Elspeth Vigneron
Caldari
Phoenix Logistics Industries
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Posted - 2007.05.28 14:09:00 -
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Allowed in game? I'm at the point I'm not sure that they should even be allowed to investigate allegations of their misconduct.
Now they're saying "trust us, we have the petition, but we can't disclose it because it's private. Yet the EULA (which has two components to privacy, one IN-GAME, the other between you as a REAL PERSON and CCP) that seems to say they very well CAN disclose the alleged petition:
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8. PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY
A. Communications
Except for certain information in your Account (discussed below), all transmissions by you to the System are not private.
What they're saying, except for what's in Section B., NOTHING IS PRIVATE.
Quote:
You acknowledge and agree that you have no expectation of privacy regarding communications you make in the Game, whether through private in-Game messaging, during chat, or in chat rooms. CCP representatives may monitor communications made by or received from you. You should not provide private information to any other player in the Game. CCP shall not be responsible for the consequences of any such disclosure by you.
In short, private communications (such as petitions) and chat windows, such as local, are NOT PRIVATE. Even if you think they are.
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You may encounter and converse with people who are rude, offensive, belligerent, and who may use indecent, obscene, and/or threatening or harassing language while playing the Game. You may report any instances of such behavior to CCP. CCP will investigate and take such measures as CCP, in its sole judgment, determines are reasonable under the circumstances. CCP does not guarantee that you will not encounter behavior of others that you may view as insulting, demeaning, offensive, threatening or harassing. You assume all risk associated with playing the Game, and CCP assumes no responsibility for the conduct of any other players, and shall not be liable to you or any other person for their conduct.
Not relevant, but provided because I'm providing the entire section of the EULA.
Quote:
B. Personal Information
CCP does not guarantee that personal information transmitted to the System, including without limitation information in your Account, will not be disclosed to third parties. While CCP's aim is to keep your personal information confidential and CCP employs security measures to protect the System, third parties may unlawfully intercept transmissions or private communications, or access data within the System. Additionally, CCP may (and you hereby expressly authorize CCP to) disclose information about you to private entities, law enforcement or other government officials, as CCP, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to investigate or resolve possible crimes or to respond to judicial, regulatory, agency or similar inquiries.
CCP may monitor usage of the System to gather statistical information that it may disclose to third parties. CCP may also contact you using the information you provided to, for example, provide technical support, respond to user inquiries, transmit questionnaires and offer products and services. You may also verify and update your Account information by logging into your Account through the account management page at https://secure.eve-online.com/login.asp.
Here we're talking about you, as a human being, and how you have the right of privacy for your REAL LIFE personal information. Such as your credit card. Your e-mail. That sort of stuff.
It also says they may use your personal information to contact you regarding technical support issues. Which makes sense if you can't even log-on to view the petition system. They can also use your personal information to sell you goods and services.
It also says that they'll turn your information over to law enforcement if necessary.
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