Well Hello! Today i was scrolling down my roblox messages and saw that i just received some message from roblox saying this [Important] Right to Erasure - Action Requested
I got scared for my account when they they linked in some old game of mine that i privated and idk what that message means. Could somebody explain to me what that means? I would be very grateful. I saw on yt some tutorials for it but you need some plugin to do it. Plugin costs real money :V
The message is automatically sent to every game the player has joined, since Roblox doesnât have a way to know if you are or arenât storing their data.
Confirm you donât have ANY data storage in your game - ban lists, âcash saveâ, progress save system, etc. - if you donât, you donât have to do anything. If you do, you have to delete the data associated with the playerâs user ID.
Roblox doesnât actively audit this, but if it ever does happen, you are in violation of the law. Real legal action can be taken against you by government regulators. You could face thousands or tens of thousands of dollars in fines, especially since youâve admitted to knowingly ignoring these.
It would be a law violation? I thought it would be just be like a Roblox Moderation thing. Iâve seen other developers ignore them, and they donât care.
When they mean they want someoneâs data to be deleted, do they mean that the datastore inside that player violates something?
Right to Erasure is a legal requirement. Note that the message Roblox sends out explicitly states - âThis is an obligation under data protection laws.â
While it may or may not be a law in your country or state, if you have customers covered under these laws (which you do if youâre receiving these messages) youâre obligated to comply.