
Originally Posted by
AreYouKiddingMe
Show me another '"EULA" that infringes so deeply on peoples right to privacy.
Kudos to you for not deleting this post and entering into a debate about this.
Copied from Blizzard's Terms for World of Warcraft:
You hereby acknowledge and agree that:
A. WHEN RUNNING, THE GAME MAY MONITOR YOUR COMPUTER'S RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RAM) AND/OR CPU PROCESSES FOR UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAMS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY WITH WORLD OF WARCRAFT. AN ?UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAM? AS USED HEREIN SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE THAT, WHEN USED SIMULTANEOUSLY OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE GAME, WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF SECTIONS 1, 2 OR 7. IN THE EVENT THAT THE GAME DETECTS AN UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAM, BLIZZARD MAY (a) COMMUNICATE INFORMATION BACK TO BLIZZARD, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE ACCOUNT NAME, DETAILS ABOUT THE UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAM DETECTED, AND THE TIME AND DATE THE UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAM WAS DETECTED; AND/OR (b) EXERCISE ANY OR ALL OF ITS RIGHTS UNDER ANY BLIZZARD AGREEMENT, WITH OR WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE TO THE USER.
B. WHEN THE GAME IS RUNNING, BLIZZARD MAY OBTAIN CERTAIN IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR COMPUTER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION YOUR HARD DRIVES, CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT, IP ADDRESS(ES) AND OPERATING SYSTEM(S), FOR PURPOSES OF IMPROVING THE GAME AND/OR THE SERVICE, AND TO POLICE AND ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF ANY BLIZZARD AGREEMENT.
C. Blizzard may, with or without notice to you, disclose your Internet Protocol (IP) address(es), personal information, chat logs, and other information about you and your activities: (a) in response to a request by law enforcement, a court order or other legal process; or (b) if Blizzard believes that doing so may protect your safety or the safety of others.
D. BLIZZARD MAY MONITOR, RECORD, REVIEW, MODIFY AND/OR DISCLOSE YOUR CHAT SESSIONS, WHETHER VOICE OR TEXT, WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU, AND YOU HEREBY CONSENT TO SUCH MONITORING, RECORDING, REVIEW, MODIFICATION AND/OR DISCLOSURE. Additionally, you acknowledge that Blizzard is under no obligation to monitor your electronic communications, and you engage in those communications at your own risk.
E. You are wholly responsible for the cost of all telephone and Internet access charges along with all necessary equipment, servicing, repair or correction incurred in maintaining connectivity to the Servers.
From Warhammer Online's EULA
G. Consent to Monitor
DURING ITS OPERATION, THE GAME MAY MONITOR YOUR COMPUTER?S
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RAM) FOR UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY
PROGRAMS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY WITH THE GAME. AN ?UNAUTHORIZED
THIRD PARTY PROGRAM? AS USED HEREIN SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY THIRD
PARTY SOFTWARE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY ?ADDON?, ?MOD?,
?HACK?, ?TRAINER?, OR ?CHEAT? THAT IN MYTHIC?S SOLE DETERMINATION: (I)
ENABLES OR FACILITATES CHEATING OF ANY TYPE: (II) ALLOWS USERS TO
MODIFY OR HACK THE GAME INTERFACE, ENVIRONMENT, AND /OR EXPERIENCE
IN ANY WAY NOT EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED BY MYTHIC: OR (III) INTERCEPTS,
?MINES?, OR OTHERWISE COLLECTS INFORMATION FROM OR THROUGH THE
GAME. IN THE EVENT THAT THE GAME DETECTS AN UNAUTHORIZED THIRD
PARTY PROGRAM, THE GAME MAY (A) COMMUNICATE INFORMATION BACK TO
MYTHIC, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION YOUR ACCOUNT NAME, DETAILS
ABOUT THE UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAM DETECTED, AND THE TIME
AND DATE THE UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAM WAS DETECTED; AND
/OR (B) MYTHIC MAY EXERCISE ANY OR ALL OF ITS RIGHTS UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT, WITH OR WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE TO THE USER.
