steam, please remember my birthday

[marcus]

please. i'm tired of entering my birthday every time i go to a game's page.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Marcus you can modify your preferences to allow more ratings through.
Look in your account preferences.
However everytime you visit a game that is above these settings Valve has to enforce this due regulations.
See this
Q: Why do you KEEP asking my damn age throughout the store?

A: We're with you on this. Unfortunately, many rating agencies have rules that stipulate that we cannot save your age for longer than a single browsing session. It's frustrating, but know we're filling out those age gates too.
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/1729828401667745420/
And this
Valve Answers Frustrated Fan's Question About Constantly Asking For Your Age
https://www.thegamer.com/valve-answers-question-about-asking-for-age/

[Si-Fi]

The age gate question is solely in place as a regulatory requirement, and the governing bodies, publishers and Valve have amended it for a reason.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Age is set by cookies. If you have to enter the date again, you are deleting Steam's cookies.

Last stage check (View Page) will never be set.

Q: Why do you KEEP asking my damn age throughout the store?

A: We're with you on this. Unfortunately, many rating agencies have rules that stipulate that we cannot save your age for longer than a single browsing session. It's frustrating, but know we're filling out those age gates too.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1708442022337025126

[Crashed]

Originally posted by marcus:

please. i'm tired of entering my birthday every time i go to a game's page.

Just enter 1900, they don't need to know your personal information.

[Crashed]

Originally posted by Si-Fi:

The age gate question is solely in place as a regulatory requirement, and the governing bodies, publishers and Valve have amended it for a reason.

In your country it is, but in OP's country it is private contracts.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by Crashed:

Originally posted by marcus:

please. i'm tired of entering my birthday every time i go to a game's page.

Just enter 1900, they don't need to know your personal information.

They really don't care if you tell the truth or not. It's basically a matter that if you tell teh truth and you're not legal, they take an ppropriate action and if your legal they let you through. If you lie either way that's basically not their concern.

[Cherrycat]

They can't, it's some dumb law.

[Crashed]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

...and you're not legal...

Are you outside the USA? In the USA the only statutory requirement is that users be 13 years of age or older because Valve does not have a COPPA-compliant parental consent system in place.

[Si-Fi]

Originally posted by Cherrycat:

They can't, it's some dumb law.

Dumb? A law is a law and you have to comply.
An agreement to the SSA is also dumb? What you witness here on Steam, is all part of agreeing to the SSA and if you don't agree with the age gate in place, then you have not agreed to the SSA in the first place.

You should be grateful that Valve put all this effort in Steam to protect as many people as they possibly can.

Originally posted by Crashed:

In your country it is, but in OP's country it is private contracts.

America? New York? Really? Private Contracts?

[Crashed]

Originally posted by Si-Fi:

Originally posted by Cherrycat:

They can't, it's some dumb law.

Dumb? A law is a law and you have to comply.
An agreement to the SSA is also dumb? What you witness here on Steam, is all part of agreeing to the SSA and if you don't agree with the age gate in place, then you have not agreed to the SSA in the first place.

You should be grateful that Valve put all this effort in Steam to protect as many people as they possibly can.

Originally posted by Crashed:

In your country it is, but in OP's country it is private contracts.

America? New York? Really? Private Contracts?

Yes, in the USA the Supreme Court ruled that video games are protected by free speech laws and government restrictions are unconstitutional.

All content ratings on video games in the USA are provided by a member-run organization that uses contract and trademark laws to implement their ratings.

[Si-Fi]

Originally posted by Crashed:

Originally posted by Si-Fi:

Dumb? A law is a law and you have to comply.
An agreement to the SSA is also dumb? What you witness here on Steam, is all part of agreeing to the SSA and if you don't agree with the age gate in place, then you have not agreed to the SSA in the first place.

You should be grateful that Valve put all this effort in Steam to protect as many people as they possibly can.


America? New York? Really? Private Contracts?

Yes, in the USA the Supreme Court ruled that video games are protected by free speech laws and government restrictions are unconstitutional.

All content ratings on video games in the USA are provided by a member-run organization that uses contract and trademark laws to implement their ratings.

Oh and that would be the ESRB. I have understood but at the same time, what would happen if there wasn't an age gate in existance? No control.

Thats fine, there you have free speech and unconstitutionalism, but people manipulate enough so that they can have an excuse to get away with anything. Even the opposite.

[Crashed]

Originally posted by Si-Fi:

Originally posted by Crashed:

Yes, in the USA the Supreme Court ruled that video games are protected by free speech laws and government restrictions are unconstitutional.

All content ratings on video games in the USA are provided by a member-run organization that uses contract and trademark laws to implement their ratings.

Oh and that would be the ESRB. I have understood but at the same time, what would happen if there wasn't an age gate in existance? No control.

Thats fine, there you have free speech and unconstitutionalism, but people manipulate enough so that they can have an excuse to get away with anything. Even the opposite.

Problem is that the current implementation of the age gate, if investigated in the EU, could run afoul of privacy regulations. Last I checked, there was absolutely no mention in the Privacy Policy, only a few snarky jokes in the prompt screen.

Crazy thing is, a straight up pornographic website just has enter/leave, perhaps because visitors there might be generally more paranoid about privacy.

[Dragova]

Just remember, this doesn't even stop the under-aged from viewing all the depravity steam store has to offer. It's all down to parental controls if any are available let alone if any parents care. Does anyone expect anyone to tell the truth in the largest haven for anonymity? The Internet? Anyone?

[76561198001062896]

Originally posted by Phoobie:

Just remember, this doesn't even stop the under-aged from viewing all the depravity steam store has to offer. It's all down to parental controls if any are available let alone if any parents care. Does anyone expect anyone to tell the truth in the largest haven for anonymity? The Internet? Anyone?

as it was said billon times: it doesnt matters if someone lies with the age confirmation or not, its no longer Valves problem after the fact.

It does give them the legal protection however against soccer moms and other people who wanna have Steam be the babysitter.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by marcus:

I haven't deleted steam's cookes though.

Then you have a program that does or during some client updates, cookies get reset.