Your data, and Codxp games

[jubei]

Hi there,

It has been brought to our attention the concern some players have about data that is sent and stored while playing our game.
Just to make it clear: We value user's privacy and will never share or sell your personal information.

That said, in order to login players to the game, and to provide better updates, some identification is necessary. We use Apple-approved information to differentiate between player accounts accessing our applications.
Here's what is being sent and stored while connecting to our servers:
- Your unique device ID
- Your model type (iTouch or iPhone)
- The game version
- A few security keys to protect player's account (similar as a password)

You may notice that on legacy versions of Phoenix Emperor, the URL has information that uniquely identifies you. While the phone number is present in the URL, it is not stored. The only information that needs to be permanently stored is the Unique Device ID, Model Type, and current Game Version being used. Think of seeing the mobile number in the URL as making a call and seeing the caller ID for someone. You can save it, or you can disregard it and not save it. We have no use for storing phone numbers in order to identify players, so your phone number is not stored, but we do see it on the caller ID.

In light of recent events, we can understand why players might not want to have their caller ID show, so we have submitted a request to Apple to remove that aspect from the URL.

EDIT: The recent update from Phoenix Emperor includes the following new updates:
1) A new in-game forum access (will be opened this weekend)
2) A fix to remove player's number from the url when they access the game.

Again, your phone information is/was not stored nor used anywhere, at any time.

[Chipster]

Crossposting this post which was found on the immoforumns site.

Hi,
Just bringing awareness that PE also steals your phone number. See the below request which was sent from my iphone upon launching the PE game.

http://iphoenix.codxp.com/?u=xxxxxxx...%2ZZZZZZ&v=1.1

Ive commented out my personal data with the x's of course, however the querystring is as follows:

u = your UDID from your phone (same as storm8)
m = model
r = Not sure, I assume revision
h = hash (an encrypted form of your UDID)
n = PHONE NUMBER - it has your 5 digit mobile code then your 6 digit mobile number.

Lovely. They are all at it.

[Roq]

interessting...

[Pegasus]

that is just nonsense. PE is a better game and it makes some people feel uneasy. we share and give much more personal info on facebook, myspace and god knows how many more company and we are not aware about them or do not complain at least. it is as simple as that.

[Chipster]

Totally agree with you. Of course, I have a touch so i don't really care what data is transmitted. But just the same, we give up more than this willingly. I think that's the issue. People are fine with giving away their money (tavern lottery, overpriced merchants, bank fees, etc) but hooo boy, don't you dare try to take it from me without my permission! Now there's something to fight about.