Before you play HZD Sony requires you to affirm your compliance with the Sony terms of service, including the game’s capacity to scan your computer and report back to Sony, including the DRM Free version on GOG.
This may be limited to benign game related elements (scores, telemetry, crashes and bugs, etc.) but the TOS doesn’t limit it to this, and Sony is essentially mandating they can collect whatever they want about you. There are similar clauses in some AAA launch clients, such as EA’s Origin (Now, just The EA App ) but for me, that’s a deal breaker, especially from a company that has a history of installing malware rootkits as a DRM measure. Sony, like several major electronics and software companies, has earned my distrust.
It also raises questions regarding the veracity of the GOG guarantee that games are DRM free.
I believe the same click-through contract (or a similar one) is on every Sony PC game since HZD.