[B]SOE, GamePolitics, Jack Thompson in Search for Missing Gamer[/B]
[url]http://gamepolitics.com/2007/01/18/sony-online-gamepolitics-jack-thompson-help-in-search-for-missing-gamer/#comments[/url]
[B]
Missing MMO Gamer’s Family Turns to Jack Thompson[/B]
[url]http://gamepolitics.com/2007/01/16/missing-mmo-gamers-family-turns-to-jack-thompson/[/url]
Not sure if this the right place but..
With the recent stories of Jacob Pribyl's "disappearance" and the efforts to find this young man we come into some interesting discussions about parental concern of adult off spring and the such. However as noted on the news page comments one issue remained relatively untouched.
Privacy. Is what SOE did a violation of Jacobs privacy? Did SOE do the right thing? What could be the issues be concerning how game companies handle private data. What could be the far reaching implications.
I think its important to start off with a quote from an SOE employee who actually posted a comment.
"# Andrew S. Zaffron Says:
January 18th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
On behalf of Sony Online Entertainment, I’d like to thank Dennis and gamepolitics.com for the “heads up” on this matter (given the purely local reach of the television interview, we’d have never known of the parents’ concern without gamepolitics.com), and applaud him for all the time and effort he puts into this site.
I just knew that, somehow and/or somewhere, I’d see or hear a comment like that posted by “Jay” above. I have three responses:
(1) We’re people first: corporate formality concerns are somewhere below that on the list;
(2) Seasoned and sound decision-making is using judgment (taking into account various relevant factors), to make a mature and hopefully correct decision; and
(3) We take privacy concerns very seriously; 99% of the time, I require a subpoena before divulging any customer information to any person or entity. However, SOE’s posted privacy policy provides, among other things, that “We may also disclose any of your personal information to . . . other appropriate third parties . . . as we deem necessary in our sole discretion . . . .”
Considering all of the circumstances here, and as human beings, we deemed it necessary.
Andy
"
Personally I think they did the right thing. They were discrete and went only to the parents, which could bring a completely new facet into this discussion.
What do y'all think?
[B]SOE, GamePolitics, Jack Thompson in Search for Missing Gamer[/B]
[url]http://gamepolitics.com/2007/01/18/sony-online-gamepolitics-jack-thompson-help-in-search-for-missing-gamer/#comments[/url]
[B]
Missing MMO Gamer’s Family Turns to Jack Thompson[/B]
[url]http://gamepolitics.com/2007/01/16/missing-mmo-gamers-family-turns-to-jack-thompson/[/url]
