According to COPPA, I cannot collect information, even as basic as usernames.
However, I want to collect telemetry and player behavior/interactions. For specifics, I want to collect:
How often they chat
What Character they use, skills, etc
Retention
Level HeatMap(complicated)
At what moment they leave
Performance for balancing
Basically all information on the game…
This dataset is collected at the individual level. Meaning players can be identified by a hash of their username. Collecting this data as a mass, doesn’t exactly yield anything. I understand that developers are collecting telemetry, however I do not know if they are in the legal side of things , just because they do it, doesn’t mean it’s legal right?
Soo… what can we collect on minors?
I believe the law is vague enough to be a case by case basis.
None of the information you listed is personal data and cannot be used to identify a person, so I’m pretty sure it’s fine.
You’re gathering statistics on the game rather than info on the player, when you think about it.
Well, take a look into the developer stats, and what do you get? A graph on how much time an average player is playing, robux revenue, electronic type, etc. So, I think it’s fine.
* First and last name
* A physical or home address
* Online contact information like an email address or username for an instant messaging platform
* Telephone number
* Social Security number
* An online identification for the user, like a cookie that tracks a user's history or the user's IP address
* Any file that contains a child's voice or picture
* A child's geographic location
If you aren’t collecting anything up here you are good.
, just because they do it, doesn’t mean it’s legal right?