Steam privacy & data

Valve collects and processes Personal Data for the following reasons

When setting up an Account, Valve will collect your email address and country of residence.

If you pay by credit card, you need to provide typical credit card information (name, address, credit card number, expiration date and security code) to Valve

we will track your process across our websites and applications to verify that you are not a bot and to optimize our services.

information about the device you are using, including what operating system you are using, device settings, unique device identifiers, and crash data

our servers log your IP address

Information sent through chat;

where it is necessary for the performance of our agreement with you to provide a full-featured gaming service and deliver associated Content and Services

We may process information collected under this section 3 so that content, products and services shown on the pages of the Steam store and in update messages displayed when launching the Steam Client can be tailored to meet your needs

We collect certain data that is required for our detection, investigation and prevention of fraud, cheating and other violations of the SSA and applicable laws

Valve is required to retain certain transactional data under statutory commercial and tax law for a period of up to ten (10) years.

We allow you to restore your Steam User Account during a grace period of 30 (thirty) days from the moment you request deletion of your Steam User Account.

Valve and its subsidiary TR Technical Inc. comply with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF)

The use of Standard Contractual Clauses in their version in force and approved by the European Commission and the UK ICO to safeguard transfers

You can also request the deletion of your Steam user account via the Steam support page.

Right of Access. You have the right to access your Personal Data that we hold about you

Right to Rectification. If we process your Personal Data, we shall endeavor to ensure by implementing suitable measures that your Personal Data is accurate and up-to-date

Right to Erasure. You have the right to obtain deletion of Personal Data concerning you

Right to Object. When our processing of your Personal Data is based on legitimate interests

Right to restriction of processing of your Personal Data

Right to Personal Data portability

Valve does not sell Personal Data.