7. PRIVACY OF IN-GAME COMMUNICATIONS
You understand that you have no expectation of privacy regarding the
communications you make in the Game, whether through private in-game
messaging or in open "chat," or in Chat Rooms, and that Mythic representatives
may monitor all communications made by or received from you. You understand
that you should never provide any private information to any other player in the
Game, and will not hold Mythic responsible for the consequences of any such
disclosure by you. Further, you understand that in playing the Game, you may
encounter and converse with people who are rude, offensive, belligerent, and
who may use indecent, obscene, and/or threatening or harassing language. You
are free to report any instances of such behavior to Mythic, and we will take such
measures as Mythic, in its sole business judgment, determines are reasonable
when such behavior violates either the EUALA or the Player's Rules of Conduct.
HOWEVER, MYTHIC DOES NOT WARRANT THAT YOU WILL BE FREE FROM THE
BEHAVIOR OF OTHERS YOU MAY DEEM INSULTING, DEMEANING, OFFENSIVE,
THREATENING OR HARASSING WHILE YOU PLAY THIS GAME. IN THE EVENT
THAT MYTHIC CHOOSES NOT TO TAKE ANY ACTION, TAKES AN ACTION WITH
WHICH YOU DO NOT AGREE OR IS UNABLE TO TAKE ANY ACTION FOR ANY
REASON WHATSOEVER, IN NO EVENT SHALL WE, OUR PARENT, OUR AFFILIATES
OR OUR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (HOWEVER ARISING, INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE), AND/OR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCOUNT, OUR GAME OR YOUR TIME SPENT PLAYING
THE GAME, EVEN IF ANY OF THE SAME HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES SHALL BE
LIMITED TO $100. THIS DISCLAIMER SHALL BE INDEPENDENT OF ANY OTHER
LIMITATION ON REMEDIES SET FORTH HEREIN.
From Star Trek Online's Terms of Use
26. Acknowledgments. You hereby acknowledge and agree that:
(a) WHEN RUNNING, THE GAME MAY MONITOR YOUR COMPUTER FOR UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAMS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY WITH STAR TREK? ONLINE. AN "UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAM" AS USED HEREIN SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY "ADDON" OR "MOD," THAT IN CRYPTIC?S SOLE DETERMINATION (i) ENABLES OR FACILITIATES CHEATING OF ANY TYPE; (ii) ALLOWS USERS TO MODIFY OR HACK THE STAR TREK? ONLINE INTERFACE, ENVIRONMENT, AND/OR EXPERIENCE IN ANY WAY NOT EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED BY CRYPTIC; OR (iii) INTERCEPTS, "MINES" OR OTHERWISE COLLECTS INFORMATION FROM OR THROUGH THE GAME. IN THE EVENT THAT THE GAME DETECTS AN UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAM, CRYPTIC MAY (A) COMMUNICATE INFORMATION BACK TO CRYPTIC, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION YOUR ACCOUNT NAME, DETAILS ABOUT THE UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAM DETECTED, AND THE TIME AND DATE THE UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAM WAS DETECTED; AND/OR (B) EXERCISE ANY OR ALL OF ITS RIGHTS UNDER SECTION 6 OF THIS AGREEMENT, WITH OR WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE TO THE USER.
(b) WHEN THE GAME IS RUNNING, CRYPTIC MAY OBTAIN CERTAIN IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR COMPUTER AND ITS OPERATING SYSTEM, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION YOUR HARD DRIVES, CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT, IP ADDRESS(ES) AND OPERATING SYSTEM(S), FOR PURPOSES OF IMPROVING THE SOFTWARE AND/OR THE SERVICE, AND TO POLICE AND ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EULA.
(c) CRYPTIC MAY RECORD YOUR CHAT SESSIONS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION TRANSMITTED OR RECEIVED THROUGH THE GAME AND YOU CONSENT TO SUCH MONITORING OR LOGGING.
When I say what we do is the industry standard, I mean it is the industry standard. We have the right and obligation to monitor connections to our servers to make sure players are not running bots, hacks, or attacks on our servers. We have a legal obligation to cooperate with law enforcement, should the need arise. Every online game has these rights and obligations. Pretending we're some nefarious organization planning world domination doesn't make it so.
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