Cookies are required to identify you and your account with Steam.
If you delete it you will nolonger be able to log in until activate another cookie.
Applies to all web content. Been around since the internt was created.
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Internet cookies are small text files that websites store on a user's device to remember information about them and improve their online experience. They act as a "digital memory," keeping track of things like login credentials, shopping cart items, and user preferences to make future visits more convenient and personalized.
https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/definitions/cookies

Originally posted by Jaunitta 🌸:

Cookies are required to identify you and your account with Steam.
If you delete it you will nolonger be able to log in until activate another cookie.
Applies to all web content. Been around since the internt was created.
Quote
Internet cookies are small text files that websites store on a user's device to remember information about them and improve their online experience. They act as a "digital memory," keeping track of things like login credentials, shopping cart items, and user preferences to make future visits more convenient and personalized.
https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/definitions/cookies

Read the topic before making off-topic replies please. This has nothing to do with default cookies related to logging in. It's specifically ANALYTIC cookies that have no bearing on game announcements, thanks.

And now you have a complete understanding
What are analytics cookies?
Analytics cookies or performance cookies are used to track website visitors and their user behaviour. This data is then used to improve the way the website works and in turn, used to improve user experience. Google Analytics (GA) cookies are one of the most common analytics cookies set by websites. GA cookies collect anonymous information, including the number of visitors to the site, unique visitors where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.

Analytics cookies require active user consent as per the ePrivacy Directive and GDPR rules in the EU and UK. However French DPA, CNIL allows consent exemptions for analytics cookies, provided

Originally posted by Jaunitta 🌸:

And now you have a complete understanding
What are analytics cookies?
Analytics cookies or performance cookies are used to track website visitors and their user behaviour. This data is then used to improve the way the website works and in turn, used to improve user experience. Google Analytics (GA) cookies are one of the most common analytics cookies set by websites. GA cookies collect anonymous information, including the number of visitors to the site, unique visitors where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.

Analytics cookies require active user consent as per the ePrivacy Directive and GDPR rules in the EU and UK. However French DPA, CNIL allows consent exemptions for analytics cookies, provided

This is copy paste without a source irrelevant to my topic, and Steam are NOT ""forcing"" analytics on people by hiding game developers embedded images in their update announcements to "improve user experience" thanks.

where are you turning off analytic cookies?

Originally posted by Lil Miss:

- To Steam - Your US free speech constitution protects my opinion and right to express that opinion on this matter.

This is a Steam related sub-forum, to discuss using the steam user interface on the client, app, and websites.

There are no valve / steam employees or staff, server techs, steam support, or moderators in this steam related sub-forum. No one in this USER - USER only sub-forum can help you with your off topic rant, and no, there is no free speech protection on any private owned website or forums.

Good luck with your off topic spam rant, it will likely be removed, once reported enough times to steam.

Originally posted by Lil Miss:

It seems that in the last few months Steam is starting to force people to enable analytic cookies to view content posted to game announcements, like embedded screenshots.

No doubt looking to gather even more info, since it's specifically the analytic cookies that need to be enabled to see these images on game announcements, I've tested it.

(You can test this by going to the recent Skull & Bones announcement with and without analytic cookies enabled - or any other game phased in through the last few months to be affected by this invasive practice)

This is what you will see when Steam is forcing you to enable analytic cookies etc to gather all your data, specs, browsing and other similar info from your PC.

This image is from another website, and your current cookie settings are blocking it. To see the image, you’ll need to accept all cookies. You can review and change your cookie preferences here.

It's STEAM doing this, not the developers of those games. This needs to stop. This kind of behaviour, given that Steam have their own Steam Deck device and would use these analytics to target consumers using competitors products, is manipulative malpractice.

I will NOT be enabling analytics for Steam's collection just to view screenshots from a game announcement, I can usually find those screenshots elsewhere.

- To Steam - Your US free speech constitution protects my opinion and right to express that opinion on this matter.

TL:DR: I'm not getting my way so I'm going to complain about it.

Welcome to real life.

Originally posted by Lil Miss:

- To Steam - Your US free speech constitution protects my opinion and right to express that opinion on this matter.

*Chortle*

Originally posted by Lil Miss:

It seems that in the last few months Steam is starting to force people to enable analytic cookies to view content posted to game announcements, like embedded screenshots.

No doubt looking to gather even more info, since it's specifically the analytic cookies that need to be enabled to see these images on game announcements, I've tested it.

(You can test this by going to the recent Skull & Bones announcement with and without analytic cookies enabled - or any other game phased in through the last few months to be affected by this invasive practice)

This is what you will see when Steam is forcing you to enable analytic cookies etc to gather all your data, specs, browsing and other similar info from your PC.

This image is from another website, and your current cookie settings are blocking it. To see the image, you’ll need to accept all cookies. You can review and change your cookie preferences here.

It's STEAM doing this, not the developers of those games. This needs to stop. This kind of behaviour, given that Steam have their own Steam Deck device and would use these analytics to target consumers using competitors products, is manipulative malpractice.

I will NOT be enabling analytics for Steam's collection just to view screenshots from a game announcement, I can usually find those screenshots elsewhere.

- To Steam - Your US free speech constitution protects my opinion and right to express that opinion on this matter.

It's like the Paypal Tracking Analytics within the shopping cart on Steam, Youtube Tracking by posting youtube videos without watching or unauthorized microphone access, unauthorized webcam access and much more. There are plenty of more examples and using the Steam overlay is also dangerous in this regard.

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3157938003

Summarized few things a longer time ago for the overlay
https://gameindustry.eu/blog/steam-overlay-as-tracking-tool/

In terms of data protection, data regulation and data collection Steam is a nightmare. Unfortunately, too few people are concerned about issues here and one often get criticized for speaking out against it or exposing it.

