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**Legal Basis:** Consent.

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### Speed Dials

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Our browsers include visual bookmarks on the home screen which we call Speed Dials. You can customize the Speed Dials through the Application's settings menu. Some Speed Dials are ads provided by our advertising partners. If you choose to use Opera's default Speed Dials, you may be redirected through Opera's partners or other third parties. These partners and third parties may collect data from you independently of Opera. This data may include third party cookies, device IDs, and session statistics. If you wish to opt out of such data collection, you can easily configure your browser's Cookie Settings to reject third party cookies. You may also choose not to receive Speed Dial suggestions, or to adjust your Speed Dials by deleting preset options based on your own preference.

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### Web3 Guard

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Some Opera browsers may provide you with additional Web 3 security check features. Those features are enabled by default and are visible in your address bar. You may turn off the specific features at any time in the browser settings.

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**Dapp Check** is a feature that will look for known security risks connected to decentralised applications you are exploring, such as:

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- If the Dapp contains malicious contracts

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- If the Dapp has a malicious owner

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- Whether the Dapp has been audited

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- Whether Dapp's contracts are open source

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If a Dapp contains malicious contracts or is owned by a known malicious creator, you will be warned prior to entering the Dapp's website. Dapp does checks based on the URL you are visiting against a database of Dapp security information that Opera maintains internally. This database is kept within your local storage, and the check itself is run locally any time you enter a website. Because of this, the check is performed without collecting any of your personal data, and without storing any of the URLs you visit.

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**Seed Phrase Phishing Check** is a feature that checks webpages you visit for suspicious seed-phrase phishing behaviors, such as:

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- Common phishing keywords: the private key, seed phrase, mnemonic phrase, etc.

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- Common phishing properties: input box, list of wallet options to connect with

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- Certain sizes, numbers, and positions of text input components

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- Files and documents that include phishing patterns

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When a risk is detected, a message is displayed to warn you against engaging in risky interactions with a suspected phishing site. Seed Phrase Phishing Check monitors the DOM (document object model), a piece of the interfacing layer of the actual web page, and screens for any phishing patterns. So the check does not listen to or watch the actual content of your browsing, and does not collect, process, or share any of your browsing data or personal data.

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### Promotion & Marketing

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We process some data in order to promote and market our products and services. Some of this data comes directly from you when you submit it to us for some specific purpose. For example, if you decide to provide feedback to Opera, or participate in a promotional campaign, contest, or survey, organized by Opera or our partners on behalf of Opera, we may ask for information such as your name, age, phone number, email, or postal address. Depending on the nature of the campaign or contest, it may be necessary to share your data with third parties. When that applies, we will make it clear in the terms applicable to the campaign.

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If you agree to receive marketing information from Opera via email, SMS, or push notifications, we may use third-party technology providers to deliver such messages to you. You can opt-out from marketing communication at any time in your Opera account profile settings or directly from a marketing email you received.

