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Does Steam ban on reports?

If someone did report your account falsely and you're concerned about being banned, you can rest assured that Steam disregards false reports.
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Does Steam actually look at reports?

Reports are reviewed and typically resolved within 24 hours of submission. You will receive a notification if action is taken. If you are Steam friends with the other player, you always have the option of ending that relationship.
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What happens if your Steam account gets reported?

If someone claims they reported you accidentally or falsely, you do not need to do anything to protect your account. These claims are always fake and only meant scam you. If someone did report your account falsely, you can rest assured that Steam disregards false reports.
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Will Steam tell you if your account has been reported?

2) All reports are anonymous and investigated without warning the user. 3) It's possible that your friend's account may have been compromised or the hijacker is manipulating your friend. 4) Respond to your friend / hijacker, and try to find out if their account has really been compromised.
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Does a VAC ban ever go away?

VAC bans are permanent, non-negotiable, and cannot be removed by Steam Support. If a VAC ban is determined to have been issued incorrectly it will automatically be removed. If you wish to discuss Valve Anti-Cheat with the community, you may do so here.
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What was the earliest VAC ban?

VAC's initial release was with Counter-Strike in 2002. During this initial release, the system only banned players for 24 hours. The duration of the ban was increased over time; players were banned for 1 year and 5 years, until VAC2 was released in 2005, when any new bans became permanent.
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How bad is a VAC ban?

VAC bans prevent you from playing on secured servers across all of Steam. Server administrators may issue a Server ban, but these are not as severe as a VAC ban. We cannot prevent Server bans at Valve; whoever runs the server can ban players for any reason they desire.
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Does Steam track your activity?

Your Steam activity will show as a list of recently played games, alongside how long you have been playing them. This list normally encompasses the games you have played in the last two weeks. To hide your gameplay activity, you have three options: Set your total playtime to private.
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Can an account see if you report them?

The account you reported won't see who reported them.
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What happens if you abuse Steam refund?

Abuse. Refunds are designed to remove the risk from purchasing titles on Steam—not as a way to get free games. If it appears to us that you are abusing refunds, we may stop offering them to you.
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Can Steam ban you for too many refunds?

There's no known hard limit, but don't test it. If you have got the message " we see you have recently refunded several games" or something similar to that, then I suggest that you purchase more carefully.
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What happens if you refund too many times on Steam?

Please note that approved refunds may take up to 7 days to process. Is there a limit to how many purchases I can request a refund for? You can submit any number of refund requests for eligible purchases. If it appears that you are abusing the refund system, we reserve the right to revoke access to this feature.
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Does Steam respect privacy?

Steam Data Suite respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website or engage with our product. It will also tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
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How accurate is Steam spy?

Software developers have reported that Galyonkin's algorithms can provide sales numbers that are accurate to within 10%, though Galyonkin cautions against using his estimates in financial projections and other business-critical decisions.
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Does Steam keep a history?

Launch Steam and select your Steam name in the top right-hand corner of the screen. Choose Account details from the drop-down. In the Store & Purchase History section, select View purchase history. You will now see your complete transaction history.
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How many reports does it take to ban an account?

4 Too many warnings will result in account deletion. 5 Multiple reports can draw attention to your account.
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Does reporting an account block them?

If you have accidentally reported someone on Instagram, you don't have to worry about Instagram banning or blocking the account. The company won't find any issue with the reported account, post, or comment, and it won't take any action against the account owner.
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What happens after an account is reported?

Instagram often fails to follow through on real reports, so if there's nothing inappropriate it likely won't do anything to the account your reported. Reporting does often result in your account blocking the account you reported. Learn how to unblock on Instagram here if you want to follow that person again.
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Does Steam track my IP?

Does Steam Ever Share My IP Address? Steam doesn't share your IP address with other players. Whenever peer-to-peer networking is needed, for example in a voice chat, that communication is always relayed. However, we don't control what games using peer-to-peer connectivity do.
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Is Steam activity private?

Hide Played Steam Games

Hover the cursor over your username and select View my profile. Click the Edit Profile button. Select Privacy settings. Next to Game details, click Public and set it to Friends Only or Private if you don't want anyone to see your list of played games.
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How to bypass VAC ban?

Method 1:
  1. Close Steam client if open.
  2. Disconnect from the internet.
  3. Run Steam as Administrator.
  4. Inject VAC-Bypass. dll into Steam.exe process.
  5. After successful injection messagebox saying Initialization was successful! ...
  6. Reconnect to the internet.
  7. Press Retry in steam window saying 'Could not connect to Steam servers'.
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What is the longest VAC ban?

It's Sori with 4,477 days.
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Do game bans go away?

Regardless of who was using the account at the time the ban was issued, game bans are permanent and are not removed. Can I move my CS:GO items to a different account? No. CS:GO items cannot be moved from a game banned account to a different account.
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