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Update privacy policy to be GDPR compliant
amactus May 30, 2018
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Update rules
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- The [IP address](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address) you use to connect to our website or game servers is securely stored in our database. Only [Administrators, Developers, and Senior Moderators](http://stratus.network/staff) have access to IP address records. They are sometimes used to find alternate accounts of banned players.
- When you make a purchase in our [shop,](http://stratus.network/shop) your payment information is sent directly to either Paypal or Stripe, our payment processors. We do not store payment information on our own servers.
- All [reports](http://stratus.network/reports/new) and [appeals](http://stratus.network/appeals/new) created through our website are visible to all [Junior Moderators, Moderators, Senior Moderators, Administrators, and Developers.](http://stratus.network/staff) Evidence provided with reports may also be revealed to the player being reported so that they can defend themselves.

Upon written request to [email protected], and after verification, Stratus Network can:

- Suspend your account in order to hide your [public profile information,](http://stratus.network/users/edit) [forum postings,](http://stratus.network/forums/my_topics) punishments and statistics from being publicly visible on our service.
- Permanently remove your [email address, public profile information](http://stratus.network/users/edit) and [forum postings,](http://stratus.network/forums/my_topics) from our service, and terminate your account.
- Provide you with your [registration email,](http://stratus.network/users/edit) your Minecraft username history and your recent in-game chat history. Your [friendships,](http://stratus.network/friendships) statistics and [public profile information,](http://stratus.network/users/edit) can be viewed at any time on your profile.

- You are able to update and/or remove your [public profile information,](http://stratus.network/users/edit) and forum postings at any time without account termination.
- In the interest of Privacy, IP and session records will not be disclosed to the user upon request and cannot be removed from the service as they are continuously used to find alternate accounts of banned players.
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I don't think this is GDPR compliant...

- Statistics and Punishments can be hidden by suspending your account, but will not be removed from the service as they serve as a permanent record of interactions between multiple users.

In general, Stratus network collects user information only for the purpose of improving our services. Sensitive information is only visible to our own staff, and only to those staff who need it to do their job.
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### A. General Composure

1. Maintain a pleasant and casual atmosphere. Be respectful and use common sense. Excessive swearing, rudeness and harassment are not tolerated.
2. Do not spam. This includes sending multiple or the same messages in a short time, or one or more long messages.
3. Do not link to any of the following:
2. Do not spam. This includes sending multiple messages in a short time, repeatedly sending the same message, or sending one or more excessively long messages.
3. Do not link to or post any of the following:
- Objectionable material, which includes but is not limited to pornography, viruses, phishing sites and hate groups;
- Personal identifying information of other users;
- Personally identifying information of other users;
- Other servers, public or private, that are not part of the Stratus Network, except in a private message to a player that requests it.
4. Do not impersonate any member of the Stratus Network staff, or claim to be a staff member.
5. Follow any directions given by Stratus staff members. If you believe a staff member has directed you wrongly, please contact an administrator.
4. Do not impersonate any member of the Stratus Network staff, or claim to be a staff member. Impersonation may result in an immediate permanent ban.
5. Follow any directions given by Stratus staff members. If you believe a staff member has acted unreasonably,, please contact an administrator.
6. Be a good sport - terms such as 'eZ' and 'L' are not acceptable

**Note**: If you are concerned about links that may constitute as advertising, please clarify with a staff member before posting.
**Note**: If you are concerned about content that may constitute as advertising, please clarify with a staff member before posting.

