Noah katz   •   over 8 years ago

Does storing a game session using the userId amazon sends with every request count as "personal information"?

As the title says, I would like to make my skill have a persistent game session which I am accomplishing by storing a unique identifier (in this case their userId that every request includes.) What concerns me is that according to COPPA personal information includes

"A persistent identifier that can be used to recognize a user over time and across different websites or online services"

I want to make sure that storing this ID is okay provided I don't use it across different services (which I don't). Does anyone know anything about the legality of this?

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  Stef Maccarone Manager   •   over 8 years ago

  Hey Noah,

  Good question. The Alexa team shared an answer to that in the FAQs #11:

  How can my skill track an individual’s progress without creating an account and asking for personal information?

  You can set up an anonymous user ID using the userID session object. (https://developer.amazon.com/docs/custom-skills/request-and-response-json-reference.html#session-object)

  Hope that helps you out!
  Stefanie

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  Stef Maccarone Manager   •   over 8 years ago

  Hey Tom,

  That's what the FAQ says. It says using the session ID would anonymously track their progress in each session. If you have more questions about using them, I recommend checking on on the forums: https://forums.developer.amazon.com/spaces/23/index.html

  All the best,
  Stefanie

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