New Terms of Service update...

[Nige]

When you log in now, you're presented with a new agreementhttp://i50.tinypic.com/1zgub61.png.

[Luke367]

I didn't get that :)

[Nige]

I didn't get that :)

Well I did, I'm guessing it's in connection with this new partnership with Sulake?

[Kieran]

I didn't get it either.

[Catchy]

I got one didn't bother to read it, could of signed my life away for all I know

[MKR&*42]

Didn't get one when I signed in an hour or so ago. Might be there now idk.

[Nige]

I didn't get it either.


Didn't get one when I signed in an hour or so ago. Might be there now idk.

I've literally just signed in a few seconds ago, if you're logged in it obviously won't be there.

[zombies]

i'll check it out next time i log in and out.

[MKR&*42]

I've literally just signed in a few seconds ago, if you're logged in it obviously won't be there.

Logged out then back in, didn't appear for me :L.

I'll mention if it shows up, later.

[Luke367]

Well I did, I'm guessing it's in connection with this new partnership with Sulake?

Just got it now, :)

[Yawn]

this is scary. im scared.

[xxMATTGxx]

That's good an all but I would like to know what's been changed.

[Kardan]

I don't know if this is new, it might have been in before, but Sulake basically saying they can get rid of your account if you haven't logged on for 180 days, or if Habbo closes:

WITHOUT LIMITATION, WE MAY TERMINATE YOUR LICENSE TO THE SERVICE OR OTHERWISE SUSPEND OR TERMINATE YOUR ACCOUNT AT ANY TIME WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU IF: (A) YOU BREACH THESE TERMS OR ANY APPLICABLE ADDITIONAL TERMS INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE HABBO WAY; (B) YOU HAVE NOT ACCESSED YOUR ACCOUNT FOR 180 DAYS; OR (C) IF THE SERVICE IS GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN OR MERGED WITH OTHER SITES AND/OR SERVICES. IN THESE SITUATIONS YOUR ACCOUNT LICENSE TO USE THE SERVICE OR A PART THEREOF WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY TERMINATED. IN SUCH EVENT, SULAKE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE REFUNDS, BENEFITS OR OTHER COMPENSATION TO USERS IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DISCONTINUED SERVICES. TERMINATION OF YOUR ACCOUNT CAN INCLUDE DISABLING YOUR ACCESS TO THE SERVICE OR ANY PART THEREOF INCLUDING ANY CONTENT YOU OR OTHERS SUBMITTED.

[xxMATTGxx]

I don't know if this is new, it might have been in before, but Sulake basically saying they can get rid of your account if you haven't logged on for 180 days, or if Habbo closes:

WITHOUT LIMITATION, WE MAY TERMINATE YOUR LICENSE TO THE SERVICE OR OTHERWISE SUSPEND OR TERMINATE YOUR ACCOUNT AT ANY TIME WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU IF: (A) YOU BREACH THESE TERMS OR ANY APPLICABLE ADDITIONAL TERMS INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE HABBO WAY; (B) YOU HAVE NOT ACCESSED YOUR ACCOUNT FOR 180 DAYS; OR (C) IF THE SERVICE IS GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN OR MERGED WITH OTHER SITES AND/OR SERVICES. IN THESE SITUATIONS YOUR ACCOUNT LICENSE TO USE THE SERVICE OR A PART THEREOF WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY TERMINATED. IN SUCH EVENT, SULAKE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE REFUNDS, BENEFITS OR OTHER COMPENSATION TO USERS IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DISCONTINUED SERVICES. TERMINATION OF YOUR ACCOUNT CAN INCLUDE DISABLING YOUR ACCESS TO THE SERVICE OR ANY PART THEREOF INCLUDING ANY CONTENT YOU OR OTHERS SUBMITTED.

That's most likely been in there for a while now. Reason being as it mentions if the service has been merged - When all the hotels got merged and if you didn't merge your accounts after so long then you could no longer gain access to it.

[Paige.]

just clicked accept without even reading but i bet a lot of people did tbh

[GoldenMerc]

I got one didn't bother to read it, could of signed my life away for all I know

not much they are gaining if you dont have a bed

Seems its because Sulake has been bought out... Interesting :D

[Pigperson]

Tbh who reads the terms and conditions :S

Will

[xxMATTGxx]

Tbh who reads the terms and conditions :S

Will

Not many people but they are needed.