**Note**: Section A applies to **all** Stratus services.

### B. Website Behaviour

1. Do not make topics or posts aiming to insult or provoke other people or groups, and do not promote or encourage others to make such posts.
2. Do not reply to topics with irrelevant, meaningless or spammy text/images.
2. Do not reply to topics with irrelevant, meaningless or spammy text or images.
3. All personal issues must be dealt with in private. The public forums are not the place for personal conflicts.
4. Criticism of the work of others, both staff and the larger community, must be delivered with politeness and personal respect.
5. Do not make topics just to announce that you are quitting the game or the server. Exceptions may be made at senior staff’s discretion.
6. Announcements about dramatic events befalling yourself or others must include a verifiable source for the information. If we cannot easily verify the story, the topic may be removed. Contact an administrator if you would like your source to remain private.
7. Do not reply to a topic that you feel is violating the rules, submit a report instead. Intentionally lying in a report is considered an infraction.
4. Criticism of the work of others, both the network and the wider community, must be delivered with politeness and personal respect.
5. Do not make topics just to announce that you are quitting the game or the server. Exceptions may be made at senior staff discretion.
6. Announcements about dramatic events affecting yourself or others must include a verifiable source for the information. If the story cannot be easily verified, the topic may be removed. Contact asenior staff member if you would like your verification to remain private.
7. Do not reply to a topic that you feel is violating the rules, submit a report instead.
8. Topics should be posted in the correct subforum. Non-Stratus related content should be posted in Off Topic.

### C. Discord Rules

1. Stay on-topic within channels. Low quality content belongs in #off-topic.
1. Stay on-topic within channels. Low quality and non-Stratus related content belongs in #off-topic.
2. Do not add any bots without permission.
3. Do not use any voice effects or play music through your client.

**Note:** The rules listed in the #welcome channel also apply to the Discord server.

### D. Server Behavior

1. Do not send messages that encourage other players into leaving a team or disconnecting from the server.
2. You may not use any form of in game chat to solicit. Any account that is determined to be for the sole use of soliciting will be permanently banned without warning.
3. The /report command should be used to alert the staff to rulebreakers. Publicly accusing other players of hacking and encouraging others to report a specific player, except to explain the process, are not allowed.
4. Your username and skin must be appropriate, and you will be asked to change your username or skin if it is found to be inappropriate.
5. Do not abuse glitches. This includes, but is not limited to, placing blocks in areas restricted by the plugin to walk in, creating an "x-ray" effect and causing yourself to be invincible.
4. Your username and skin must be appropriate. Accounts with an inappropriate username or skin will be banned until the username or skin is changed.
5. Do not abuse glitches. This includes, but is not limited to, placing blocks in areas restricted by the plugin to walk in and creating an "x-ray" effect.
6. Players may not spawn camp, which is defined as any of the following:
- Killing more than 5 unarmed players directly out of their spawns within a three minute time period;
- Directly attacking the enemy spawn, that includes but isn’t limited to the use of TNT, lava, or any harmful material.
- Killing more than 5 players directly out of their spawns within a three minute time period, unless the player has entered combat;
- Directly attacking the enemy spawn, which includes but isn’t limited to the use of TNT, lava, or any other harmful material.
7. Observers may never give tactical information to players or intentionally disrupt gameplay. Tactical information includes, but is not limited to:
- Revealing the locations of players;
- Revealing the ownership of wool in a Capture the Wool map.
- Revealing the status of any objective.

**Note**: All chat messages and commands are logged.

**Note**: You may link to your Stratus Network-related livestream, so long as you don’t spam it.

**Note**: Spawn killing rules do not apply on Conquer gamemodes (TDM, KotH, CtP, Blitz), CTF, or KotFTDM or Blitz maps.
**Note**: Spawn camping rules do not apply on Conquer gamemodes (TDM, KotH, CtP, Blitz), CTF, KotF or Payload

### E. Client Modifications

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- OptiFine
- ArmorStatusHUD / StatusEffectHUD
- LabyMod (v2.6 and above)
- Minimaps which do not show player or entity positions, or caves/underground
- Minimaps which do not show player or entity positions and which do not provide an underground map
- Togglesprint, as long as you can only sprint when moving forwards
- Togglesneak, as long as you are not able to sneak while chatting or looking in inventories
3. You are only allowed to use one button, with one finger, to make one click. Anything else (e.g. autoclickers) is prohibited.
4. If you are unsure if a mod is allowed, contact an administrator or senior moderator for confirmation before using it.
4. Any client modifications or external tool which allows you to download maps is prohibited.
5. If you are unsure if a mod is allowed, contact a senior staff member for confirmation before using it.

