Welcome to GsmArena Kenya’s cookies policy.
Our website located at www.gsmarena.co.ke (the “Site”) uses cookies and similar technologies like pixel tags, web beacons, and local storage to help personalise and enhance your experience. This cookies policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, how third parties we may partner with may use cookies on the Site, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies.
By using our website and agreeing to this cookie policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you browse websites that can be used to make websites work, or work more efficiently.
Cookies allow websites like ours to recognize your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions. Cookies help ensure that the content and services on the Site are tailored to your interests.
We may use first party and third-party cookies for different purposes:
- To customize elements of the promotional content and layout of the Site and to operate and maintain the Site.
- To monitor and analyze the performance, operation and effectiveness of the Site.
- To monitor compliance with our terms and conditions and other applicable policies.
- To allow third parties to assist us in analyzing how our Site is used including number of visitors, where visitors come from, and pages viewed and to monitor the effectiveness of advertising we may undertake.
The cookies we and our third-party service providers use are set out below together with additional details regarding the necessity of cookies, their purpose, and how to manage them.
Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Name: __atuvc
Provider: AddThis
Purpose: Identifies users and prevents fraudulent usage of referral campaigns.
Name: __atuvs
Provider: AddThis
Purpose: Helps ensure that the right content from AddThis sharing buttons are delivered to the right users.
Name: xfsssion
Provider: n/a
Purpose: Preserves users states across page requests.
Performance/Analytical Cookies
Performance/Analytical cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Name: _ga
Provider: Google Analytics
Purpose: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Name: _gat
Provider: Google Analytics
Purpose: Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.
Name: _gid
Provider: Google Analytics
Purpose: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Functionality Cookies
Functionality cookies are used to recognize repeat users, remember preferences that are set, and allow our website to provide enhanced personalized features and content for the visitor.
Name: lang
Provider: n/a
Purpose: Used for the website’s default language
Name: CountryCode
Provider: n/a
Purpose: Used to determine the country of origin for pricing and availability purposes.
Third-Party Cookies
Third-party vendors like Google use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to our website or other websites that use their services. Third-party ad networks may provide the technology to disable third-party cookie-based tracking.
How long do cookies stay on your device?
The length of time a cookie will stay on your browsing device depends on whether it is a persistent or session cookie. Session cookies will only remain on your device until you stop browsing and persistent cookies stay until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will stay on your device for the time period specified in the table above.
Controlling and managing cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise cookie preferences by using your browser’s cookie setting.
Browsers allow you to automatically accept/reject cookies, or prompt you each time a cookie is sent. Blocking all cookies will disable certain functionality on our Sites. If you block cookies, some areas of our Sites may not work properly and may not be available.
Links to information about managing cookies in some commonly used browsers are provided below:
- For Google Chrome – https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
- For Mozilla Firefox – https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- For Safari on desktop – https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
- For Microsoft Internet Explorer – https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- For Safari on iOS – https://support.apple.com/en-ae/HT201265
- For Android – https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en
You can also use the Cookie AutoDelete browser extension to delete cookies automatically or set policies to prevent sites from setting cookies.
Please note that if you block or delete cookies it may affect the performance of our websites or delay or prevent access to certain features. It may prevent you from taking advantage of some customization options and services provided by our Sites.
Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google. Google utilizes the data collected to track and examine the use of our service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt out of having made your activity on the Sites available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. The opt-out does use first-party cookies to prevent the collection and processing of data locally on the device.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
Do not track signals
Some browsers have incorporated ‘Do Not Track’ (DNT) features that provide signals to websites indicating whether the visitor is willing to be tracked, which could include tracking online activities over time and across different websites. However, this website does not interpret DNT requests because of a lack of standardization. If you contact our website you should expect to receive information about our current practices regardless of the status of any DNT signal.
Data Retention
The data retention period for cookies and web beacons used on our Sites varies based on the type of cookie and its purpose as described below:
- Performance and functionality cookies necessary for the technical operation of the Sites and provision of Services may be stored for up to 2 years.
- Preference cookies allowing visitor access to features like login and shopping cart may be stored for up to 2 years.
- Analytics and advertising cookies used to compile visitor data may be stored for up to 6 months.
- Third-party advertisers may also use analytical/tracking cookies. Please check individual third parties for their retention periods.
Contact us
If you have any other questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us at info@gsmarena.co.ke.
Changes to this Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical or business developments. When we change the policy, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make. We will obtain your consent to any material changes if and where this is required by applicable data protection laws.
You can see when this Cookies Policy was last updated by checking the “last updated” date at the top of this page.