Quote Originally Posted by KaivaC View Post
The problem is that, your character is NOT your personal data.
The character itself isn't. The name of the character could be construed as being however your online identifier, and if the collected information can in anyway link back to identifying the user, then that makes it more at risk of being in breach of privacy laws. Ultimately it depends on the territory where a complaint is/if it were made, and the application of that territory's laws. Again it's a grey area, and it's up to the site owners to gauge what the risk is. I know the USA has non-existent privacy laws, but the rest of the world is quite strict in this area.

Also, just hiding logs wouldn't be sufficient in many places, including the EU. If you request all of your data to be deleted from existence, then that service must legally comply. In fact, in many places it is illegal to collect any kind of user information, whether it identifies people or not, without permission including in Aus.