The terms say Steam is not intended for children under 13 year of age and Valve does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

In addition, the terms say Valve understands that secure products and services are critical in establishing and maintaining trust with their users.

The terms say Valve recognizes how important it is to help protect their users' privacy and security. However, the terms do not say whether Stream may display targeted advertisements to users or whether Stream may track users across different applications and services on the internet for advertising purposes. Valve's terms say they may share anonymous data, aggregated or not, with third parties. In addition, the terms say Valve does not sell a user's data to third parties, but Valve may process anonymous data of users to analyze and produce statistics related to the habits, usage patterns, and demographics of customers as a group or as individuals. The terms say the Steam community includes message boards, forums and chat areas, where users can exchange ideas and communicate with each other.

Valve Index is a virtual reality headset created and manufactured by Valve that uses a software distribution platform called Steam.