diff --git a/SQL/paradise_schema.sql b/SQL/paradise_schema.sql
index 826e47878c6..34d3fef31be 100644
--- a/SQL/paradise_schema.sql
+++ b/SQL/paradise_schema.sql
@@ -359,12 +359,12 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `privacy`;
 /*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
 CREATE TABLE `privacy` (
-  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-  `datetime` datetime NOT NULL,
   `ckey` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
-  `option` varchar(128) NOT NULL,
-  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=10000 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+  `datetime` datetime NOT NULL,
+  `consent` bit(1) NOT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`ckey`),
+  UNIQUE KEY `ckey_UNIQUE` (`ckey`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
 
 --
diff --git a/SQL/paradise_schema_prefixed.sql b/SQL/paradise_schema_prefixed.sql
index e0056474db3..afc730af8c9 100644
--- a/SQL/paradise_schema_prefixed.sql
+++ b/SQL/paradise_schema_prefixed.sql
@@ -357,13 +357,13 @@ CREATE TABLE `SS13_poll_vote` (
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `SS13_privacy`;
 /*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
-CREATE TABLE `SS13_privacy` (
-  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-  `datetime` datetime NOT NULL,
+CREATE TABLE `ss13_privacy` (
   `ckey` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
-  `option` varchar(128) NOT NULL,
-  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=10000 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+  `datetime` datetime NOT NULL,
+  `consent` bit(1) NOT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`ckey`),
+  UNIQUE KEY `ckey_UNIQUE` (`ckey`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
 
 --
diff --git a/SQL/updates/2-3.sql b/SQL/updates/2-3.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d733759bc6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SQL/updates/2-3.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#Updating the SQL from version 2 to version 3. -alffd
+#Droping privacy table and recreating for terms of service tracking
+DROP TABLE `privacy`;
+CREATE TABLE `privacy` (
+  `ckey` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
+  `datetime` datetime NOT NULL,
+  `consent` bit(1) NOT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`ckey`),
+  UNIQUE KEY `ckey_UNIQUE` (`ckey`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/misc.dm b/code/__DEFINES/misc.dm
index 66eedbe5b33..adc21f00452 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/misc.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/misc.dm
@@ -347,4 +347,4 @@
 #define INVESTIGATE_BOMB "bombs"
 
 // The SQL version required by this version of the code
-#define SQL_VERSION 2
+#define SQL_VERSION 3
diff --git a/code/_globalvars/configuration.dm b/code/_globalvars/configuration.dm
index d26dc711339..1e35e150a25 100644
--- a/code/_globalvars/configuration.dm
+++ b/code/_globalvars/configuration.dm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var/datum/configuration/config = null
 
 var/host = null
 var/join_motd = null
+GLOBAL_VAR(join_tos)
 var/game_version = "Custom ParaCode"
 var/changelog_hash = md5('html/changelog.html') //used to check if the CL changed
 var/game_year = (text2num(time2text(world.realtime, "YYYY")) + 544)
diff --git a/code/game/world.dm b/code/game/world.dm
index 7d592864501..ffb9dfb1ecd 100644
--- a/code/game/world.dm
+++ b/code/game/world.dm
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ var/world_topic_spam_protect_time = world.timeofday
 
 /world/proc/load_motd()
 	join_motd = file2text("config/motd.txt")
-
+	GLOB.join_tos = file2text("config/tos.txt")
 
 /proc/load_configuration()
 	config = new /datum/configuration()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm b/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
index fdd9266c128..6d1f856fbd3 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	var/spawning = 0	//Referenced when you want to delete the new_player later on in the code.
 	var/totalPlayers = 0		 //Player counts for the Lobby tab
 	var/totalPlayersReady = 0
+	var/tos_consent = FALSE
 	universal_speak = 1
 