[Mark]

I got it today, anyone know any of the major changes? I had a quick glance and couldn't find any major differences.

[Mikester941]

So they could effectively shut habbo hotel down one day and that would be it? :blue_shoc

[MKR&*42]

They seem to have rewritten* quite a lot of the Terms of Service (since I last checked it anyway :P), and they also seemed to have stopped making about 5 different ones that vary on location (afaik).

https://help.habbo.com/entries/23027093-Terms-of-Service

1.3, 1.5 and 1.10 seem to be interesting - especially the arbitration section. I also never realised that this appears in some T&Cs:


"due to unforeseen circumstances or cause beyond Sulake’s control such as acts of God,"

[Abdicators]

Act of God is a legal term for a natural disaster. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_God

[MKR&*42]

Act of God is a legal term for a natural disaster. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_God

Ah, that makes more sense. Cheers. :)

[Blad]

I got it, always click agree and continue, probably signed my life away a few times already.

[xxMATTGxx]

So they could effectively shut habbo hotel down one day and that would be it? :blue_shoc

Yeah... Like any other site, service or game? :P

[Yourgame652]

So if you don't access your ID in 180 days - will everything have been deleted!? Does anyone know if it is it 180 days starting today, or lets say if accounts were on their 100th day of inactivity now - would it be 80 days from today?

If so, there will be a mass exodus of old accounts :P

[MKR&*42]

So if you don't access your ID in 180 days - will everything have been deleted!? Does anyone know if it is it 180 days starting today, or if it had reached 180 days of inactivity as of now.

If so, there will be a mass exodus of old accounts :P

That part about accounts being deleted after 180 days doesn't mean they're going to start deleting all accounts which haven't signed in for 6 months :P It just means that they have a right to delete an account if it has been inactive for that amount of time - i.e. you can't sue Sulake if they do delete your account for that reason.

I doubt a mass deletion will occur anytime soon.

[Aaron]

Hmm this is interesting, the bit about not logging in for 180 days.. I logged into one of my accounts there last week which hadn't logged in for 6-7months, still there luckily. :P

[Mr-Trainor]

So they could effectively shut habbo hotel down one day and that would be it? :blue_shoc
Same with anything, surely?

They seem to have rewritten* quite a lot of the Terms of Service (since I last checked it anyway :P), and they also seemed to have stopped making about 5 different ones that vary on location (afaik).

https://help.habbo.com/entries/23027093-Terms-of-Service

1.3, 1.5 and 1.10 seem to be interesting - especially the arbitration section. I also never realised that this appears in some T&Cs:
Natural Disasters :P. And it all seems too long for me to read right now, but what was interesting in the others :P? Just curious xD.

So if you don't access your ID in 180 days - will everything have been deleted!? Does anyone know if it is it 180 days starting today, or lets say if accounts were on their 100th day of inactivity now - would it be 80 days from today?

If so, there will be a mass exodus of old accounts :P

Hmm this is interesting, the bit about not logging in for 180 days.. I logged into one of my accounts there last week which hadn't logged in for 6-7months, still there luckily. :P
It's just that they have the right to do so, so like when you here of name clearouts, people can't go and complain about their account being deleted because it's in the ToS :P.

[zombies]

I agreed but forgot to read them.

[MKR&*42]

Natural Disasters :P. And it all seems too long for me to read right now, but what was interesting in the others :P? Just curious xD.

I only found 1.5 interesting because it's the first time I've seen a very detailed version of the 'Habbo Way' in the ToS, in one 'clear' place :P

The other 2 were just fairly interesting to read (for some reason) - 1.3 was about user generated content and 1.10 was about arbitration (I found that interesting because I only covered it in law recently and it's nice to see an example of it in a contract).

They seem to have changed their privacy policy as well, idk what's different in there though.

[e5]

I got this. Anyone bother to read it?

[Daltron]

Technically these sort of semi-contracts become void if a child accepts it even if not knowing what it means (in Australia anyway). However I accepted :P

[Red]

What has changed? I remember I browsed thought it before and noticed when the help tool got hacked, they added in that they were not responsible if any of you private information got stolen lmao typical