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   Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 20:20:04 JST Polychrome :blabcat:
   Ubisoft is deleting accounts that haven't logged in for 4 years.
   
   So if you dont play an Ubisoft game for 4 years you lose all of your Ubisoft games.
   
   The ones that you've paid for.
   
   https://www.pcgamer.com/your-ubisoft-account-can-be-suspended-and-subsequently-permanently-deleted-for-inactivity-taking-your-games-library-with-it/
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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 23:14:13 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     • Gunther
     @gunther suppose I could incorporate my cat.
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     Gunther (gunther@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 23:14:15 JST Gunther

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     @Polychrome Didn't you know that only corporations are allowed to own things?

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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 08:00:21 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     • bartholin
     • Seb
     @seb_tmg @bartholin deleting a customer's data is different than "deleting all of their transactions".
     
     Unless a customer elects to have their "purchases" wiped out, they should NEVER be deleted.
     
     No customer will opt-in, I guarantee that.
     
     If you want to take security seriously, deactivate their account and require them to contact you to re-instate it.
     
     Don't delete the records permanently.
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     Seb (seb_tmg@mastodon.cosmicnation.co)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 08:00:23 JST Seb

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     • bartholin

     @Polychrome @bartholin You get an email up front asking you to login. It's pretty normal and actually reassuring that companies delete their customer data after a couple of years of inactivity. I anonymize my client's data a year after they stop being my client as well. It's good practice.

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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 08:03:00 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     • LisPi
     @lispi314 good ol' Ross.
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     LisPi (lispi314@mastodon.top)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 08:03:01 JST LisPi

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     @Polychrome #GaaS is fraud.

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUAX0gnZ3Nw

     #GamesAsAServiceIsFraud #GamesAsAService

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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 18:11:23 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     • bartholin
     • Seb
     @seb_tmg @bartholin Ubisoft has since responded to the article stating that accounts which have game purchases attached to them will be spared deletion for inactivity.
     
     So in effect your business practice is now worse than Ubisoft's. :meow3cSmirk:
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     Seb (seb_tmg@mastodon.cosmicnation.co)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 18:11:25 JST Seb

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     • bartholin

     @Polychrome @bartholin I disagree. I need to keep transaction data for 5 years for tax reasons after that I'm recommended to delete it for privacy reasons. Even in healthcare it's not uncommon to delete patient data after a person has been diseased for over 10 years. I only anonymize data for the study / research value. Ubisoft is thinking in similar terms for good reason. After 4 years and refusing to login, they assume you're no longer their customer or maybe dead.