Privacy policy

Data controller

The data controller is Grzegorz Kaczyński. For matters regarding personal data, contact: [email protected].

What data we process

Model ratings: only the number of stars (1–5) you pick on a model page. We collect no comments, no nicknames and no other content — a rating is fully anonymous and cannot be linked to a person.

Error reports: the report content and an optional contact (e.g. e-mail) if you want a reply.

Real-range measurements: the distance you drove in kilometres plus the season and route type you pick from a list. We collect nothing about the person — a measurement is as anonymous as a rating.

We do not store your IP address in the database. The IP is used only transiently, in server memory, to limit abuse (rate-limiting) — the database holds only a hash of it (a pseudonym), not the address itself.

Purpose and legal basis

We process error report data to operate the service and improve data quality; ratings are published as an aggregate average on the model page. Approved range measurements are shown in an aggregate summary on the model page. The basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) and our legitimate interest in maintaining and securing the service (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Google AdSense ads and Google Analytics 4 statistics run solely on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). On the same basis we store and read information on your device, in line with the rules on electronic communications (ePrivacy Directive). You can withdraw your consent at any time on the Cookie policy page.

Cookies and advertising

We use essential cookies. We ask for your consent to ads and statistics in a consent window provided by Google (a certified consent management platform compliant with the IAB TCF standard). The script of this window and its resources (such as fonts and images) are loaded from Google servers when the page opens, before you make your decision. We start ads and statistics only after you give consent.

With your consent we show Google AdSense ads. Google and its advertising partners use cookies to show ads based on your earlier visits to this and other sites. You can find the full list of partners in the detailed settings of the consent window. How Google uses data from partner sites: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. You can turn off personalised ads in Google ad settings: https://adssettings.google.com. See the Cookie policy for details.

Google and its advertising partners may place and read cookies in your browser and use web beacons and IP addresses to collect information as a result of ad serving on this site.

With your consent we also use Google Analytics 4, which measures site traffic and sets its own cookies.

Data recipients

Data may be processed by the hosting provider running the service. Traffic to the site passes through the Cloudflare network (Cloudflare, Inc.), which protects it against abuse and processes the visitor IP address in doing so. If you consent to ads, the ad provider is Google (Google AdSense), which processes data under its own privacy policy. If you consent to analytics, usage data is also shared with Google Ireland Limited as the provider of Google Analytics 4.

Google LLC and Cloudflare, Inc. are based in the United States, so data may be transferred outside the European Economic Area. The basis for such a transfer is the European Commission decision on an adequate level of data protection (EU-US Data Privacy Framework), in which both companies participate.

Embedded YouTube videos

On model pages and comparison pages we show video reviews. Until you click the play button you see only a still image of the film, served from our own server, and that image alone does not connect your browser to Google. The click loads the official YouTube player (“no-cookie” mode); from that moment playback is served from Google (YouTube LLC) and is subject to their privacy policy and terms of service.

Copyright to video content belongs to its creators (channel owners). EVArena only shows official embeds, the title, channel name and thumbnail publicly provided by YouTube, together with a link to the source material on the author’s channel.

If you are the creator of a video and do not wish your material to be embedded on our site, contact [email protected] — we will remove the embed promptly.

Retention

We keep ratings for as long as they are published on the site. Error reports are kept until resolved and for a reasonable period for change documentation. We keep range measurements for as long as we use them in summaries on the site.

Your rights

You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, object, and to data portability. You can withdraw consent at any time.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your data protection authority.

Contact

For privacy matters write to: [email protected].

Changes

This policy may be updated. The date of the last change is shown at the top of the page.