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We collect data about your interactions with the Services, such as IP address, device information, session details, date and time of requests, device type and ID, operating system and application version...
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telemetry information collected includes: (i) microservice settings, (ii) usage data and (iii) hardware environment.
"When you visit any of our services, our servers log your IP address, which is a number that is automatically assigned to the network your computer is part of.Excerpt from Steam's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “When you visit any of our services, our servers log your IP address, which is a number that is automatically assigned to the network your computer is part of.”
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