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Discussion Board / Re: But first, lemme take a selfie
« on: July 31, 2020, 03:39:25 am »tis me again (i'm 17 and have a baby face lmao)
You look like such a chill person though maaan ❤
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You look like such a chill person though maaan ❤
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Game Help / Re: Feral City File - Is it safe?
« on: July 27, 2020, 05:23:10 pm »
It is safe, yes! The executable file just runs an installer that automatically puts all of the map files where they're supposed to go c:
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Community Activities Hub / Re: Movie Nights - VOTING
« on: July 26, 2020, 06:19:33 pm »
I definitely missed the movie..oops..
I would HIGHLY recommend Eurovision though, ive seen it and it's HILARIOUS!!!
I would HIGHLY recommend Eurovision though, ive seen it and it's HILARIOUS!!!
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Community Activities Hub / Re: Movie Nights - ATLANTIS
« on: July 26, 2020, 12:55:32 am »Count me in, homies <3
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News Archives / Re: To clear a few things up..
« on: July 25, 2020, 05:33:50 pm »"for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority" does not apply here. Deleting an account will not affect the public interest in any ways and the FeralHeart staff is not an official authority.
The assumption of only the UK version of GDPR applying is wrong in the first place, GDPR applies to all websites and applications which operate and have users from the EU.
The same is true to COPPA aswell. The law might only exist in the US, but since FeralHeart actively operates and accept s users from the US so it applies to FH as well.
If you really want to escape all privacy laws you should block the whole US and EU. Then neither of the laws would apply.. That's a lie because the UK's version of GDPR is still there.
Oh and.. There is the fact that FH's privacy policy and terms of service is a huge mess.. And it doesn't comply by either privacy laws.
Second oh.. Where is the FH only accepts usere over the age of 13? The game letting users under 13 into the game introduces some huge privacy requirements..... However FH fails to meet those as well.
I think you may have missed some of what I'd said, or misinterpreted it. You're welcome to PM me concerning it and I'd be happy to discuss with you what you've pointed out here and revise my post accordingly. But as I'd said at the bottom of my post, this isn't a thread of argument or "back and forth" so that's where I'll leave it.
Note: I've looked into the COPPA laws and regulations and have revised my post as needed. I had originally used a couple sources for my statement regarding COPPA but they turned out to be misleading after investigating a little further into some more notable sources. I do apologize for the misinformation on my part.
Note: I've looked into the COPPA laws and regulations and have revised my post as needed. I had originally used a couple sources for my statement regarding COPPA but they turned out to be misleading after investigating a little further into some more notable sources. I do apologize for the misinformation on my part.
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News Archives / Re: To clear a few things up..
« on: July 25, 2020, 04:28:59 pm »You all know that I advocate for things returning to normal and for everyone to equally benefit from where we go from here. I love this community, always have and always will, however I feel the need to further explain the GDPR policy and how it applies here in terms of data erasure. I am doing this in a professional capacity and in no way intend for this to be an attack or rebuttal towards any individual or group of individuals.
The GDPR, or General Data Protection Regulation, is a set of laws enforced by the EU regarding the, as obvious, protection of your personal data.
The first, important thing to note here, is that the FH game and servers are run out of the UK, which seceded from the EU. Now, that does not mean the GDPR laws are null, it just means they are exercised slightly differently and are formally recognized as the Data Protection Act (2018) in the United Kingdom.
I only mention this so that we can reference the correct policies in regards to this particular game as they are written and enforced differently in some areas.
The main policy I would like to touch down on is the Right to Erasure, that is the right to request your personal data be erased, both up front as well as the termination of any back-ups of that data. Please see below image:
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You'll note that the first line mentions "GDPR", please remember that the GDPR does scope all of pan-European countries, it is the "umbrella" policy while the Data Protection Act details the UK's version of that policy.
