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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[SOE says no private info was included in EQ2 research logs]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/soe-says-no-private-info-was-included-in-eq2-research-logs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/soe-says-no-private-info-was-included-in-eq2-research-logs/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/soe-says-no-private-info-was-included-in-eq2-research-logs/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/everquest-ii/" rel="tag">EverQuest II</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/legal/" rel="tag">Legal</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/sony-online-entertainment"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/soelogo-sms-0209.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
<a href="http://station.sony.com">Sony Online Entertainment</a> released a statement today concerning the buzz surrounding their database research for <a href="http://everquest2.station.sony.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">EverQuest 2</span></a>. Apparently this information is not entirely true, according to SOE, as the personal information in these logs was not included. What does this mean for those concerned players out there? It means you have nothing to worry about.<br /><br />According to the official statement, which can be found after the jump below, none of the information in these logs was connected to any real names or what's known as Personally Identifiable Information (PII). In addition, no player chat logs were shared with the researchers. Even in the situation where players voluntarily participated in a blind survey, the private information of those volunteers was kept confidential as well. Follow along below for the complete official statement from SOE.<p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/soe-says-no-private-info-was-included-in-eq2-research-logs/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>SOE says no private info was included in EQ2 research logs</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/soe-says-no-private-info-was-included-in-eq2-research-logs/">SOE says no private info was included in EQ2 research logs</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/soe-says-no-private-info-was-included-in-eq2-research-logs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1463468/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/soe-says-no-private-info-was-included-in-eq2-research-logs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>breaking</category><category>breakingnews</category><category>everquest-2</category><category>personal</category><category>private</category><category>research</category><category>soe</category><category>sony-online-entertainment</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shawn Schuster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
