GSMArena Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement
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| 1 | 1 | ### GSMArena Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement |
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| 3 | **Last Updated:** April 24, 2024 | |
| 3 | **Last Updated:** May 28, 2026 | |
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| 5 | 5 | We updated our privacy policy to include additional information required under applicable data protection regulations - including the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - including the following: |
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| 7 | 7 | - Why we process personal data |
| 8 | 8 | - Legal grounds for processing personal data |
| 9 | 9 | - European Union user rights under the GDPR and how to exercise them |
| 46 | 46 | **(1)** GSMArena processes your _email address_ and your chosen _password_ when you sign in to your GSMArena account. The legal ground for GSMArena to process and retain your _email address_ and _password_ is to ensure the security of your GSMArena account. |
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| 48 | 48 | We do not send promotional emails. However, we may send you service-related emails to the account provided. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you may opt out of them by deleting your GSMArena account. |
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| 50 | 50 | **(2)** GSMArena processes your _nickname_ when you post comments and opinions. The legal ground for GSMArena to process and retain your _nickname_ is to provide you the facility to engage with other GSMArena users. Your _nickname_ will be removed from ALL your previous posts when you delete your GSMArena account, rendering them anonymous. Your comments, including your _nickname_, may still be searchable in search engines due to the nature of caching and may be visible for a period following exercising your right to erasure. |
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| 52 | **(3)** GSMArena processes a pseudonymized (cryptographically hashed using SHA-256) version of your email address when you are logged into your account. The purpose of this processing is to enable targeted advertising, audience measurement, and conversion tracking with our advertising partners. The legal ground for this processing is your explicit consent, which you provide via our cookie and privacy consent banner. This data is not generated or transmitted to partners if consent is withheld. | |
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| 52 | 54 | **Personal Data that is processed when you modify your GSMArena account:** |
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| 54 | 56 | **(1)** GSMArena processes your optionally provided _Gravatar email address_ when you post comments and opinions. The legal ground for GSMArena to process and retain your _Gravatar email address_ is to provide you the facility to personalize your posts when engaging with other GSMArena users. Your avatar will be removed from ALL your previous posts when you delete your GSMArena account, rendering them anonymous. |
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| 56 | 58 | **Additional Personal Data that is processed when you post Comments or Opinions:** |
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| 58 | 60 | **(1)** GSMArena processes your _IP address_ when you post comments and opinions. The legal ground for GSMArena to process and retain your _IP address_ is to provide moderated comments and opinions forums devoid of abusive or "spam"-like behavior. |
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| 60 | 62 | **Personal Data that is processed when you communicate with our support representatives:** |
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| 62 | **(1**) GSMArena processes your _email address_ when interacting with our support representatives. The legal ground for GSMArena to process and retain your _email address_ is to provide a seamless and high-quality support experience. | |
| 64 | **(1)** GSMArena processes your _email address_ when interacting with our support representatives. The legal ground for GSMArena to process and retain your _email address_ is to provide a seamless and high-quality support experience. | |
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| 66 | 68 | ### Automatically collected information |
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| 68 | 70 | When you visit GSMArena.com, we may automatically record certain information from the User's or Visitor's device by using various types of technology, including cookies, "clear gifs" or "web beacons". This "automatically collected" information may include IP address or other device address or ID, web browser and/or device type, the web pages or sites visited just before or just after visiting GSMArena.com, the pages or other content the User or Visitor views or interacts with on GSMArena.com, and the dates and times of the visit, access, or use of GSMArena.com. |
| 72 | 74 | If you would like to learn more about what options you have about limiting the gathering of information by third-party ad networks, you can consult the website of the [Network Advertising Initiative](http://optout.networkadvertising.org/). |
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| 76 | 78 | ### Cookies and similar technologies |
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| 78 | In compliance with the European Union legislation, we inform you that our website GSMArena.com uses cookies and similar technologies to store some information about your preferences how the website looks and operates. We never store any personal data in our cookies. | |
| 80 | In compliance with the European Union legislation, we inform you that our website GSMArena.com uses cookies and similar technologies to store some information about your preferences how the website looks and operates. Except for pseudonymized advertising identifiers deployed strictly upon user consent, we do not store plain-text personal data in our cookies. | |
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| 80 | 82 | You can remove or reject cookies using your browser or device's settings. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit GSMArena.com, and some services and features may not work. |
