Steam
Owned by Valve Corporation
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Privacy Panel
Steam (Valve Corporation)
Data Collected
●Financial & Payment Datasensitive
Credit card information
●Message & Email Contentsensitive
Chat and forum messages
○Contact Info
Email address
Country of residence
Contact details for competitions and surveys
○Device & Online IDs
Username and password
Steam ID
IP address
Unique device identifiers
○App Usage & Diagnostics
Browser and device information
Application usage data
Game statistics and progress
Crash data
○Browsing & Search History
Cookies and tracking data
○Purchases & Transactions
Transaction and order data
Data Sharing & Use
noSold to third parties
5 recipient categories (Valve subsidiaries, Third-party customer support service providers, Content delivery network providers, …)
YESShared for advertising
YESCross-site tracking
YESUsed for profiling / AI decisions
?Used to train AI models
YESDisclosed to law enforcement
Data Uses
Core serviceSecurity / fraudAdvertisingPersonalizationAnalyticsThird-party partnerships
Data Retention
10 years
Varies by data type
Includes legally mandated retention
Data is retained as long as necessary for the purposes collected. Upon account t…
Consumer Rights
Access
Delete
Portability
Correct
Opt-out
Security
Encrypted in transit
?
Encrypted at rest?
MFA available?
Breach notificationBrowser Privacy Signals
unknownGPC / DNT
This label summarizes privacy practices as disclosed in the company's privacy policy. This is not legal advice. Full policy ↗
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Source Evidence
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What's on the label
Sold to third parties
no99% confidence
Valve does not sell Personal Data.view in policy ↗
Shared for advertising
YES75% confidence
We use "Cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, and similar technologies (e.g. web beacons, pixels, ad tags and device identifiers) to help us analyze how users use our services, as well as to improve the services we are offering, to improve marketing, analytics or website functionality.view in policy ↗
Cross-site tracking
YES72% confidence
we will track your process across our websites and applications to verify that you are not a bot and to optimize our services.view in policy ↗
Used for profiling
YES82% confidence
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 and populated with relevant recommendations and offers.view in policy ↗
Signals & rights
Sources / Provenance
Analyzed June 3, 2026 · policy fetched June 3, 2026
Archived copy ↗ · captured May 28, 2026
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