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[♥♥♥♥ SHIT *****]

♥♥♥♥ Steam, what a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ platform that violates deletion rights. I've been asking them for days to delete my account, and they've refused, asking for absurd and nonexistent information.

[datCookie]

What kind of information are they asking for?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by ♥♥♥♥ you ♥♥♥♥ *****:

♥♥♥♥ Steam, what a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ platform that violates deletion rights. I've been asking them for days to delete my account, and they've refused, asking for absurd and nonexistent information.

Proof of ownership is required to delete the account.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/21A6-7C93-6CFE-100B

[D. Flame]

Originally posted by datCookie:

What kind of information are they asking for?

To be fair, when they ask people to confirm an account, they do ask for absurd things that no normal person would keep. For example, asking for the printed CD key used to activate a game from over a decade ago.

No reasonable person is going to keep a used scratch card they used to activate a game from a decade ago.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by D. Flame:

Originally posted by datCookie:

What kind of information are they asking for?

To be fair, when they ask people to confirm an account, they do ask for absurd things that no normal person would keep. For example, asking for the printed CD key used to activate a game from over a decade ago.

No reasonable person is going to keep a used scratch card they used to activate a game from a decade ago.

I have all mine from 2003, 2008 and 2017 respectively.

[Draug]

Originally posted by D. Flame:

Originally posted by datCookie:

What kind of information are they asking for?

To be fair, when they ask people to confirm an account, they do ask for absurd things that no normal person would keep. For example, asking for the printed CD key used to activate a game from over a decade ago.

No reasonable person is going to keep a used scratch card they used to activate a game from a decade ago.

Isn't that stuff on the CD case itsel, usually on the inside? If so I have it.

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by ♥♥♥♥ you ♥♥♥♥ *****:

I've been asking them for days to delete my account, and they've refused, asking for absurd and nonexistent information.

Yes. Account deletion shouldn't be an easy request.

[D. Flame]

Originally posted by Draug:

Originally posted by D. Flame:

To be fair, when they ask people to confirm an account, they do ask for absurd things that no normal person would keep. For example, asking for the printed CD key used to activate a game from over a decade ago.

No reasonable person is going to keep a used scratch card they used to activate a game from a decade ago.

Isn't that stuff on the CD case itsel, usually on the inside? If so I have it.

No, a lot of games have a piece of paper with a scratch off. You scratch it off like a lotto ticket, then put that code into Steam, and it gives you a digital game. This isn't like the old install/play dics and their activation codes.

[WANG ATTACK]

Originally posted by datCookie:

What kind of information are they asking for?

honestly i thought you were OP at first, his avatar kinda looks like your cookie at first glance

[76561198407601200]

Originally posted by ♥♥♥♥ you ♥♥♥♥ *****:

♥♥♥♥ Steam, what a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ platform that violates deletion rights. I've been asking them for days to delete my account, and they've refused, asking for absurd and nonexistent information.

For all Valve knows is you are someone who hijacked the account. Would be understandable that they ask for similar items as they would when one is attempting to recover their account, even more so for one being deleted.

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/601913251731830395/

Case in point, this person claims they've been hijacked 3 times. Now imagine if the process of deleting an account were as easy.

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by D. Flame:

To be fair, when they ask people to confirm an account, they do ask for absurd things that no normal person would keep. For example, asking for the printed CD key used to activate a game from over a decade ago.

No reasonable person is going to keep a used scratch card they used to activate a game from a decade ago.

Proof of ownership of your account is never absurd, it literally prevents another from being able to request deletion of your account. It also prevents deletion of an account which you may have never recovered and think one day "hmm, my old account let me recover it" to find out in no longer exists because proof of ownership wasn't required.

I have proof of ownership for all my PC accounts. Steam being the oldest. 20+ years.

[D. Flame]

Originally posted by Nx Machina:

Originally posted by D. Flame:

To be fair, when they ask people to confirm an account, they do ask for absurd things that no normal person would keep. For example, asking for the printed CD key used to activate a game from over a decade ago.

No reasonable person is going to keep a used scratch card they used to activate a game from a decade ago.

Proof of ownership of your account is never absurd, it literally prevents another from being able to request deletion of your account. It also prevents deletion of an account which you may have never recovered and think one day "hmm, my old account let me recover it" to find out in no longer exists because proof of ownership wasn't required.

I have proof of ownership for all my PC accounts. Steam being the oldest. 20+ years.

False dichotomy fallacy.

There is a middle ground between "don't need no proof at all" and "need this piece of disposable paper from nearly 2 decades ago."

[Jingshen]

I've never considered this before, but I'm glad it requires proof of ownership instead of clicking a button and then confirming I'm sure. If it were simple scammers would be deleting accounts out of spite.

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by D. Flame:

False dichotomy fallacy.

There is a middle ground between "don't need no proof at all" and "need this piece of disposable paper from nearly 2 decades ago."

False dichotomy fallacy? Middle ground?

Ah! Mr Johnson, sorry i meant Mr Smith, we have received what you deem to be proof of ownership, a receipt from Starbucks where you claim you created your Steam account and a picture of a game you claim was first purchased on Steam, Colin the Cleaner (Sinclair Spectrum ZX) are not proof of ownership.

We therefore will not be giving you the account you claim is yours as you have not proven yourself to be the rightful creator, owner of the account. We will however leave the account in limbo should the rightful creator, owner of the account try to recover it.

As i previously stated: I have proof of ownership for all my PC accounts. Steam being the oldest. 20+ years. Why? Because when i create accounts i keep everything associated with the account, even down to secret questions because one day i may need to prove who i am.

And finally it not just PC accounts it is every account, Bank, Credit Card, Pension, Online shopping etc after all why create an account and deem proof a secondary consideration.

XYZ won't give me the account i am claiming is mine, is the right course of action because it is specific proof they require.

[The End]

Originally posted by ♥♥♥♥ you ♥♥♥♥ *****:

♥♥♥♥ Steam, what a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ platform that violates deletion rights. I've been asking them for days to delete my account, and they've refused, asking for absurd and nonexistent information.

You need to provide proof of ownership, that's perfectly fine. Without it would be a new fun thing for hijackers to do when they steal an account.

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by Jingshen:

I've never considered this before, but I'm glad it requires proof of ownership instead of clicking a button and then confirming I'm sure. If it were simple scammers would be deleting accounts out of spite.

Exactly.

Proof of ownership means Valve will not process an account deletion if you have not proven it is yours, nor will they give you an account you claim is yours without proof of ownership.

Odd that some think proof has to come with workarounds. Wrong date for account creation, how about this date or this date? The response would be, none of those since Steam (the platform) was not in existence in 1963, 1979 nor 1985.