Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

SteamReport.net is a community player reporting tool for Steam games. We allow users to look up Steam player profiles, view public statistics, and submit structured incident reports. SteamReport.net is not affiliated with Valve Corporation, Steam, or any game publisher.

2. What We Process

2.1 Report Submissions

When you submit a report, the following non-personal data is recorded:

• The target player's Steam identifier (SteamID64, SteamID, SteamID3, or profile URL)
• The report reason (e.g., cheating, harassment, scam)
• Any additional context or description you provide in the report form
• A timestamp of when the report was submitted

We do not collect your Steam account login credentials. Reports are submitted without creating a user account.

2.4 Giveaway & Referral Anti-Abuse Data

To protect giveaway and referral integrity, we process limited technical anti-abuse signals:

• Hashed browser/device fingerprint identifier
• IP-derived duplicate checks (used to prevent repeated self-referrals and abuse)
• Referral attribution and session cookies required to track valid entries
• Timestamps and rate-limit events for fraud prevention

We use this data only for security, abuse prevention, and fair giveaway operation. We do not publish this data and do not use it for advertising personalization.

2.2 Player Profile Data

When you look up a player, we retrieve publicly available information from the Steam Web API, including:

• Profile name and avatar
• SteamID formats (SteamID64, SteamID, SteamID3)
• Profile visibility and account creation date
• VAC ban status, game bans, and trade ban status
• CS2 game statistics (if the profile is public)

This data comes from Steam's public API and is cached temporarily to reduce API calls. We do not store permanent copies of player profiles.

2.3 Third-Party Stats

If available, we may also display data from Leetify and Faceit. This data is fetched in real-time from their respective public APIs and is not permanently stored on our servers.

3. Cookies & Local Storage

We use a minimal set of cookies and browser storage:

Name	Type	Purpose	Duration	Category
PHPSESSID	Cookie	Session management and form security	Session (deleted when browser closes)	Essential
sr_csrf	Cookie	Form security token for report submission	Session	Essential
_ga, _ga_*	Cookie	Google Analytics — distinguishes unique visitors	Up to 2 years	Analytics
_gid	Cookie	Google Analytics — distinguishes users	24 hours	Analytics
sr-theme	Local Storage	Remembers your chosen visual theme	Persistent	Functional
sr-cookie-consent	Local Storage	Remembers your cookie consent preference	Persistent	Essential
sr_ref_code, sr_attribution_code, sr_vid	Cookie	Referral attribution, giveaway fraud prevention, and cross-device recovery flow	Up to 30 days	Essential (Giveaway)

Essential cookies are required for the site to function securely. They cannot be disabled.

Giveaway and referral features require essential cookies to work correctly. If cookies are disabled in your browser, giveaway entry and recovery actions are unavailable until cookies are enabled.

Analytics cookies (Google Analytics) are only loaded after you give consent via the cookie banner. If you choose "Essential Only," Google Analytics is never loaded and no analytics cookies are set. You can change your preference at any time by clearing your browser's local storage for this site.

We use Google Analytics with IP anonymization enabled and do not use it for advertising or remarketing.

4. How We Use Your Data

• Report submissions are used to compile reports against Steam players and may be forwarded to Steam's moderation system through the Steam Web API.
• Analytics data (when consented) helps us understand how the site is used so we can improve it.
• Session cookies secure form submissions against tampering.
• Referral anti-abuse data is used to detect duplicate/fraudulent giveaway referrals and protect entry fairness.

We do not sell, trade, or share your data with third parties for marketing purposes.

5. Data Sharing

• Steam (Valve Corporation): Report data is submitted to Steam through the official Steam Web API.
• Google Analytics: If you consent, anonymized usage data is processed by Google. See Google's Privacy Policy.
• Google AdSense: If you consent to advertising cookies, Google may use cookies to serve personalized ads. See How Google uses cookies in advertising.

These are the only third parties that receive any data. We do not sell, trade, or share data with anyone else.

6. Your Rights (GDPR)

Under GDPR, you may have rights including access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, and data portability where applicable.

SteamReport.net does not run a user-account system and limits personal data collection, but we may process technical identifiers (such as anti-abuse signals for giveaway/referral security) and optional contact data you submit for giveaway claim/recovery workflows.

Any personal data processing that occurs on this site is performed entirely by third-party services:

• Google Analytics — processes anonymized usage data (only with your consent)
• Google AdSense — may set advertising cookies (only with your consent)

If you want to exercise privacy rights related to data processed by SteamReport.net, contact us and include enough detail for us to locate relevant records. If you are requesting rights related to Google services, use the Google links below.

If you wish to exercise your GDPR rights regarding data held by Google, please refer to:

• Google Account — Data & Privacy
• Google Ads Settings

You can also withdraw cookie consent at any time using the cookie preferences banner on this site, or by clearing your browser's local storage.

7. Data Retention

• Reports: Stored indefinitely as part of the community report record.
• Player profile cache: Cached temporarily (typically minutes to hours) and refreshed on subsequent lookups.
• Session data: Deleted when the browser session ends or after 30 minutes of inactivity.
• Analytics data: Retained by Google Analytics per their data retention policies (default 14 months).

8. Security

We take reasonable measures to protect data, including:

• Security tokens on all form submissions
• HTTP-only and secure cookie flags where applicable
• Server-side input validation and sanitization
• Rate limiting to prevent abuse
• No storage of passwords, API keys, or sensitive credentials from users

9. Children's Privacy

SteamReport.net is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children. If you believe a child has submitted data through our site, please contact us.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be reflected on this page with an updated date. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

11. Contact

For privacy-related questions, please visit our Contact page or email [email protected]. Note that we cannot process data access or deletion requests as we do not store any personal data.

Last updated: May 4, 2026