Shouldn't need to enable STEAM analytics just to view GAME DEVELOPER'S UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS in their privately managed hubs separate to steams moderation entirely.

The fact these people can't see the issue here is mind boggling, it's very clear to us gamers and no amount of trolling is going to change the fact that Steam are now starting to restrict access to key information that they don't even have the rights to do so with, since it's information owned and written or published by the developers of said games and only they alone can choose whether someone is able to view the information or not. (Unless it violates law, which it does not) So requiring people to have to give Steam analytics just to view that content is despicable and highly illegal.


"You won't give us access to more of your data? Then we won't let you view important information posted, not by us, but by the developers of the games you play."

See how that's illegal? Last I checked Blackmail was not allowed, and essentially holding game announcement info and data to ransom until the consumer turns on analytic cookies for Steam is a form of blackmail, holding information to ransom unless the consumer does what you want, especially given that the developers are not the ones agreeing to all this or having any part in it, no say whatsoever. Steam just doing what it wants to harvest all the data it can illegally.

Did you even read the message you quoted?

This image is from another website, and your current cookie settings are blocking it. To see the image, you’ll need to accept all cookies. You can review and change your cookie preferences here.

So lets break this down for you.

The 3rd party website that is hosting the content you are trying to view uses cookies. You have told steam based on your settings to not allow 3rd party cookies. The ONLY way Valve can stop those cookies from being used is to NOT show you the content.

So Valve is doing exactly what you asked them to do..... NOT ALLOWING 3RD PARTY COOKIES.

Would you prefer Valve to ignore your settings and show you that contact and in return allow the use of those 3rd party cookies without your consent?

Edit: Using your example the Skull & Bones announcement. These images are hosted on Ubisoft and Ubisoft is collecting your data using cookies.... so Valve doesn't show the images to prevent that.... again based on your Steam settings.

Originally posted by Lil Miss:

Steam cookies becoming forced

It seems that in the last few months Steam is starting to force people to enable analytic cookies to view content posted to game announcements, like embedded screenshots.

No doubt looking to gather even more info, since it's specifically the analytic cookies that need to be enabled to see these images on game announcements, I've tested it.

(You can test this by going to the recent Skull & Bones announcement with and without analytic cookies enabled - or any other game phased in through the last few months to be affected by this invasive practice)

This is what you will see when Steam is forcing you to enable analytic cookies etc to gather all your data, specs, browsing and other similar info from your PC.

This image is from another website, and your current cookie settings are blocking it. To see the image, you’ll need to accept all cookies. You can review and change your cookie preferences here.

It's STEAM doing this, not the developers of those games. This needs to stop. This kind of behaviour, given that Steam have their own Steam Deck device and would use these analytics to target consumers using competitors products, is manipulative malpractice.

I will NOT be enabling analytics for Steam's collection just to view screenshots from a game announcement, I can usually find those screenshots elsewhere.

- To Steam - Your US free speech constitution protects my opinion and right to express that opinion on this matter.

These are the only cookie settings for Steam...

https://store.steampowered.com/account/cookiepreferences

Those 3rd party cookies have nothing to do with any of those settings on Steam.

Stop blaming Valve/Steam for something they didn't do.

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Lil Miss:

Steam cookies becoming forced

It seems that in the last few months Steam is starting to force people to enable analytic cookies to view content posted to game announcements, like embedded screenshots.

No doubt looking to gather even more info, since it's specifically the analytic cookies that need to be enabled to see these images on game announcements, I've tested it.

(You can test this by going to the recent Skull & Bones announcement with and without analytic cookies enabled - or any other game phased in through the last few months to be affected by this invasive practice)

This is what you will see when Steam is forcing you to enable analytic cookies etc to gather all your data, specs, browsing and other similar info from your PC.



It's STEAM doing this, not the developers of those games. This needs to stop. This kind of behaviour, given that Steam have their own Steam Deck device and would use these analytics to target consumers using competitors products, is manipulative malpractice.

I will NOT be enabling analytics for Steam's collection just to view screenshots from a game announcement, I can usually find those screenshots elsewhere.

- To Steam - Your US free speech constitution protects my opinion and right to express that opinion on this matter.

These are the only cookie settings for Steam...

https://store.steampowered.com/account/cookiepreferences

Those 3rd party cookies have nothing to do with any of those settings on Steam.

Stop blaming Valve/Steam for something they didn't do.

:nkCool:

To be honest, the settings are useless if Valve tracks users on every page they visit. And that behavior cannot be stopped. In addition, third-party providers (except few media things) are only included in the UTM passage and a lot is still missing that isn't even listed. There are prescribed framework conditions when it comes to data transparency, but Valve is in complete violation of them. At least in Europe.

Originally posted by Lil Miss:

Shouldn't need to enable STEAM analytics just to view GAME DEVELOPER'S UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS in their privately managed hubs separate to steams moderation entirely.

The fact these people can't see the issue here is mind boggling, it's very clear to us gamers and no amount of trolling is going to change the fact that Steam are now starting to restrict access to key information that they don't even have the rights to do so with, since it's information owned and written or published by the developers of said games and only they alone can choose whether someone is able to view the information or not. (Unless it violates law, which it does not) So requiring people to have to give Steam analytics just to view that content is despicable and highly illegal.


"You won't give us access to more of your data? Then we won't let you view important information posted, not by us, but by the developers of the games you play."

See how that's illegal? Last I checked Blackmail was not allowed, and essentially holding game announcement info and data to ransom until the consumer turns on analytic cookies for Steam is a form of blackmail, holding information to ransom unless the consumer does what you want, especially given that the developers are not the ones agreeing to all this or having any part in it, no say whatsoever. Steam just doing what it wants to harvest all the data it can illegally.

It isn't blackmail not being able to see and announcement.