getting kicked from end game pfs as soon as I join?

[Melichoir]

So to the "Invasion of Privacy" thing:

Youre privacy is not being violated. You do not have a right to withhold your performance information because everything you do in the game isnt 'yours'. Its technically SEs. Think of it this way:

You walk up to the gate of a theme park. They ask you for your ID and personal info so they can create a specific club card for you when youre in the park. You choose to share that information with the the park management. That is a transaction only between you and the park and IS subject to privacy, as you are not entering into an agreement with any other party and choosing to share that specific information with others. Meaning, the park usually cant take your personal information you gave to them and give that exact information to the independent hot dog vendor whos right outside the park for money UNLESS you agreed to it at the start of the transaction. And they have to be fairly overt about that. Also remember that the Club Card is not YOURS. Its hte parks. They can publish some of that club card info publically if they so do choose. So if you chose an alias for yourself when youre in the park, and you chose a little sticker to represent you, the park could make that data available if they so do choose. Again, You are paying to have access to the ability to have an alias and sticker while in the park.

Once you have your ID, youre free to enter the park and do everything the park has to offer. Now, once you are in the park there are caveats. First and foremost, the park has cameras everywhere. There is no privacy. There is nothing you can do in the park without it being recorded. You dont have the right to tell the park that your activities within the park shouldnt be monitored, as it is the Park's Property and you have no legal rights to that property. You are just paying to have access to that park. Furthermore, anything you do in the park can be witnessed and recorded by anyone else who is also in the park. Again, you do not have privacy within the park. You waived that right when entering it. So if you go on the roller coaster, other people can witness and record you going on that roller coaster. You dont get to tell other people or the park that they cant record you doing it. If someone wanted to, they could technically follow you all day through the park and you usually wouldnt have any real means of stopping them short of reporting them to the park officials.

Now here are the grey areas:

Depending on where you come from, it is sometimes legal for that park to sell statistics of what park goers averagely do to outside vendors. For example, if the park notices a lot of players buy hotdogs with cream soda, they can sell that information to the HotDog vendor outside the park, who may then make sales pitches to patrons outside the park for special deals on Hotdogs with Cream Soda. They cannot sell individual information that was specifically shared with the park, but they can do it if its broad group statistics where the individual is indiscernible. Furthermore, the type of recordings that happen within the park that is allowed also varies. The park may allow its patrons to go pro or live stream what happens in the park, but may not allow its patrons to bring a speed radar to a pitching contest the park might have, however that is up to the discretion of the park and has no legal bearing.

This analogy pretty much sums up what most online games are now a days. Youre privacy isnt being 'violated', because broadly the only information that matters is personal information you gave to the park admins at the time when you purchased your 'ticket'. That ticket was formed based on a contract you and the park came to an agreement on. The park can revoke that ticket whenever it wants, and you have no right to anything you might have accrued within the park (points, access to special events, club member perks, etc.) Any prizes(micro-transactions) you might purchase within the park you arent really buying to own, but rather you are buying access to those prizes.

So again, youre privacy is not being "violated" under a legal context. People posting stuff on FFLogs isnt illegal under the law. The most you got is a situation where SE is saying "Hey, dont you bring that speed radar in here." and people are sneaking it in and posting those stats online. The bigger conundrum being that most people who post stats online arent using htat speed gun to specifically record and ruin others, but rather record their own speeds so they can gauge improvement. Itd be a violation of the games rules, but its not a legal matter. As I stated, once youre in the park, you waive your right to privacy in regards to what you do in the park, as the park is private property.

So TLDR: Quit with the "My privacy is being Violated! The Law says so!". No its not. Youre being silly.