Intentional divulging of personal and real-world information
Initial Text
"It is not acceptable to reveal or communicate any player's real world information to any another player or players without their prior explicit permission. This includes, but is not limited to, name, address, age, gender, etc."
Reasoning
While we appreciate that this may often happen casually as friendships and relations develop within the game, this rule is in place to avoid the malicious and harmful use of said information.
Post-Debate Revisions
Given the below feedback, the initial text has been redrafted to include Calixe's suggestions:
Revised Text
"It is not acceptable to reveal or communicate any player's real world information to any another person or player without their prior explicit permission. This includes, but is not limited to, name, address, age, gender, etc. In order to minimise risk, it is recommended that players take care to guard against the disclosure of any information they deem sensitive."
Debate
Feedback from MarvL
Does this policy also apply to the non-voluntary linkage of primary/alternate/sequential avatars/spouses/mules who are played from the same keyboard?
Response from Kaotika
I think that it's the responsibility of the couple to ascertain and set boundaries, and maintain those themselves. They may, for example, wish to moderate the content of their chat tabs, given that their spouse has the ability to access those.
Response from MarvL
I'm more concerned about speculation, accurate or otherwise, about [people who have] numerous mules.
Response from Calixes
AFAIC, The two cannot really ever compare. Divulging real world information could bring someone to serious harm in any number of ways. Speculation about fictional personae, while maybe annoying to the owners, isn't really going to cause significant hurt to anyone and can sometimes even be significant to game play/game dynamic. Speculation, also, is just speculation, whether real world or not. Either way, though, I guess the message is the same: if you don't want a particular bit of information out there, guard it. And in that sense, I think that it is more important to say "don't reveal personal information that you don't want shared" than it is to say "don't reveal information about others." Better yet, say both.
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