 	invisibility = 101
@@ -19,7 +20,39 @@
 
 /mob/new_player/verb/new_player_panel()
 	set src = usr
-	new_player_panel_proc()
+
+	if(handle_tos_consent())
+		new_player_panel_proc()
+
+/mob/new_player/proc/handle_tos_consent()
+	if(!GLOB.join_tos)
+		return TRUE
+
+	establish_db_connection()
+	if(!dbcon.IsConnected())
+		tos_consent = TRUE
+		return TRUE
+
+	var/DBQuery/query = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT * FROM [format_table_name("privacy")] WHERE ckey='[src.ckey]' AND consent=1")
+	query.Execute()
+	while(query.NextRow())
+		tos_consent = TRUE
+		return TRUE
+
+	privacy_consent()
+	return FALSE
+
+/mob/new_player/proc/privacy_consent()
+	src << browse(null, "window=playersetup")
+	var/output = GLOB.join_tos
+	output += "<p><a href='byond://?src=[UID()];consent_signed=SIGNED'>I consent</A>"
+	output += "<p><a href='byond://?src=[UID()];consent_rejected=NOTSIGNED'>I DO NOT consent</A>"
+	src << browse(output,"window=privacy_consent;size=500x300")
+	var/datum/browser/popup = new(src, "privacy_consent", "<div align='center'>Privacy Consent</div>", 500, 400)
+	popup.set_window_options("can_close=0")
+	popup.set_content(output)
+	popup.open(0)
+	return
 
 
 /mob/new_player/proc/new_player_panel_proc()
@@ -43,6 +76,9 @@
 
 	output += "<p><a href='byond://?src=[UID()];observe=1'>Observe</A></p>"
 
+	if(GLOB.join_tos)
+		output += "<p><a href='byond://?src=[UID()];tos=1'>Terms of Service</A></p>"
+
 	if(!IsGuestKey(src.key))
 		establish_db_connection()
 
@@ -109,11 +145,28 @@
 /mob/new_player/Topic(href, href_list[])
 	if(!client)	return 0
 
+	if(href_list["consent_signed"])
+		var/sqltime = time2text(world.realtime, "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss")
+		var/DBQuery/query = dbcon.NewQuery("REPLACE INTO [format_table_name("privacy")] (ckey, datetime, consent) VALUES ('[ckey]', '[sqltime]', 1)")
+		query.Execute()
+		src << browse(null, "window=privacy_consent")
+		tos_consent = 1
+		new_player_panel_proc()
+	if(href_list["consent_rejected"])
+		tos_consent = 0
+		to_chat(usr, "<span class='warning'>You must consent to the terms of service before you can join!</span>")
+		var/sqltime = time2text(world.realtime, "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss")
+		var/DBQuery/query = dbcon.NewQuery("REPLACE INTO [format_table_name("privacy")] (ckey, datetime, consent) VALUES ('[ckey]', '[sqltime]', 0)")
+		query.Execute()
+
 	if(href_list["show_preferences"])
 		client.prefs.ShowChoices(src)
 		return 1
 
 	if(href_list["ready"])
+		if(!tos_consent)
+			to_chat(usr, "<span class='warning'>You must consent to the terms of service before you can join!</span>")
+			return 0
 		ready = !ready
 		new_player_panel_proc()
 
@@ -126,6 +179,9 @@
 		new_player_panel_proc()
 
 	if(href_list["observe"])
+		if(!tos_consent)
+			to_chat(usr, "<span class='warning'>You must consent to the terms of service before you can join!</span>")
+			return 0
 
 		if(alert(src,"Are you sure you wish to observe? You cannot normally join the round after doing this!","Player Setup","Yes","No") == "Yes")
 			if(!client)	return 1
@@ -155,8 +211,14 @@
 			respawnable_list += observer
 			qdel(src)
 			return 1
+	if(href_list["tos"])
+		privacy_consent()
+		return 0
 
 	if(href_list["late_join"])
+		if(!tos_consent)
+			to_chat(usr, "<span class='warning'>You must consent to the terms of service before you can join!</span>")
+			return 0
 		if(!ticker || ticker.current_state != GAME_STATE_PLAYING)
 			to_chat(usr, "<span class='warning'>The round is either not ready, or has already finished...</span>")
 			return
diff --git a/config/example/tos.txt b/config/example/tos.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb43c50a083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/example/tos.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<h1>Welcome to Space Station 13!</h1>
+
+Terms of service goes here.
\ No newline at end of file