Do online games have a legal obligation to keep logs of chat room events?

I am thinking that surely all online games that have a chat room must have some sort of legal obligation to keep records of chats.





After much searching on the internet i can not find a single thing.





Surely with todays society chat logs in chat rooms are a legal requirement and if not what rules govern chat rooms accessible to children and adults.





If you are being harrassed via a game's chatroom but enjoy the game and have spent real money on it do you have any legal rights?





Many thanks for your thoughts and answers in advance

Do online games have a legal obligation to keep logs of chat room events?
You have no rights. The games are private property. Many are even hosted in other countries with different laws. Basicaly some games keep them but most don't because it costs them money in server space.
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Reply:Yes, Games keep logs of chats for legal/rule reason's.





PS. Scammers and hackers are the main reason they are there for. To report those people and people who break the rules.!





Read the games code of conduct.
Reply:Few web sites keep track of that stuff, games or otherwise, and those that do do it for only a brief period.





Why? They are not selling an Orwellian vision of the world where anyone, private or govt can cause them to incur enormous expenses over frivolous law suits. and they have an obligation to protect the privacy of individuals and to protect the information against hacking. all of this is easily served by not saving stuff.





Or maybe you didn't read what happened when AOL released some web server logs that they thought were anonymous to outside researchers last year?





If you have a claim against a web site, you better act fast and properly so they know to save relevant info.
Reply:I work for an online gaming site and thats what we are there for, to stop any abuse of other players and to ensure that the rules of the site are adhered to at all times. We only keep copies of chat if we believe the rules to be breached and we are banning a player for any reason. Other than that we could not keep copies of everything as we have up to a 100 players on line at any one time.