Samsung Cookie Policy

Updated on February 28th, 2023
This Cookie Policy describes the different types of cookies that may be used in connection with Samsung Developers website which is owned and controlled by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd ("Samsung Electronics"). This Cookie Policy also describes how you can manage cookies.

It’s important that you check back often for updates to the Policy as we may change it from time to time to reflect changes to our use of cookies. Please check the date at the top of this page to see when this Policy was last revised. Any changes to this Policy will become effective when we make the revised Policy available on our website.

Samsung Electronics has offices across Europe, so we can ensure that your request or query will be handled by the data protection team based in your region. If you have any questions, the easiest way to contact us is through our Privacy Support Page at https://www.samsung.com/request-desk.

You can also contact us at:

European Data Protection Officer
Samsung Electronics (UK) Limited
Samsung House, 2000 Hillswood Drive, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 0RS, UK

Cookies

Cookies are small files that store information on your computer, TV, mobile phone, or other device. They enable the entity that put the cookie on your device to recognize you across different websites, services, devices, and/or browsing sessions.

We use the following types of cookies on this website:

Essential Cookies: enable you to receive the services you request via our website. Without these cookies, services that you have asked for cannot be provided. For example, these enable you to view the website based on your location or preferred language, and other accessibility settings you may have selected. These cookies are automatically enabled and cannot be turned off because they are essential to enable you to browse our website. Without these cookies this Samsung Developers website could not be provided.

Cookie	Domain	Purpose
SDP_PORTAL_SSID	developer.samsung.com	Samsung Account SSO token
user_access_profiles	developer.samsung.com	Encrypt user permissions
session	developer.samsung.com	Session cookie management
session.sig	developer.samsung.com	Session cookie management
s_deveportal_redirect_url	developer.samsung.com	Page URL for redirection after login flow
_csrf	developer.samsung.com	Token secret for CSRF attack prevention
sdp_samsung_com_jwt	developer.samsung.com	Encrypt user information
RTL_FRONT_SESSIONID	developer.samsung.com	User session UUID
WEB_CLIENT_OPEN	developer.samsung.com	Indicator of whether RTL web client is running
WEB_CLIENT_DATA	developer.samsung.com	Serial number of RTL device
CTD_CLIENT_DATA	developer.samsung.com	Serial number of RTL device
WEB_CLIENT_GATEWAY_*	developer.samsung.com	Gateway server for RTL device
CTD_CLIENT_GATEWAY_*	developer.samsung.com	Gateway server for RTL device
WEB_CLIENT_NAME_*	developer.samsung.com	RTL device name
CTD_CLIENT_NAME_*	developer.samsung.com	RTL device name
WEB_CLIENT_TOKEN_*	developer.samsung.com	Reservation token for RTL device
CTD_CLIENT_TOKEN_*	developer.samsung.com	Reservation token for RTL device
IABCSESSIONID	developer.samsung.com	Session ID for Issues and Bugs Channel

Analytical or performance cookies: allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. This type of cookies is automatically disabled and can be configured to your particular preferences. We will use these type of cookies for a period of one year.

Cookie	Domain	Purpose
_ga_<container-id>	.samsung.com	To persist session state.
_ga	.samsung.com	To distinguish users for user behaviour tracking.
_gid	.samsung.com	To distinguish users for user behaviour tracking.
_gat_UA-<container-id>	.samsung.com	To throttle request rate for user behaviour tracking.

Functionality Cookies: allow us to deliver a better user experience. For example, this type of cookie ensures that the information displayed on your next visit to our website will match up with your user preferences. This type of cookies is automatically disabled and can be configured to your particular preferences. We will use these type of cookies for a period of for a period of one year.

Cookie	Domain	Purpose
__rlvp	developer.samsung.com	To record user’s page visit history

Advertising Cookies: allow us and our carefully selected partners to personalise our website, deliver advertisements to you, or contact you directly where you have separately consented to such communications, in a way which is relevant to you and which matches your interests by, for example, using information about products you have browsed or ordered on our website. This type of cookies is automatically disabled and can be configured to your particular preferences. We will use these type of cookies for a period of for a period of one year.

Cookie	Domain	Purpose
fr	.facebook.com	To provide ad delivery or retargeting.
muc_ads	.t.co	To collect data on user behaviour and interaction to optimize the website and make advertisements on the website more relevant.
personalization_id	.twitter.com	Ads targeting cookie for Twitter

Third party Cookies: Our website may also display content from a third party website or service, which may result in cookies from third parties being stored on your hard drive or browser. These third parties can be seen and their cookies can be blocked in the Cookie Management Tool. We do not control the storage and use of these cookies by these third parties and you should refer to the privacy policies of the relevant third parties for more information. This type of cookie is automatically disabled and can be configured to your particular preferences.

Other Local Storage

We, along with certain third parties, may use other kinds of local storage technologies, such as Local Shared Objects (also referred to as "Flash cookies") and HTML5 local storage, in connection with our services. These technologies are similar to the cookies discussed above in that they are stored on your device and can be used to store certain information about your activities and preferences. However, these technologies may make use of different parts of your device from standard cookies, and so you might not be able to control them using standard browser tools and settings. For information about disabling or deleting information contained in Flash cookies, please click here.

Pixel

Pixels on our website also deliver information about the website usage to Samsung.com & third party tracing servers, but do not store the information on the users' browser like a cookie does. Pixels allow Samsung to ensure the site is running and pages are loading.

Pixels on our website are categorised and managed in the same way as cookies. Performance, functional and advertising pixels are disabled and can be configured to your preferences using the Cookies Management Tool.

An e-mail pixel is a similar technology used by Samsung in communications sent via e-mail. Where you have separately consented to receiving communications which have been carefully selected from our partners to deliver advertisements to you, each communication contains both a cookie and pixel.

Managing Cookies and Other Technologies

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by adjusting the cookie settings through the Cookies Management Tool, which can be found here: Cookie Management Tool.

You can also update your browser settings at any time, if you want to remove or block cookies from your device (consult your browser's "help" menu to learn how to remove or block cookies). Samsung Electronics is not responsible for your browser settings. You can find good and simple instructions on how to manage cookies on the different types of web browsers at http://www.allaboutcookies.org .

Please be aware that rejecting cookies may affect your ability to perform certain transactions on the website, and our ability to recognize your browser from one visit to the next.