GSMA Global Privacy Notice
Date last updated: 21 May 2026
1. About GSMA
GSM Association with registered office at 1 Angel Lane, London EC4R 3AB, England (“GSMA“, “we“, “us“, “our“) is a global organisation unifying the mobile ecosystem to discover, develop and deliver innovation.
GSMA delivers for its members across three pillars: Connectivity for Good, Industry Solutions and Events.
For more information about GSMA please see the “About Us” section on our website.
2. The purpose of this privacy notice
This privacy notice explains how we use your personal data when you use our websites, mobile applications, products, services or attend our events. It also provides information about your rights as a data subject, how long we keep your data and other important details on how we process your personal data.
3. Who is the controller of your personal data and which privacy notices apply to you?
Our websites, applications, products, services and events are operated by different GSMA entities. Each GSMA entity may act as an individual data controller, meaning that it independently determines how and why personal data is processed or several GSMA entities may act as joint data controllers, collectively determining the purposes and means of processing your data.
The GSMA entity (or entities) that acts as controller of your personal data, and the privacy notice(s) that apply to you, will depend on which website, mobile app, product, service, or event you use or attend.
The GSMA entities and our privacy notices are listed below.
GSMA entity: GSMA website, product or service:
GSM Association GSMA Membership, GSMA Careers, GSMA Capacity Building, GSMA Connectivity for Good & Mobile for Development, GSMA Foundry.
GSMA Ltd LLC MWC Barcelona and 4YFN Attendees, MWC Barcelona and 4YFN Exhibitors and Contractors, MWC Kigali, MWC Shanghai, MWC Shanghai (CN), Nova Summit, MWC Doha, M360 Series Attendees, MWC Series App, GSMA App.
GSMA Advisory Services Ltd. Mobile World Live, GSMA Intelligence.
GSMA Services LLC GSMA Advance, GSMA Industry Services.
Some GSMA companies and services may operate under separate privacy notices, which will be provided to you when you use those services.
4. Contacting supervisory authorities
You have the right to contact the relevant data protection authority if you have concerns about how GSMA processes personal data. Our lead data protection authority in:
- the EU is the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos in Spain;
- the UK is the Information Commissioner’s Office.
However, we encourage you to contact us directly in the first instance so that we can attempt to address your concerns directly.
5. How to contact us
If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data or if you would like to exercise your rights, you can:
- fill out this form;
- send email to: dataprivacy@gsma.com or
- write to: Data Privacy – Legal, GSM Association, 1 Angel Lane, London, EC4R 3AB, England.