“If you terminate your Steam User Account, your Personal Data will be marked for deletion except to the degree legal requirements or other prevailing legitimate purposes dictate a longer storage.”
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The claim establishes that account termination triggers a deletion process for Personal Data, while preserving Steam's ability to retain data where legal requirements or prevailing legitimate purposes apply.
Interpretive note: The excerpt uses 'marked for deletion' rather than 'deleted,' which may imply a delay or process between marking and actual deletion. This distinction is not elaborated in the excerpt and is not stated in the canonical claim.
Terminating your Steam User Account causes your Personal Data to be marked for deletion, though it may be retained longer if legal requirements or other prevailing legitimate purposes apply.
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We may continue to retain some information even after you delete your account if we are required to do so in order to comply with applicable laws.
After you submit a request to delete your account, we initiate a deletion process to safely and completely remove your data from our servers or retain it only in anonymized form.
If you close your account, we will delete your account data within 180 days...
"If you terminate your Steam User Account, your Personal Data will be marked for deletion except to the degree legal requirements or other prevailing legitimate purposes dictate a longer storage.Excerpt from Steam's Privacy Policy
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The claim establishes that account termination triggers a deletion process for Personal Data, while preserving Steam's ability to retain data where legal requirements or prevailing legitimate purposes apply.
Terminating your Steam User Account causes your Personal Data to be marked for deletion, though it may be retained longer if legal requirements or other prevailing legitimate purposes apply.
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