Steam collects detailed records of your gaming behavior — including every game you play, how long you play it, your progress, your device's unique identifiers, and crash reports — and links all of this to your Steam ID.
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The provision establishes the operational basis for Steam's collection of activity data across user accounts and devices, enabling service delivery, performance monitoring, and technical diagnostics through comprehensive gameplay and device metrics.
Steam builds a comprehensive behavioral profile tied to your Steam ID, including detailed game playtime, progress, and device identifiers — this data can be used to infer sensitive personal attributes and may be shared with third-party developers and partners without granular notice.
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"In order to provide you with services, we need to collect, store and use various information about your activity in our Content and Services. "Content-Related Information" includes your Steam ID, as well as what is usually referred to as "game statistics". By game statistics we mean information about your games' preferences, progress in the games, playtime, as well as information about the device you are using, including what operating system you are using, device settings, unique device identifiers, and crash data.— Excerpt from Steam's Steam Privacy Policy
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Collection of unique device identifiers and behavioral data tied to a persistent identifier engages GDPR Art. 4(1) (definition of personal data), Art. 5(1)(c) (data minimization), and Art. 6(1)(b)/(f) (lawful basis). Crash data may contain sensitive technical information. CCPA §1798.140(o) classifies device identifiers and browsing/gaming activity as 'personal information.' Children's game statistics may implicate COPPA (15 U.S.C. §6502) if minors under 13 are users. Enforcement: EU DPAs, FTC, CPPA.
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The provision establishes the operational basis for Steam's collection of activity data across user accounts and devices, enabling service delivery, performance monitoring, and technical diagnostics through comprehensive gameplay and device metrics.
Steam builds a comprehensive behavioral profile tied to your Steam ID, including detailed game playtime, progress, and device identifiers — this data can be used to infer sensitive personal attributes and may be shared with third-party developers and partners without granular notice.
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