What is Agent Readiness?
§ This grade reflects a 4-point deduction (severity 2) for a verified regulatory action: 7/12 on data practices − 4 = 3/12 → D. The enforcement record is below.
Reviewed Jun 2026 · policies are checked weekly for changes · stated — every cell is read from Epic Games's published policy; none has been tested (run by us) yet.
2Accessstated
Epic offers a self-serve, in-product "Download account information" tool on the Epic account page — you request the download and retrieve it after an email confirmation, with no support request needed, so access is scored at the self-serve level.
Epic Account Support — Download your account data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗0Portabilitystated
The self-serve account-data download is delivered as a PDF file; Epic offers no JSON, CSV, or other structured machine-readable export, and a PDF is not portable, so portability is scored at the lowest level.
Epic Account Support — download delivered as a PDF · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Frictionstated
The download is self-serve but multi-step and email-gated: you request it, wait for an email that the data is ready, sign back in, and enter an emailed security code before the file downloads, placing friction at the moderate level.
Epic Account Support — Download your account data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Deletionstated
Self-serve account deletion exists (Account > General > Request Account Delete, confirmed by an emailed code) but is materially gated — a 14-day grace period and permanent deletion only after 30 days — so deletion is scored at the partial level.
Epic Account Support — Delete your Epic Games account · accessed Jun 2026 ↗2Sells / sharesstated
Epic's privacy policy states plainly that it "does not sell or share the personal information it collects" and does not process personal data for targeted advertising, so sharing is scored at the does-not-sell level.
Epic Games — Privacy Policy (no sale / no targeted ads) · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Trains AIstated
Epic's privacy policy discloses using personal data to train machine-learning models (e.g. for content moderation and recommendations) and shares data with large-language-model providers to power AI features, but makes no clear no-training or opt-in-only commitment for your personal data, so model-training use is scored at the unclear level.
Epic Games — Privacy Policy (AI / ML uses) · accessed Jun 2026 ↗§Enforcement action — deducts 4 points (severity 2); data practices without the penalty scored C (7/12)verified
The US FTC and DOJ reached settlements totaling $520 million with Epic Games in December 2022: a $275 million civil penalty for collecting children's personal data in Fortnite in violation of COPPA (the largest penalty ever for an FTC rule violation) and $245 million in refunds for dark-pattern billing practices (the FTC's largest refund in a gaming case).
US Federal Trade Commission · 19 Dec 2022 ↗1API access — feeds Agent Readiness, not the /12stated
There is no consumer-grantable OAuth API to fetch your own Epic personal or account data; Epic Account Services / Epic Online Services OAuth is a developer game-integration framework limited to basic profile, friends, and presence, so agent access to your own data is scored at the partial level.
Epic Online Services — Account Services data (dev-gated, not consumer self-data) · accessed Jun 2026 ↗Reviewed Jun 2026 from Epic's account-support pages and Privacy Policy (Last Updated April 22, 2026). All cells "stated", not tested. Epic offers a self-serve data download but only as a PDF (not machine-readable), self-serve deletion gated by a 14-day grace + 30-day permanent-deletion window, a plain no-sell / no-share and no-targeted-advertising commitment, and discloses ML/AI uses of personal data without a no-training pledge. In December 2022 the FTC and DOJ reached $520M in settlements over children's-privacy (COPPA) and dark-pattern billing violations.
How to request your data from Epic Games
- Go to https://www.epicgames.com/account/personal — Epic Games's data-request entry point.
- Account page > Download account information (delivered as a PDF) and Delete Account.
- Expected wait: self-serve PDF download after email confirmation; account deletion has a 14-day grace period + permanent deletion after 30 days; no consumer data API (developer OAuth only) — Epic Games's stated turnaround (we haven't independently timed a request yet).
- No self-serve option, or want a formal request? Contact Epic Account Support: https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/c-Category_EpicAccount/c-EpicAccountServices/how-do-i-download-my-account-data-a000086239.
These steps reflect Epic Games's documented process as of Jun 2026. The wait time is the company's stated figure, not yet independently measured by us.