What Valve (Steam)'s terms say

Bad 12

• Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world

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

• 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

• Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

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

• Third-party cookies are employed, but with opt out instructions

  Third party cookies are employed, but with opt out instructions

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

• Your personal information is used for many different purposes

• Your personal data may be sold or otherwise transferred as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction

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

• Many different types of personal data are collected

Worth knowing 13

• 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

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

• You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

• Failure to enforce any provision of the Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of such provision

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

• You agree to comply with the law of the service's country

• Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

  Your personal data is aggregated into statistics

• First-party cookies are used

• Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location

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

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

• This service does not guarantee that it or the products obtained through it meet your expectations or requirements

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

Good 9

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

  Information is provided about what kind of information they collect

• The service claims to be CCPA compliant for California users

• The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users

• Information is provided about how your personal data is collected

  Information is provided about how they collect personal data

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

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

  Your personal data is not sold

• You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data

• A free help desk is provided

• A complaint mechanism is provided for the handling of personal data

Serious 1

• Private messages can be read

Bad 1

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

Worth knowing 3

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

• You can’t close your account if an investigation is ongoing

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

Good 4

• Pseudonyms are allowed

• You can opt out of receiving promotional communications

  You can opt out of promotional communications

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

• You can retrieve an archive of your data