Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Security & Enforcement Policy

Below is Treyarch's posted Security & Enforcement Policy for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. All infractions undergo a thorough review process by the Treyarch security team before enforcement, and penalties are not subject to further review.

Definitions

A minor offense is one in which no quantifiable damage has been done to another player or the game community at large.

Temporary suspensions can range from 48 hours to two weeks or longer, depending on the severity of the infraction.

Permanent suspensions are lasting and final.

An extreme offense is one in which a player has caused detriment to other players or has organized large groups of players to commit additional offenses.

Use of Unauthorized Third Party Software for Modding/Hacking

Any user who utilizes unauthorized third-party software to gain an unfair advantage, manipulate stats, and/or manipulate game data is subject to penalty. Unauthorized third-party software includes, but is not limited to, aimbots, wallhacks, trainers, stats hacks, texture hacks, leaderboard hacks, injectors, or any other software used to deliberately modify game data on disk or in memory.

• First offense: User will be permanently suspended from playing the game online, will have their stats, emblems, and paintjobs reset, and will be blocked permanently from appearing in leaderboards.
  • Console users who modify their hardware or profile data will also be reported to console manufacturers.
  • PC users on Battle.net will be reported to the Battle.net enforcement team.

Pirated Content

Any user who illegally acquires Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 content is subject to penalty.

• First offense: User will be permanently suspended from playing the game online, will have their stats, emblems, and paintjobs reset, and will be blocked permanently from appearing in leaderboards.
  • Console users in possession of illegally acquired content will also be reported to console manufacturers.
  • PC users on Battle.net will be reported to the Battle.net enforcement team.

Unsupported Peripheral Devices and Applications

Any user who utilizes an unsupported external hardware device or application to interact with the game and use for cheating is subject to penalty. Unsupported peripheral devices and applications include, but are not limited to, modded controllers, IP flooders, and lag switches.

• Minor offense: User will be temporarily suspended from playing the game online, will have their stats and emblems reset and will have their leaderboard entries deleted.
• Extreme or repeat offenses: User will be permanently suspended from playing the game online, will have their stats and emblems reset, and will be blocked permanently from appearing in leaderboards.

Boosting

Any user who colludes with another user to exploit the game for the purpose of gaining XP, prestige, game score, weapon level, or in-game unlock is subject to penalty.

• First offense: User will be temporarily suspended from playing the game online, will have their stats, emblems, and paintjobs reset, and will have their leaderboard entries deleted.
• Extreme or repeat offenses: User will be permanently suspended from playing the game online, will have their stats, emblems, and paintjobs reset, and will be blocked permanently from appearing in leaderboards.

Glitching

Any user who abuses an exploit in game code or other established rule of play is subject to penalty. An example includes, but is not limited to, using a hole in the map geo to intentionally go outside of the map boundary.

• First offense: User will be temporarily suspended from playing the game online, will have their stats, emblems, and paintjobs reset, will have online split-screen privileges revoked, and will have their leaderboard entries deleted.
• Extreme or repeat offenses: User will be permanently suspended from playing the game online, will have their stats, emblems, and paintjobs reset, and will be blocked permanently from appearing in leaderboards.

Griefing

Any user who purposefully prevents another player from playing the game as intended by exploit or repeated unsportsmanlike behavior, such as intentional friendly fire, is subject to penalty.

• First offense: User will be temporarily suspended from playing the game online with teammates, will have their stats, emblems, and paintjobs reset, and will have their leaderboard entries deleted.
• Extreme or repeat offenses: User will be permanently suspended from playing the game online, will have their stats, emblems, and paintjobs reset, and will be blocked permanently from appearing in leaderboards.

Offensive Behavior

Any user who is found to use aggressive, offensive, derogatory, or culturally charged language is subject to penalty. Cyber-bullying and other forms of harassment are considered extreme offenses and will result in the harshest penalty.

• First offense: User will be temporarily suspended from playing the game online.
• Second offense: User will be temporarily suspended from playing the game online and will have party privileges in the game revoked.
• Extreme or repeat offenses: User will be permanently suspended from playing the game online, will have their stats, emblems, and paintjobs reset, and will be blocked permanently from appearing in leaderboards.

Offensive Emblems/Paintjobs

Any user who creates an emblem or paintjob that is considered to be generally offensive is subject to penalty. Offensive content includes, but is not limited to, sexually gratuitous images, culturally offensive material, and/or foul language.

Any user who creates an emblem or paintjob with personal and/or private information for either themselves or other persons is subject to penalty. Personal/Private information includes, but is not limited to, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, and full names.

• First offense: User will be temporarily suspended from using the Emblem Editor and Paintshop. All emblems and paintjobs will be reset to default.
• Extreme or repeat offenses: User will be permanently suspended from using the Emblem Editor and Paintshop. All emblems and paintjobs will be reset to default.

Improperly Obtained Downloadable/Unlockable Content

Users that are found to have inventories containing content obtained outside of normal gameplay are subject to penalty. Penalties will not be issued for content obtained by gifting, social means, customer service intervention, and/or promotional events.

• First offense: Users will be temporarily suspended from using the inventory system, and a full inventory reset will be issued.
• Extreme or repeat offenses: Users will be permanently suspended from using the inventory system and a full inventory reset issued.

Decompiling or Reverse Engineering of Game Data

Any user who is found to be decompiling or reverse engineering game code or data on disk or in memory is subject to penalty. To "Decompile" or "Reverse Engineer" the software is a breach of EAULA section 3 condition 7. "You agree that you will not do, or allow, any of the following:… (7) subject to applicable laws, reverse engineer, derive source code, modify, decompile, disassemble, or create derivative works of the software."

• First offense: User will be permanently suspended from playing the game online, will have their stats reset, and will be blocked permanently from appearing in leaderboards.
  • Console users who modify their hardware or profile data will also be reported to console manufacturers.
  • PC users on Battle.net will be reported to the Battle.net enforcement team.

The above is not Activision's sole and exclusive remedy in the event of such an action by a user and Activision reserves all rights.