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Data Report Card · Steam

Steam Data Report Card

Gaming · Valve Corporation
Data
Practices
2Access1Portability1Friction2Deletion2Sells1Trains AI
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B
9/12
Agent
Readiness
2Access 1Portability 1API access
=
C
4/6

Agent Readiness is a derived signal — a synthesis of two existing cells (Access, Portability) plus one sourced factor (API access), not an independently measured grade. API access scale: Best (2) consumer-grantable API · Moderate (1) partial / encumbered · Restrictive (0) manual export only. What is Agent Readiness?

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Reviewed Jun 2026 · policies are checked weekly for changes  ·  stated — every cell is read from Steam's published policy; none has been tested (run by us) yet.
2Accessstated
Valve provides a self-serve Privacy Dashboard (help.steampowered.com -> My Account -> Data Related to Your Steam Account) where you can view and access the personal data tied to your Steam account, satisfying the access right.
Steam — Privacy Policy (Privacy Dashboard) · accessed Jun 2026 ↗
1Portabilitystated
Valve states you have the right to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format, but the policy specifies it "makes your Personal Data available in structured HTML format" — HTML is not a true machine-readable export (no JSON or CSV), so portability is scored at the single-format level.
Steam — Privacy Policy (data portability / HTML format) · accessed Jun 2026 ↗
1Frictionstated
Rights are exercised through a self-serve dashboard, which is better than a manual request queue, but the full data report is generated on request with no published turnaround time, placing friction at the moderate level.
Steam — Privacy Dashboard (account data) · accessed Jun 2026 ↗
2Deletionstated
Valve lets you delete your Steam account and associated personal data directly from the Privacy Dashboard, with a 30-day grace period during which you can restore the account before deletion completes, so deletion is scored at the full level.
Steam — Privacy Policy (account deletion, 30-day grace) · accessed Jun 2026 ↗
2Sells / sharesstated
The policy states verbatim that "Valve does not sell Personal Data," and describes sharing only with service providers, network providers, and game developers as necessary for business purposes rather than for advertising; with no verified enforcement to the contrary, this is scored at the full level.
Steam — Privacy Policy ("Valve does not sell Personal Data") · accessed Jun 2026 ↗
1Trains AIstated
The Steam Privacy Policy makes no statement about using personal data to train AI or machine-learning models. Absent an affirmative no-training commitment, model-training use is scored conservatively at the partial level rather than credited as a full opt-out.
Steam — Privacy Policy (silent on AI training) · accessed Jun 2026 ↗
1API access — feeds Agent Readiness, not the /12stated
A consumer can generate a personal Steam Web API key (steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey) and script read access to their own profile and owned-games data (e.g. GetOwnedGames), but it is a static key rather than a revocable OAuth grant and does not cover the full Privacy Dashboard export, so agent access is scored at the partial level.
Steam — Web API key (key-based, no OAuth grant) · accessed Jun 2026 ↗
Reviewed Jun 2026, read directly from Valve's published Steam Privacy Policy and the Steam Privacy Dashboard help page. Steam stands out among the catalogue: the policy states plainly that "Valve does not sell Personal Data," and all rights are exercised through a single self-serve dashboard rather than a request queue. The one clear shortfall is portability format — exports are HTML only, not machine-readable JSON or CSV. The policy is silent on AI-model training, so that cell is scored conservatively rather than credited.

How to request your data from Steam

  1. Go to https://help.steampowered.com/en/accountdata — Steam's data-request entry point.
  2. Steam Privacy Dashboard: help.steampowered.com -> My Account -> Data Related to Your Steam Account (access / download / delete).
  3. Expected wait: self-serve Privacy Dashboard for access / download / deletion; account deletion has a 30-day grace period — Steam's stated turnaround (we haven't independently timed a request yet).
  4. No self-serve option, or want a formal request? Contact Valve — Steam Privacy Dashboard: https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpAccountDataQuestion.

These steps reflect Steam's documented process as of Jun 2026. The wait time is the company's stated figure, not yet independently measured by us.

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