CODE OF CONDUCT

You must adhere to the following rules of conduct, and also follow a reasonable, common-sense code of conduct. Users are required to take into consideration community standards and refrain from abusive or deceptive conduct, cheating, hacking, or other misuse of SCEA ’ s online services. Rights of other players should be respected.

The violations that are prohibited include but are not limited to the following:

• You may not engage in deceptive or misleading practices.
  You may not abuse or harass others, including but not limited to stalking behavior.
• You may not use offensive or vulgar language, images, or sounds in any communication or in the creation of any Online ID, public profile or other publicly viewable areas. This includes but is not limited to, speech that is racially, ethnically, or religiously offensive, libel and defamation, threats, bullying and stalking.
• You may not organize hate groups or use or promote hate speech.
• You may not use, make, or distribute unauthorized software or hardware in conjunction with this game or online service, or take or use any data from any game or online service to design, develop or update unauthorized software or hardware, including but not limited to cheat code software or devices that circumvent any security features or limitations included on any software or devices.
• You may not modify or attempt to modify the online client, disc, save file, server, client-server communication, or other parts of any game title, or content.
• You may not cause disruption to any account, system, hardware, software, or network for any reason, including to gain an unfair advantage in a game.
• You may not bypass or attempt to bypass any user authentication systems or security feature.
• You may not attempt to hack or reverse engineer any code or equipment.
• You may not provide anyone with your name or any other personally identifying information, or the name, password or personally identifying information of any other person or business through any means, including messaging, chat or any other form of communication.
• You may not send excessive communications that are disruptive (spamming) to the normal flow of chat or gameplay, or that are otherwise unsolicited.
• You may not introduce content that is commercial in nature such as advertisements, solicitations, promotions and links to web sites.
• You may not introduce content that will be harmful to SCEA, its licensor, or players such as any code or virus that may damage any property or interfere with the use of the property or network.
• You may not access, use, or distribute any content or material that you know or should have known to be infringing or pirated.
• You may not impersonate another player, an SCEA employee, or an employee of a third party publisher.
• You may not provide SCEA or any third party company with false or inaccurate information, including reporting false complaints to SCEA Consumer Services or providing false or inaccurate information during account registration.
• You may not engage in any activity to gain unauthorized access to or interfere with any account, system, hardware, software, or network.
• You may not sell, buy, or trade your Online ID or any personal access to the online service through any means or method, including use of web auction sites.
• You may not conduct any activities that violate any local, state or federal laws, including but not limited to, copyright or trademark infringement, defamation, invasion of privacy, identity theft, hacking, stalking, fraud, and the distribution of counterfeit software.

Unless otherwise required by applicable law, there is no requirement or expectation that SCEA will monitor or record any online activity, including communications. However, SCEA reserves the right to monitor and record any online activity, and you give SCEA your express consent to monitor and record your activities. SCEA reserves the right to remove any content at SCEA ’ s sole discretion. SCEA has no liability for any violation of this Agreement by you or by any other player.