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The claim establishes a legally mandated retention period for certain transactional data that operates independently of user preferences or account deletion.
Certain transactional data Valve holds about you may be retained for up to ten years regardless of other actions, because statutory commercial and tax law requires it.
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"Valve is required to retain certain transactional data under statutory commercial and tax law for a period of up to ten (10) years.Excerpt from Steam's Privacy Policy
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The claim establishes a legally mandated retention period for certain transactional data that operates independently of user preferences or account deletion.
Certain transactional data Valve holds about you may be retained for up to ten years regardless of other actions, because statutory commercial and tax law requires it.
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