# Existing data. Selective privacy.

> The data Valve already holds, regional controls and payment decisions.

Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/privacy-and-enforcement
Language: en
Author: Agent Noel
Publisher: PhishDestroy
Published: 11 October 2026

## Reading

- [Published investigation](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/privacy-and-enforcement)
- [Complete Markdown](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/privacy-and-enforcement.html.md)
- [Complete text](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/ai/privacy-and-enforcement/llms-full.txt)
- [All dossier investigations](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/llms.txt)

## Sections

- [Existing data. Selective privacy.](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/privacy-and-enforcement#overview)
- [A VPN does not erase the account’s history.](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/privacy-and-enforcement#existing-data)
- [The regional switch already exists.](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/privacy-and-enforcement#regional-control)
- [Who funded it? Who opens it?](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/privacy-and-enforcement#wallet-age)
- [If the payment failed, show the evidence.](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/privacy-and-enforcement#payment-enforcement)
- [Valve can document abuse. Apply that standard consistently.](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/privacy-and-enforcement#moderation)
- [Account for the system that already operates.](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/privacy-and-enforcement#disclosure-demands)
- [Inspect the evidence.](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/privacy-and-enforcement#sources)

## Evidence and data

- [E21 Disclosure audit — 830-page appendix PhishDestroy / exhibit Published audit · reviewed 20 Sep 2026 ↗](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/steam_tos_assets/regulatory-review/disclosure-audit.json)
- [E38 People of New York v. Valve Corporation — filed complaint New York Attorney General / NYSCEF / primary 25 Feb 2026 ↗](https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/court-filings/new-york-v-valve-corporation-complaint-2026.pdf)
- [E85 Specialists’ report on Smirnov’s Steam Support correspondence GLADIS / Guild of Linguistic Experts / primary 28 Jun 2023 · 66 pages ↗](https://rusexpert.ru/public/expertizy-pdf/ZaklGLADSmirnvsValve2023.pdf)
- [E86 Smirnov v. Valve — cassation 88-10528/2024 Third Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction / primary 22 May 2024 ↗](https://opis-cdn.tinkoffjournal.ru/mercury/delo-88-10528-2024.pdf)
- [E88 Onderzoek naar loot boxes — Een buit of een last? Kansspelautoriteit / primary 19 Apr 2018 ↗](https://kansspelautoriteit.nl/sites/default/files/onderzoek_naar_loot_boxes_-_een_buit_of_een_last_-_nl.pdf)
- [E93 Public offer — bank-card money-transfer service MTS Payment / Murmansk Settlement Bank / primary 2026 document · retrieved 11 Oct ↗](https://staticpayment.ssl.mts.ru/upload/%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0_2026.pdf)
- [Download source register ↓](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/case_assets/sources.json)
- [Publication hashes](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/case_assets/publication-manifest.json)