You just potentially admitted that you're going to record kids since the last game was rated 12 and can't imagine this is suddenly an 18 so you've just admitted to an illegal action in several countries.
True but it's they also love plausible deniability. It's easier to get away with it by blaming cookies and an app requiring GPS to function than the company itself stating "we are going to record everything you say in a game meant for kids" and as we are seeing a lot more, that's a political deathbed to defend anything infringing on kids.
I don't know that it's illegal anywhere, but it's not illegal in the US and you can't stop your citizens from playing an internet game on international servers unless you're China.
Actually it might run afoul in the states that have 2 party consent laws as a child cannot consent and good luck in the court trying to argue that the parent consented by providing a phone number. Just looks like they are really opening themselves up for litigation to 'hurt the trolls' when you could easily just remind everyone there's a mute and report button.
I don't understand what you think the consequence of any of this would be.
Albania cannot go arrest blizzard because some albanian kid played Overwatch. Blizzard is not under the jurisdiction of Albania. Blizzard does not need to comply with Albanian laws unless it chooses to go out of its way to do business there, and if it does and the laws are annoying, it can just leave and it would still be getting money from Albanian kids playing its games.
I didn't mention Albania, I mentioned States (as in States within the United States of America) that require 2 party consent for recordings meaning you need to get the consent of the person you're recording
I'm not a lawyer, but I'd imagine in court it would be extremely hard to argue that by having a phone number the person consented to you recording their children, just a hunch but that wouldn't work out well for them...
One word: Lawsuit
You just potentially admitted that you're going to record kids since the last game was rated 12 and can't imagine this is suddenly an 18 so you've just admitted to an illegal action in several countries.
Don't count on it. Western governments will never let you kill a mass data-mining platform that normies voluntarily sign up for.
True but it's they also love plausible deniability. It's easier to get away with it by blaming cookies and an app requiring GPS to function than the company itself stating "we are going to record everything you say in a game meant for kids" and as we are seeing a lot more, that's a political deathbed to defend anything infringing on kids.
I don't know that it's illegal anywhere, but it's not illegal in the US and you can't stop your citizens from playing an internet game on international servers unless you're China.
Actually it might run afoul in the states that have 2 party consent laws as a child cannot consent and good luck in the court trying to argue that the parent consented by providing a phone number. Just looks like they are really opening themselves up for litigation to 'hurt the trolls' when you could easily just remind everyone there's a mute and report button.
I don't understand what you think the consequence of any of this would be.
Albania cannot go arrest blizzard because some albanian kid played Overwatch. Blizzard is not under the jurisdiction of Albania. Blizzard does not need to comply with Albanian laws unless it chooses to go out of its way to do business there, and if it does and the laws are annoying, it can just leave and it would still be getting money from Albanian kids playing its games.
I didn't mention Albania, I mentioned States (as in States within the United States of America) that require 2 party consent for recordings meaning you need to get the consent of the person you're recording
I'm not a lawyer, but I'd imagine in court it would be extremely hard to argue that by having a phone number the person consented to you recording their children, just a hunch but that wouldn't work out well for them...
Would be good to possibly sue Blizzard for wiretapping