In regards to the image above, you could argue that the first two bullet points alone are grounds enough to have your account deleted, and they are. If you are a member with no set ban on your account, you have every right to delete your account or have the FH staff delete it for you. Now this is where things seem to get a bit sticky. Please see below image:
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In the image above, we are going to focus on the third bullet point. When FH staff sets a ban on an account, it can either be through username alone, or through IP address. In a professional sense and when correctly administered, the function of a ban is to prevent users who have broken game and/or forum rules from continuing their behavior and to act as a deterrent from continuing such behavior in the future. Putting aside the fact that bans were recently carried out in an unjustified manner, justified bans are meant to protect the community and ban length depends entirely on the fault committed.
We, as staff, do have access to user's IP address, but only the ones linked to the account they registered with. We do not have access to anything more than your IP address and your email, both of which are used strictly for administrative purposes. We have your email so we can contact you if necessary, as well as if we need to find a user that may have changed their username or lost an account. We can access your IP address so we can ensure that bans placed on an account are not being evaded and so that we can make sure that other accounts connected to that banned account are locked down as well. The reason we hold the right to refuse a data erasure on a banned account is because, in erasing that account's data, we lose the IP address. This allows the user to create a new account and go on breaking rules. Simply said, we reserve the right to hold onto the data of a banned account as part of our duties as FH staff members to prevent people from harming the community in any capacity, ergo, the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.
FH staff never use IP addresses or emails associated with your accounts maliciously. When LordSuragaha posted the screenshot of a user's IP log, all traces of an IP address were blacked out. While it was in bad taste to share the screenshot to begin with, there was absolutely no intent of doxxing.
On that note, I feel it's also important to highlight one of the original rules that users agree to when they register for the game.
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If you are having trouble reading the image above, you can find the rule Here. I bring up this rule so that users are reminded that any account associated with one IP address are responsible for any other accounts registered with that IP address. If you and your sibling share a computer and your sibling gets banned, if the ban was done by IP, you are also banned. It's important to inform friends and family members of this rule so nobody is caught unaware and confused.
As far as this policy goes in regards to minors, the GDPR and the Data Protection Act use the term "child" and define this as an individual who is 13 years or younger. The same policies as stated above apply to children as well, though in a more relevant capacity as children may not always be aware of the risks when registering their data online. While this game is aimed at people of all ages, it's important to undertake certain precautions in order to protect the younger users. I, personally, will be working towards having a system implemented to better ensure that our younger users will be recorded so that data erasure isn't an issue in the future. However, as a system like that doesn't currently exist (and if you have a game where younger users may register, I would highly suggest you do this as soon as possible), there is no way to prove which users are or were 13 years or younger when they registered an account here.
I noticed as well that some users had mentioned COPPA law and the lack of it here at FH. While COPPA is a US law, it does apply to foreign hosted servers and websites if the host knowingly collects personal data from children in the US. This is something we will be looking into as it's very important to us that our younger users are safe.
If anyone has any questions or concerns regarding GDPR or the DPA, please contact me via PM. This is a news thread and arguments weren't meant to be had here.
The GDPR, or General Data Protection Regulation, is a set of laws enforced by the EU regarding the, as obvious, protection of your personal data.
The first, important thing to note here, is that the FH game and servers are run out of the UK, which seceded from the EU. Now, that does not mean the GDPR laws are null, it just means they are exercised slightly differently and are formally recognized as the Data Protection Act (2018) in the United Kingdom.
I only mention this so that we can reference the correct policies in regards to this particular game as they are written and enforced differently in some areas.
The main policy I would like to touch down on is the Right to Erasure, that is the right to request your personal data be erased, both up front as well as the termination of any back-ups of that data. Please see below image:
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You'll note that the first line mentions "GDPR", please remember that the GDPR does scope all of pan-European countries, it is the "umbrella" policy while the Data Protection Act details the UK's version of that policy.
