As Alternate Reality Games become more pervasive, and as players use their everyday lives as a gaming platform, Remix Fiction has recognized the need for a detailed privacy policy. This living document will evolve over time to describe how Remix Fiction will handle private information obtained during interaction with the audience, and it will also serve as a code of conduct for our fictional employees.
As a progressive internet company, Remix Fiction encourages the participation of fictionals in the creative game design process. We have always been an advocate for fair treatment of fictionals and discourage discrimination based on fictional condition. However, we also believe the players of our games should have control over the extent to which our games intrude into their lives. To that end, we will be constantly reviewing this policy and adding new guidelines as issues arise. We will start by defining our Facebook code of conduct:
- Fictionals have the right to accept or deny friend requests at their discretion.
- Fictionals will not send unsolicited friend requests – if you want to be Facebook friends with Remix Fiction’s characters you’ll have to send a friend request.
- Fictionals will only add comments or like existing updates on user’s walls.
- Fictionals will not initiate Facebook chats with users unless the user gives consent.
- Fictionals will only send Facebook direct messages in response to received messages.
- Private contact information such as phone numbers, emails, and addresses available on Facebook will not be used without the user’s expressed consent.
- Private information accessible through a friendship with a fictional will not be harvested or stored on Remix Fiction systems (or elsewhere).
- Fictionals have the right to block followers if they become abusive or are clearly spammers
- Fictionals can follow other twitter users and request to follow private accounts
- Fictionals can @mention other twitter users but must respect requests to stop @mentioning another user
- Private information available to fictionals through twitter frienships will not be used without the user’s permission
As always, we welcome your participation in this discussion as we refine and update these guidelines.
Facilitator Network
Joining our “Facilitator Network” is one way of opting in for more fictional interaction and a way to gain deeper insight into Remix Fiction projects. Our sign up page serves two main purposes – it allows you to customize your personal privacy settings and lets us know you’re interested in learning more about our projects. Players who participate by filling out this survey will be able to create boundaries between their real lives and their interaction with Remix Fiction storytelling properties.
Thanks for your patience and we encourage your feedback and participation in defining our privacy policies.
-Steve
