Valve has certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, meaning it has committed to specific data protection standards when transferring your personal data from the EU, UK, or Switzerland to its US servers. If Steam's privacy policy ever conflicts with these Framework principles, the Framework principles win.
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This provision establishes Valve's regulatory certification status for transatlantic data transfers and creates a hierarchical governance structure where DPF Principles take precedence over the privacy policy in the event of inconsistency. This affects the legal framework applicable to personal data processing from EU, UK, and Swiss users.
EU, UK, and Swiss users' personal data is transferred to Valve's US infrastructure under the DPF certification framework, which provides some protections but remains subject to ongoing legal challenges regarding US surveillance law access to transferred data.
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"Valve and its subsidiary TR Technical Inc. comply with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Valve has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (EU-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received from the European Union in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and from the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar) in reliance on the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF. If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the EU-U.S. DPF Principles and/or the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles, the Principles shall govern.Excerpt from Steam's Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes Valve's regulatory certification status for transatlantic data transfers and creates a hierarchical governance structure where DPF Principles take precedence over the privacy policy in the event of inconsistency. This affects the legal framework applicable to personal data processing from EU, UK, and Swiss users.
EU, UK, and Swiss users' personal data is transferred to Valve's US infrastructure under the DPF certification framework, which provides some protections but remains subject to ongoing legal challenges regarding US surveillance law access to transferred data.
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