In regards to the image above, you could argue that the first two bullet points alone are grounds enough to have your account deleted, and they are. If you are a member with no set ban on your account, you have every right to delete your account or have the FH staff delete it for you. Now this is where things seem to get a bit sticky. Please see below image:
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In the image above, we are going to focus on the third bullet point. When FH staff sets a ban on an account, it can either be through username alone, or through IP address. In a professional sense and when correctly administered, the function of a ban is to prevent users who have broken game and/or forum rules from continuing their behavior and to act as a deterrent from continuing such behavior in the future. Putting aside the fact that bans were recently carried out in an unjustified manner, justified bans are meant to protect the community and ban length depends entirely on the fault committed.
We, as staff, do have access to user's IP address, but only the ones linked to the account they registered with. We do not have access to anything more than your IP address and your email, both of which are used strictly for administrative purposes. We have your email so we can contact you if necessary, as well as if we need to find a user that may have changed their username or lost an account. We can access your IP address so we can ensure that bans placed on an account are not being evaded and so that we can make sure that other accounts connected to that banned account are locked down as well. The reason we hold the right to refuse a data erasure on a banned account is because, in erasing that account's data, we lose the IP address. This allows the user to create a new account and go on breaking rules. Simply said, we reserve the right to hold onto the data of a banned account as part of our duties as FH staff members to prevent people from harming the community in any capacity, ergo, the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.
FH staff never use IP addresses or emails associated with your accounts maliciously. When LordSuragaha posted the screenshot of a user's IP log, all traces of an IP address were blacked out. While it was in bad taste to share the screenshot to begin with, there was absolutely no intent of doxxing.
On that note, I feel it's also important to highlight one of the original rules that users agree to when they register for the game.
-
-
If you are having trouble reading the image above, you can find the rule Here. I bring up this rule so that users are reminded that any account associated with one IP address are responsible for any other accounts registered with that IP address. If you and your sibling share a computer and your sibling gets banned, if the ban was done by IP, you are also banned. It's important to inform friends and family members of this rule so nobody is caught unaware and confused.
As far as this policy goes in regards to minors, the GDPR and the Data Protection Act use the term "child" and define this as an individual who is 13 years or younger. The same policies as stated above apply to children as well, though in a more relevant capacity as children may not always be aware of the risks when registering their data online. While this game is aimed at people of all ages, it's important to undertake certain precautions in order to protect the younger users. I, personally, will be working towards having a system implemented to better ensure that our younger users will be recorded so that data erasure isn't an issue in the future. However, as a system like that doesn't currently exist (and if you have a game where younger users may register, I would highly suggest you do this as soon as possible), there is no way to prove which users are or were 13 years or younger when they registered an account here.
I noticed as well that some users had mentioned COPPA law and the lack of it here at FH. While COPPA is a US law, it does apply to foreign hosted servers and websites if the host knowingly collects personal data from children in the US. This is something we will be looking into as it's very important to us that our younger users are safe.
If anyone has any questions or concerns regarding GDPR or the DPA, please contact me via PM. This is a news thread and arguments weren't meant to be had here.
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News Archives / Re: To clear a few things up..
« on: July 25, 2020, 01:01:58 am »I think an important thing to take away from part of this is that Sura apologized, she reversed the bans, and we are all trying to move forward. I know this apology may not be accepted because yes, decisions and actions were made that can't be taken back in an emotional capacity, but for now we need to continue to try and push ahead~
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Art Gallery / Re: Critique my art! (large image warning)
« on: July 24, 2020, 03:20:10 pm »What's to critique this art is amazing, I love your style!!!!
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Forum Discussion / Re: It's time to stop
« on: July 23, 2020, 03:36:16 pm »I'm sorry there hasn't been much word as of late, I can assure you that steps are being taken to remedy this situation and will come to light hopefully soon. I don't mean to be so vague about this, but there isn't much more I, in my position, can say on it right now :c
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Other Mods/Creations / Re: 🌌 FeralHeart | Milky Way Globe Mod 🌌
« on: July 23, 2020, 03:01:30 am »
Ahh yes, I will be downloading this haha