On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:27:22 +0100, Marine Kelley wrote: > I don't know much about it, but what about the data that most of us already > entered when signing up to SL ? LL should have these data stored somewhere, > why do we have to enter them all again ?
There should be no connection other than the avatar name, between the residents database (the one used to connect and manage accounts), the billing info database (where the actual, accurate info such as real life name, credit card or Paypal into are held), and the developpers database (license agreements, TPV directory, etc). At least, this is how things would be if Linden Lab was based in France (the law "Informatique et Liberté" would force them to ask for permission to open any nominative database and would forbid any merging between their different nominative database). But I do hope it is also what Linden Lab is doing after the data theft they (and therefore their customers) were the victim of in September 2006 (a database holding plaint text Avatar names, real life names and addresses, and encrypted credit card info was stolen). See the full story here: http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2006/09/12/Second_Life_servers_hacked/1 So, I find it only normal that Linden Lab requests the info again for the TPV directory (Linden Lab's employees dealing with TPV do not need and should not have access to billing info, so they can't get your RL name from the billing info database). What I don't find normal, is that the snail mail address is required to register to the TPV directory (it's of no need at all, and unneeded info shall not be demanded). Henri. _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
