What Steam's terms say

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• This service assumes no liability for unauthorized access to your personal information

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• Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user

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• Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage

  Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage after 30 days of any changes

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• Certain features may be throttled

  Your use is throttled

• This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not essential to its operation

• If you offer suggestions to the service, they become the owner of the ideas that you give them

• Extra data may be collected about you through promotions

• You are tracked via web beacons, tracking pixels, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting

• Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

• The service is only available in some countries approved by its government

• Location data may be collected, used and/or shared

• Information is gathered about you through third parties

• Your personal data may be disclosed to comply with government requests without notice to you

• Some personal data may be kept for business interests or legal obligations

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• First-party cookies are used

  This service requires first-party cookies

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• The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk

  The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at the users' sole risk

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• Defend, indemnify, hold harmless; survives termination

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• This service is only available for use individually and non-commercially

  This service is only available for use individually and non-commercially.

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• No warranty is made regarding an uninterrupted, timely, secure and/or error-free experience

  The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service

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• The court of law governing the terms is in location X

  The court of law governing the terms is in Washington, U.S.A.

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• This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation

  Your personal data is given to third parties

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• Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

  Your personal data is aggregated into statistics

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• Third parties are involved in operating the service

• You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

• [DEPRECATED] The service is not responsible for linked or (clearly) quoted content from third-party content providers

  The service is not responsible for linked or (clearly) quoted content from third-party content providers

• Other rules, terms, conditions and/or guidelines may apply

  Other applicable rules, terms, conditions or guidelines

• Harming minors in any ways is prohibited

• Invalidity of any portion of the Terms of Service does not entail invalidity of its remainder

• The service assumes no liability for any damages the user incurs

• This service informs you that its Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party services

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• The data retention period is kept to the minimum necessary for fulfilling its purposes

  The service's data retention period is kept to the minimum necessary for fulfilling its purposes

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• Personal information that is shared outside its jurisdiction is processed according to the original jurisdiction’s data protection standards

• Information is provided about what kind of personal information is collected

• A free help desk is provided

• The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users

• This service claims that your personal data is not being sold

  Your personal data is not sold

• The service claims to be CCPA compliant for California users

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• Specific content can be deleted without reason and may be removed without prior notice

• Private messages can be read

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• Tracking pixels are used in service-to-user communication

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• Your content can be licensed to third parties

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• You must create an account to use this service

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• You cannot distribute or disclose your account to third parties

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• You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for the activities on your account

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• This service is only available to users over a certain age

  This service is only available to users over 13 years old

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• No refunds will be issued

  The service has a no refund policy

• You must report to the service any unauthorized use of your account or any breach of security

• You cannot delete your contributions, but it makes sense for this service

  Sometimes you cannot delete your contributions, but it makes sense for this service

• You agree not to submit libelous, harassing or threatening content

• You are prohibited from sending chain letters, junk mail, spam or any unsolicited messages

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• The service has non-exclusive use of your content

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• You can delete your content from this service

• You have the right to leave this service at any time

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• Pseudonyms are allowed

  The service allows you to use pseudonyms

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• You are informed about the risk of publishing personal info online

• You can opt out of receiving promotional communications

  You can opt out of promotional communications

• Your account may be suspended and/or terminated for breaching the Terms of Service

  User accounts can be terminated after having been in breach of the terms of service repeatedly