Our stance on posting/publishing personal information

[SpikedRocker]

In the past we've had to deal with people posting/publishing personal information, and we would handle it privately and a bit discretely. As time has gone on, we keep finding us dealing with this topic and at this point we are tired of dealing with it. A lot of this is "high school drama". We are here to play video games and not to start drama.

 

With that said: from here on out, if anyone posts/publishes any one else's personal information without their permission, in any format that comes back to us with proof, you will be permed from Steam-Gamers. We are very, very serious about this matter. We are deeming personal information to include but not restricted to: name, addresses, phone number, photos (EVEN if they are already posted publicly here), social media information, etc. At ANY point in time, we can deem anything not on this list as 'personal information'. Plain and simple - don't share somebody's stuff that isn't yours.

 

With cyber-bullying investigations on the rise we want to get ahead of that by making a strict no personal information rule. It will be us (BD's) who will have to be questioned by investigators/authorities. We are hoping by making this rule, we can prevent any of these incidents from happening. Once someone's personal information gets posted/published, it can be very hard to remove all aspects of it to where it cannot be recovered in some instances. We understand that shit talking and whatnot is common, but there is an obvious line not to cross. Personal information is one of those lines that should never be crossed. If it is, punishments will be handed out swiftly.

 

We hope all of you will assist us in making sure personal information is kept private at all times. If you see any members disclosing personal information of another member, please let an AO+ know immediately.

[SpikedRocker]

A question that has come up is the use of real life names. If someone has disclosed their real life name and has no issue with you calling them by it, that is ok. That is an example of "with their permission". However, if you have found out someone's real name and they ask you not to use it, that's not ok.

 

A lot of this is common sense stuff. But being the internet, some people are going to try to push the limits or be afraid of those limits. Our advice to all, is ask the person first.

[Chloe Gallagher]

Those are all reasonable things to expect from everyone. Basically just common courtesy and respect.

[CollieFlower]

Those are all reasonable things to expect from everyone. Basically just common courtesy and respect.

 

Sadly, this is the internet, and alot of people lack common courtesy and respect