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| 82 | 84 | Please read our [Cookie Statement]() to learn more about how we use cookies and the options you have. |
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| 86 | 88 | ### Third parties |
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| 88 | **(1)** Google: Google Analytics helps us analyze how visitors use GSMArena.com. It counts the number of visitors and tells us things about their overall behavior - such as the typical length of stay on the site or the average number of pages a user views. Information collected via Google Analytics is aggregated anonymously and contains no personal data. To learn more about [Google Analytics Privacy](https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites) and how to opt-out of having your data used by Google Analytics [click here](https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout). | |
| 90 | **(1)** Google: Google Analytics helps us analyze how visitors use GSMArena.com. It counts the number of visitors and tells us things about their overall behavior - such as the typical length of stay on the site or the average number of pages a user views. Information collected via Google Analytics is pseudonymized and aggregated to protect your privacy. To manage how Google processes this data, you can adjust your preferences via our cookie consent banner, which communicates directly with Google Consent Mode. To learn more about [Google Analytics Privacy](https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites) and how to opt-out of having your data used by Google Analytics [click here](https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout). | |
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| 90 | **(2)** Azerion: GSMArena.com has authorized Azerion as its advertising partner to carry out the processing of Personal Data via pixel and similar technologies for the following purposes: | |
| 92 | **(2)** Azerion: GSMArena.com has authorized Azerion as its advertising partner to carry out the processing of Personal Data via pixel and similar technologies based strictly on your explicit consent for the following purposes: | |
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| 92 | 94 | - Determining the interest segments of end users based on the pages they've accessed on GSMArena.com and sharing them with advertisers selected by GSMArena. |
| 93 | 95 | - Providing reports and insights on the audiences who visit GSMArena.com. |
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| 95 | 97 | Processing of Personal Data by Azerion includes any operation such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or otherwise making available of the data. The types of Personal Data collected by Azerion include online identifiers such as IP addresses, user agents, HTTP header data, and interest segments about end users who access pages and information on GSMArena.com. |
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| 145 | 147 | ### Transfers of Personal Data |
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| 147 | 149 | We do not sell our users' private personal data. |
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| 149 | We only share information about you in the limited circumstances detailed below with appropriate safeguards on your privacy: | |
| 151 | We only share information about you in the limited circumstances detailed below with appropriate safeguards on your privacy, including where you have given the required consent for advertising and measurement purposes: | |
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| 151 | **(1)** As required by law: We may have to disclose information about you in response to a court order or other governmental requests. | |
| 153 | **(1)** Advertising and measurement partners: Where you have given the required consent, we may share online identifiers, cookie identifiers, interest segments, and pseudonymized advertising identifiers, including hashed email-derived identifiers, with our advertising and measurement partners for personalized advertising, audience measurement, ad performance measurement, frequency capping, and conversion tracking. We do not share your plain-text email address for these purposes. | |
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| 153 | **(2)** Business transfers: In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company, or in the unlikely event that GSMArena goes out of business or enters bankruptcy. If any of these events are realized, this Privacy Policy continues to apply to your personal data, the party receiving your personal data may continue to use your personal data but only consistent with this Privacy Policy. | |
| 155 | **(2)** As required by law: We may have to disclose information about you in response to a court order or other governmental requests. | |
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| 157 | **(3)** Business transfers: In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company, or in the unlikely event that GSMArena goes out of business or enters bankruptcy. If any of these events are realized, this Privacy Policy continues to apply to your personal data, the party receiving your personal data may continue to use your personal data but only consistent with this Privacy Policy. | |
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| 157 | 161 | ### Your Rights |
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| 159 | 163 | If you reside in the European Union, under the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to: |
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| 162 | 166 | - Receive your personal information in a structured and standard machine readable format. |
| 163 | 167 | - Object to, and restrict, the further processing of your personal information. |
| 164 | 168 | - Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. |
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| 166 | 170 | To gain access to, correct, restrict, suspend processing or erasure of your personal data, or to delete your GSMArena user account, visit your user account. |
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| 172 | You can review the full list of our third-party advertising vendors, their data retention periods, and granularly change or completely withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the "Change Ad Consent" link located at the bottom of every page on our website. | |
