Store user information - Mobile Services Azure

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I am developing an app where I want to perform user authentication. I would like to create a users table based on the Live, Facebook, Twitter and Google API. Currently I am able to authenticate the users with the mobile service and get the userId and token. The thing is, I want to store the user information (name, email, profile picture, etc) together with a nickname and an ID. In a table like this:

    id    | nickname | authenticationId |  name  |     email     |    pictureUrl  
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    01    |  john01  | Google:329743477 |  John  | [email protected] | someurl.com/0123
    ..    |    ..    |        ..        |   ..   |      ..       |       ..

The question is, what is the best way (best practice) to store this user information?

Would it violate the law if I were to store them in a mobile service table?

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Have you tried storing them in a mobile service table? – John Saunders
I can do it, I just ask if this is the correct way. – javiazo
Show us what you've tried and tell us what issues you have with it, and you may get answers. You have written your question as if you want us to do your work for you. – John Saunders
No. I only asked if is possible ("legal") to store this kind of information (name, email, etc) in an ordinary mobile service table or I need something more secure. I am new in Azure. I don't want you to do my work. Sorry if I have been misunderstood, my level of English is not very good. – javiazo
This question appears to be off-topic because it is about legal advice. – John Saunders

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There is no hard requirement that you encrypt this data in your Mobile Service table and nothing to technically stop you from storing it in such a manner. That said, some of this information is considered Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and as such might bother some people if it was unencrypted (though again, not illegal and many apps do store this data in this way).