Games
Steam privacy rating
Valve's game store and launcher for buying, installing and updating PC games, with friends, chat, cloud saves, workshop mods and a mobile app for account security and trading.
Summary
Steam scores 20 out of 100 (grade F) on the games criteria. It meets 1 of 4 criteria: no ads or data sales. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry and independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Score 20 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The client sends playtime, device and crash data to Valve as part of the service, and the website offers optional third-party analytics cookies. The Android app has no trackers per Exodus Privacy.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by game sales, with no third-party ads. The privacy policy states Valve does not sell personal data.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.