2012-01-26, 12:24 AM
My account, my character, my nx, my items...everything belongs to nexon. I'll give you that, sure.
My account, my character, my nx, my items...everything has no tangible value. Sure, you can have that too.
However, what IS NOT theirs is my personal information. They may not have my credit card or paypal information, but they DO have my email address, home address (because I had won a prize from them before), first name, last name, date of birth, etc. etc. etc.
It seems while I was typing up this post, Leaves has already stated the same. However, I will say this: While I am no legal expert, from experience, to my understanding (watching my mom in a court case with the car insurance people right now), in most cases, instead of actually going to court, they'd rather reach a settlement. Yes, they'll be conceding money, but not as much as if they went to court. That way, you don't have to go to court and pay high legal fees, and they don't either.
Nexon has acknowledged data base leaks before, so if someone were to sue them, the ball would be in Nexon's court to prove that they have kept your information secure. Supposing they argue that the only information that was lost was your login ID/password (well, IDs and passwords are the same thing now), then they would have to prove that nothing else was lost, not the other way around (least that's what I think...I wouldn't know).
My account, my character, my nx, my items...everything has no tangible value. Sure, you can have that too.
However, what IS NOT theirs is my personal information. They may not have my credit card or paypal information, but they DO have my email address, home address (because I had won a prize from them before), first name, last name, date of birth, etc. etc. etc.
It seems while I was typing up this post, Leaves has already stated the same. However, I will say this: While I am no legal expert, from experience, to my understanding (watching my mom in a court case with the car insurance people right now), in most cases, instead of actually going to court, they'd rather reach a settlement. Yes, they'll be conceding money, but not as much as if they went to court. That way, you don't have to go to court and pay high legal fees, and they don't either.
Nexon has acknowledged data base leaks before, so if someone were to sue them, the ball would be in Nexon's court to prove that they have kept your information secure. Supposing they argue that the only information that was lost was your login ID/password (well, IDs and passwords are the same thing now), then they would have to prove that nothing else was lost, not the other way around (least that's what I think...I wouldn't know).