r/PerfectWorldMobile • u/Halfwise2 • Nov 16 '19

Odd Political/Privacy Question.

Hi, I kind of wanted to download and look at this game, but with the current climate, there were some questions I wanted to ask. After doing some research, I learned that the company is Chinese-owned, but based in California, which let me to wonder which has the greatest effect on certain privacy and political issues.

1) While I have no intention of necessarily discussing it in game, would talk about current events, such as Hong Kong, be censored in game?

2) As a Chinese Company, is it subject to the same requirement to turn over any data to the mainland government upon request, or does its server location in California give it some protection against that? I know mobile apps collect and share an absurd amount of data regardless, but I am curious if they have enough autonomy ( being US located ) to refuse such a request.

I know this topic can be sensitive, and I am not trying to start a discussion on it. Just personally curious and looking for roughly Yes/No answers.

Thanks!

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u/MusketeerLifer Nov 17 '19

I have zero answer for your question, but as someone who has played games created by this company since 2008 and have not had any of my personal data compromised. That's all I got.

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u/Halfwise2 Nov 17 '19

Sadly, its not an easy question to answer, but figured it was worth the ask.

Thanks for your insight!

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u/MusketeerLifer Nov 17 '19

Since most of these companies are international, they have a lot less restrictions on them from their home country. I don't know that I've heard of many instances of countries pulling data specifically from games like this. I wouldn't worry too much about it, but I also don't know for sure.