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+The following sections describe how we process data (including, but not limited to personal data) in our desktop applications - Opera browser for Computers (on Windows, Mac, and Linux), Opera GX desktop (on Windows and Mac), and our desktop Crypto Browser (on Windows and Mac).
+The following sections describe how we process data (including, but not limited to personal data) in our desktop applications - Opera browser for Computers (on Windows, Mac, and Linux) and Opera GX desktop (on Windows and Mac).
 ### Opera Account
 None of our browsers require that you sign in before you can start using them. However, you have the option to create an [Opera account](https://auth.opera.com/) to use certain services (like commenting on our Forum or blogs, VPN Pro, Loomi, Cashback, etc.). Again, you do not have to create an Opera account to use our browser applications for regular browsing activities, such as browsing the web.
 If you choose to create an [Opera account](https://auth.opera.com/), we ask for a preferred username and an email address. The email address will be used to identify you as a user and for password recovery. Alternatively, you can use your Google, Facebook, Twitter, or VK account to sign in to an Opera account and access our services with the same profile. In this case we may collect information such as your name, profile picture, and email address from these social networks. If you use your Opera account in conjunction with a service like VPN Pro or Cashback, the data we process in connection with those services will be associated with your Opera account.
 If you use Aria without logging into your Opera account, all aforementioned data will be permanently deleted after 48 hours, and you will not have access to them on your device.
 If you use Aria while logged into your Opera account, then the aforementioned data will be automatically removed after 30 days from Opera's servers but will still be available on your device. At any time, you can delete your chats (both stored locally and on Opera servers), by going to the chats list by clicking the chat bubble icon on the top bar of the chat. There you can either delete them one at a time by swiping, or you can select multiple chats and delete them all at once by clicking the bin icon.
 You may always opt - out from Google search suggestions feature via Aria Settings.
+Purpose: To provide and manage the service.
+**Purpose:** To provide and manage the service.
+Legal basis: Legitimate interest (for Opera account data), Consent (for any data you input to Aria), Contractual grounds (other data).
+**Legal Basis:** Legitimate interest (for Opera account data), Consent (for any data you input to Aria), Contractual grounds (other data).
 ### Cashback
 Cashback is an incentive program where you can earn rewards when purchasing goods or services from participating online merchants. When you choose to use the Cashback program and visit supported websites, we will collect merchant URLs, a list of your purchased items, transaction amounts, and IP address. This data is required for the Cashback service to function, and we also use it to provide more relevant partner deals, and to detect fraud and misuse of the service. To enable payouts, your [Opera account](https://auth.opera.com/) will be linked with a payment service provider, which will share your customer ID, and relevant payment related data with Opera. Your payment data may be stored for up to five years due to regulatory requirements. You can modify your Opera account, delete it, or request a copy of your data using your [profile page](https://auth.opera.com/account/edit-profile). Your Cashback data will be automatically deleted after two years of inactivity. You may delete your Cashback account, which will erase your personal data from the system, through the Account Setting menus in Cashback account.
 **Purpose:** To provide and improve the service.
 **Legal Basis:** Consent.
 ### Speed Dials
 Our browsers include visual bookmarks on the home screen which we call Speed Dials. You can customize the Speed Dials through the Application's settings menu. Some Speed Dials are ads provided by our advertising partners. If you choose to use Opera's default Speed Dials, you may be redirected through Opera's partners or other third parties. These partners and third parties may collect data from you independently of Opera. This data may include third party cookies, device IDs, and session statistics. If you wish to opt out of such data collection, you can easily configure your browser's Cookie Settings to reject third party cookies. You may also choose not to receive Speed Dial suggestions, or to adjust your Speed Dials by deleting preset options based on your own preference.
+### Web3 Guard
+Some Opera browsers may provide you with additional Web 3 security check features. Those features are enabled by default and are visible in your address bar. You may turn off the specific features at any time in the browser settings.
+**Dapp Check** is a feature that will look for known security risks connected to decentralised applications you are exploring, such as:
+- If the Dapp contains malicious contracts
+- If the Dapp has a malicious owner
+- Whether the Dapp has been audited
+- Whether Dapp's contracts are open source
+If a Dapp contains malicious contracts or is owned by a known malicious creator, you will be warned prior to entering the Dapp's website. Dapp does checks based on the URL you are visiting against a database of Dapp security information that Opera maintains internally. This database is kept within your local storage, and the check itself is run locally any time you enter a website. Because of this, the check is performed without collecting any of your personal data, and without storing any of the URLs you visit.
+**Seed Phrase Phishing Check** is a feature that checks webpages you visit for suspicious seed-phrase phishing behaviors, such as:
+- Common phishing keywords: the private key, seed phrase, mnemonic phrase, etc.
+- Common phishing properties: input box, list of wallet options to connect with
+- Certain sizes, numbers, and positions of text input components
+- Files and documents that include phishing patterns
+When a risk is detected, a message is displayed to warn you against engaging in risky interactions with a suspected phishing site. Seed Phrase Phishing Check monitors the DOM (document object model), a piece of the interfacing layer of the actual web page, and screens for any phishing patterns. So the check does not listen to or watch the actual content of your browsing, and does not collect, process, or share any of your browsing data or personal data.
 ### Promotion & Marketing
 We process some data in order to promote and market our products and services. Some of this data comes directly from you when you submit it to us for some specific purpose. For example, if you decide to provide feedback to Opera, or participate in a promotional campaign, contest, or survey, organized by Opera or our partners on behalf of Opera, we may ask for information such as your name, age, phone number, email, or postal address. Depending on the nature of the campaign or contest, it may be necessary to share your data with third parties. When that applies, we will make it clear in the terms applicable to the campaign.
 If you agree to receive marketing information from Opera via email, SMS, or push notifications, we may use third-party technology providers to deliver such messages to you. You can opt-out from marketing communication at any time in your Opera account profile settings or directly from a marketing email you received.
 Our applications and services include third-party technology or code, some of which may use your data in different ways. When such third-party technologies use previously collected data, they typically act as data processors for us. When they collect data on their own, they typically act as independent data controllers. For convenience, we have included links to their privacy policies below. Data controllers are marked with an asterisk.
 - **Third-party features:**
     - [Google Geolocation API](https://www.google.com/policies/privacy) (Windows only)\*
     - [Google Safe Browsing](https://policies.google.com/privacy)
     - [Google Ads](https://policies.google.com/privacy)
+    - [Firebase Analytics](https://policies.google.com/privacy)
 - **Payment service providers:**
     - [Paypal](https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full)\*
     - [PayU](https://corporate.payu.com/global-privacy-statement/)\*
     - [Google Billing Services](https://policies.google.com/privacy)
     - [Cypix](https://cypix.io/)
     - [Rapyd](https://www.rapyd.net/privacypolicy)

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