“If you pay by credit card, you need to provide typical credit card information...to Valve, which Valve will process and transmit to the payment service provider of your choice to enable the transaction and perform anti-fraud checks.”
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The claim establishes that credit card data passes through Valve before reaching the payment service provider, meaning Valve processes the data rather than directing it exclusively to the provider.
Users paying by credit card must provide their credit card information to Valve, which then shares it with the payment service provider the user selects.
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The claim establishes that credit card data passes through Valve before reaching the payment service provider, meaning Valve processes the data rather than directing it exclusively to the provider.
Users paying by credit card must provide their credit card information to Valve, which then shares it with the payment service provider the user selects.
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