uMod - GDPR and Steam ID collection? - Rust

Posted 6 years ago

Hey all
Porbably have a really dumb question but its more cause i was thinking about it. If you have a plugin that stores player steam ids and say kills in an external mysql database would that be considered "personal data". I know the kills wouldnt but would the steam id because i guess that could link to personal data?

Posted 6 years ago

I don't think steamID can be considered "personal data", since your Steam account does not belong to you, it is the property of Valve as stated in their TOS. SteamID is part of that property as well.

Posted 6 years ago

2CHEVSKII
I don't think steamID can be considered "personal data", since your Steam account does not belong to you, it is the property of Valve as stated in their TOS. SteamID is part of that property as well.

That would mean you dont own the games you pay for which I think is against European law

Posted 6 years ago

Last updated 6 years ago

Weird question. Different people got different aswers it seems. Any one a lawyer? :P

Posted 6 years ago

Goldie
That would mean you dont own the games you pay for which I think is against European law

Well, you are right at some point, and this is a quote from the RockPaperShotgun post back in the days:

Once again drives home a crucial thing to understand. You do not own your games. Whether bought through Steam, Origin, or any other digital download service that requires a live account to play them, you are at best renting those games, with no guarantee that you’ll be able to continue to do so.

Posted 6 years ago

Last updated 6 years ago

mrcameron999
Weird question. Different people got different aswers it seems. Any one a lawyer? :P

If you want a lawyer to answer your question - you'd probably better be going to a lawyer. It's a modding community website, and you are getting answers from modders and server owners.

Posted 6 years ago

was making a joke.