“If you use our text and voice chat features and reporting is enabled in a chat channel, the captured portion of your chat (including voice chat audio data) will be stored on your device and the devices of participants in the chat channel. If a potential violation...is reported, these snippets may be transmitted to Epic and reviewed.”
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Voice and text chat data is retained locally and can be transmitted to Epic Games for review upon a report of a potential violation, meaning communications are not ephemeral.
The reader's chat content, including voice audio, is stored on their device and on participants' devices, and may be transmitted to Epic Games and reviewed if a potential violation is reported.
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"If you use our text and voice chat features and reporting is enabled in a chat channel, the captured portion of your chat (including voice chat audio data) will be stored on your device and the devices of participants in the chat channel. If a potential violation...is reported, these snippets may be transmitted to Epic and reviewed.Excerpt from Epic Games's Terms of Service
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Voice and text chat data is retained locally and can be transmitted to Epic Games for review upon a report of a potential violation, meaning communications are not ephemeral.
The reader's chat content, including voice audio, is stored on their device and on participants' devices, and may be transmitted to Epic Games and reviewed if a potential violation is reported.
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