**Note**: Additional mods installed through LabyMod must follow rule E1.

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### F. Team Griefing

1. Team griefing is prohibited and is defined as any reckless or intentional action that harms your own team.
2. The following are explicitly team griefing:
- Placing and/or setting off TNT near teammates or near key team infrastructure (e.g. defences or armour supplies) within one's own base;
- Destroying one's own team's chests or workbenches;
- Teamkilling (including removing blocks from beneath a person to cause them to fall, or pushing teammates off the world);
2. The following actions are explicitly defined as team griefing:
- Placing and/or setting off TNT near teammates or key team infrastructure (e.g. defences or armour supplies) within your own base;
- Destroying your own team's chests or crafting tables;
- Teamkilling (including, but not limited to, removing blocks from beneath a person to cause them to fall, or pushing teammates off of the world);
- Aiding or working together with a member of the other team.
3. The following are considered reckless and strongly discouraged (you may be warned for breaking the following rules):
- Placing unprotected TNT, especially building TNT towers, in one's own base;
- Using/modifying a TNT cannon built by another player without explicit permission;
3. The following actions are considered reckless and may result in a warning or punishment:
- Placing unprotected TNT, especially building TNT towers, in your own base;
- Using/modifying a TNT cannon built by another player without their permission;
- Taking all or almost all of the wool in a Capture the Wool map out of a wool room, unless there is only one wool left in that wool room;
- Placing blocks beneath you while running on your own team’s side.
4. Any actions that are not listed here that hinder your team’s progress towards winning the match, deliberate or not, still fall under "team griefing" and may be dealt with as such.
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### G. Consequences

1. Players may receive an in game warning or an infraction for breaking any of the rules above, depending on the severity of the violation.
1. Players may receive an infraction for breaking any of the rules above.
2. The severity of the infraction is usually based on the player’s previous infractions.
3. In particularly serious or blatant cases of rules violation, including but not limited to using a hacking client on the servers, or consistently team griefing despite moderator intervention, will result in an immediate permanent ban, without warning.
4. Players with many warnings for breaking the same rule may be temporarily banned without notice.
5. Ban evasion is not permitted and will result in a permanent ban for all alternate accounts associated with the evading player. The alternate accounts will not be unbanned once the original ban expires, and the original ban may be extended up to thrice the length of the original ban (e.g. 1 week ban becomes up to a 3 week ban).
3. Particularly serious or blatant rule violation, including but not limited to using a hacking client on the servers, or persistently team griefing despite moderator intervention, will result in an immediate permanent ban without warning.
4. Players with multiple warnings for breaking the same or multiple rules may be temporarily banned without notice.
5. Ban evasion is not permitted and will result in a permanent ban for all alternate accounts associated with the evading player. The alternate accounts will not be unbanned once the original ban expires or is successfully appealed, and the original ban may be extended up to thrice its original lenght (e.g. 1 week ban becomes up to a 3 week ban).
6. Persistent ban evasion will result in a permanent ban for all accounts.
7. Players violating the rules on any Stratus Network service, including the game servers, the forums and Discord, may be banned from any or all of the services.
8. All infractions may be contested by filing an appeal.
9. **Any player that knowingly gives false information in their appeal may be permanently banned.**
8. All infractions may be contested by [filing an appeal](https://stratus.network/appeal).
9. **Any player that knowingly gives false information in an appeal, report or application may be permanently banned.**

**Note**: All infractions are subject to staff discretion.

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1. These rules are subject to change with notice.
2. Players are responsible for keeping up with rule changes.
3. There is a one week grace period for rule changes.
4. The Stratus Network Administration reserves the right to ban or unban any player from any Stratus Network services for any reason without notice.
4. The Stratus Network Administration reserves the right to ban or unban any player from any or all Stratus Network services for any reason without notice.