The problems faced with regulating social media platforms are well known and documented, where frequent abuses of these platforms occur. In addition to this issue, the use of gaming platforms and their inbuilt communication facilities to carry out malicious acts including hate crimes and grooming is now an increasing concern. The regulation of gaming applications is now arguably a necessity with acts of criminal behaviour on these platforms starting to be reported. This work examines the terms and conditions, privacy policies and sign up and account validation processes for 40 gaming applications. The results are presented and examined, highlighting weaknesses in data retention periods, account validation and a lack of clarity with regards to law enforcement cooperation. This work aims to support law enforcement who are undertaking investigations involving these platforms.

规范社交媒体平台面临的问题已广为人知并记录在案，这些平台经常被滥用。除此问题外，使用游戏平台及其内置的通信设施执行包括仇恨犯罪和修饰的恶意行为现在也日益引起人们的关注。现在可以说，对游戏应用程序的监管是必要的，这些平台上的犯罪行为已开始得到报道。这项工作检查了40个游戏应用程序的条款和条件，隐私政策以及注册和帐户验证过程。提出并审查了结果，突出了数据保留期间的弱点，帐户验证以及执法合作方面的不明确性。