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| 168 | 174 | If you reside in the European Union and you wish to exercise your right to the restriction of processing or your right to object to processing, contact Arena Kom OOD, by email at [support@gsmarena.com](mailto:support@gsmarena.com). |
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| 172 | 178 | ### Updates to our Privacy Policy |
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| 178 | 184 | The date that our Privacy Policy was updated can be found at the top of this page. |
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| 181 | 187 | |
| 182 | 188 | ### Cookie Statement |
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| 184 | **Last Updated:** May 24, 2018 | |
| 190 | **Last Updated:** May 28, 2026 | |
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| 186 | 192 | In compliance with the European Union legislation, we inform you that our website GSMArena.com will store some information about your preferences inside a tiny text file called a 'cookie'. |
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| 188 | 194 | A cookie is a small piece of data, which a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. The cookie allows the website to "remember" your actions or preferences over time. |
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| 190 | 196 | You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer, and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being saved. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site, and some services and functionality may not work. |
| 195 | 201 | - Remember your display preferences. |
| 196 | 202 | - Remember the last 5 phones/devices that you searched for in our search field. |
| 197 | 203 | - Provide additional usability features, including the state of the GSMArena sub-menu and whether you've already given your consent to use cookies. |
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| 199 | 205 | Enabling cookies from GSMarena.com is not strictly necessary for the website to work, but it will provide you with a better browsing experience. |
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| 201 | The cookie-related information is not used to identify you personally, and the content is fully under our control. These cookies are not used for any purpose other than those described here. | |
| 207 | Cookie-related information is generally not used by GSMArena to directly identify you personally. However, where you have given the required consent, we and our advertising partners may use cookies, similar technologies, online identifiers, and pseudonymized advertising identifiers, including hashed email-derived identifiers, to provide personalized advertising, audience measurement, ad performance measurement, frequency capping, and conversion tracking. We do not share your plain-text email address for these purposes. If you withhold or withdraw consent, these advertising identifiers are not generated or transmitted for these purposes. | |
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| 203 | 209 | ### Third Party Cookies |
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| 205 | 211 | There may also be other types of cookies created after you've visited our website. |
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| 207 | 213 | The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. |
| 209 | 215 | Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google undertakes not to associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. |
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| 211 | 217 | ### Third Party Ad Servers |
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| 213 | 219 | We may have third-party advertising companies serving ads to you when you visit our website. These companies may store information about your visits to our website and to other websites to provide you with relevant advertisements about goods and services. |
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| 215 | These companies may employ cookies and other identifiers to measure advertising effectiveness. The information is generally not personally identifiable unless, for example, you provide personally identifiable information to them through an ad or an e-mail message. | |
| 221 | These companies may employ cookies and other identifiers to provide, personalize, and measure advertising. Where you have given the required consent, this may include pseudonymized identifiers such as hashed email-derived identifiers. We do not share your plain-text email address with advertising partners for these purposes. | |
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| 217 | 223 | If you would like to learn more about what options you have about limiting the gathering of information by third-party ad networks, you can consult the website of the [Network Advertising Initiative](http://optout.networkadvertising.org/). |
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| 219 | 225 | You can opt out of participating in interest-based advertising networks but opting out does not mean you will no longer receive online advertising. It just means that the companies from which you opted out will no longer customize ads based on your interests and web usage patterns using cookie-based technology. |
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| 221 | 227 | Please review the privacy policy of our advertising partners: |
| 222 | [PubGalaxy (Titan Gate AD)](https://www.pubgalaxy.com/privacy-policy/) | |
| 228 | [Azerion (Azerion Group N.V)](https://www.azerion.com/azerion-global-corporate-privacy-notice/) | |
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| 224 | 230 | ### Controlling and opting out of cookies |
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| 226 | 232 | Your browser or device may offer settings that allow you to choose whether browser cookies are set and to delete them. For more information about these controls and to exercise your cookie preferences, visit your browser or device's help material. If you choose to reject cookies, as noted above, you may not be able to use certain features of our websites and services. |
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| 228 | 234 | A third-party website called [aboutcookies.org](https://www.aboutcookies.org/) has been set up to help you with instructions how you can do that on various browsers. |