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Steam · Steam Privacy Policy · View original document ↗

Cross-Border Data Transfers With Safeguard Measures

High confidence Common · 281 of 343 platforms

Key Facts · in the document’s own words

May Steam transfer users' personal data outside of the European Economic Area?
“we may transfer your personal data outside of the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland. In such case, we take additional steps to ensure your personal data is protected by appropriate legal safeguards...”
Version CA-V-005673, captured Aug. 11, 2026 · live source ↗
Our reading, not the document’s words
Steam states that it may transfer users' personal data outside of the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, and that in such cases it takes additional steps to ensure the data is protected by appropriate legal safeguards.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Generated by a model from the captured document; not read by a person

The claim establishes that cross-border transfers of personal data occur and that Steam assumes an obligation to apply additional protective measures when they do.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

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Users' personal data may be transferred outside the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, with Steam stating it will apply appropriate legal safeguards in those cases.

How other platforms handle this

Indeed

All transfers of information to service providers are covered by appropriate data agreements and, in the case of cross-border data transfers, legal mechanisms for doing so.

ActiveCampaign

If you are in Costa Rica, the following applies to you: you give your express consent for all processing and transfers of information about you that ActiveCampaign may require (within and outside of Costa Rica, and with third parties...) for the proper fulfillment of ActiveCampaign's legitimate purp...

Together AI

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located...

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we may transfer your personal data outside of the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland. In such case, we take additional steps to ensure your personal data is protected by appropriate legal safeguards...

Excerpt from Steam's Privacy Policy

Provision details

Document information
Document
Steam Privacy Policy
Entity
Steam
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
April 18, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-005673, captured Aug. 11, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-028498
Document ID
CA-D-000182
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-005673)
3e980ccc41b2997bb7a72c2aef1502d859429e1760102dcb98eda79ad623dc1a
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 11:44 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-005673, captured Aug. 11, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: Steam
Document: Steam Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-028498
Version: CA-V-005673
Captured: 2026-08-11 00:32:46 UTC
SHA-256: 3e980ccc41b2997b…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/steam/steam-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-028498/cross-border-data-transfers-with-safeguard-measures/
Accessed: Oct. 23, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Steam's Cross-Border Data Transfers With Safeguard Measures clause do?

The claim establishes that cross-border transfers of personal data occur and that Steam assumes an obligation to apply additional protective measures when they do.

How does this clause affect you?

Users' personal data may be transferred outside the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, with Steam stating it will apply appropriate legal safeguards in those cases.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 281 platforms. See the full comparison.

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