PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated and Effective as of: July 7, 2026
Introduction
This Privacy Policy explains who we are, how we collect, share, and use Personal Data about you, and how you can exercise your privacy rights.
ACCESSING OR USING OUR SERVICE INDICATES YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
What Does Corsair Do?
Corsair is one of the world's leading providers of hardware, software, and services to gamers and streamers. With decades of experience in computer and video technology, Corsair offers a complete range of products to equip gamers, content creators, enthusiasts, and e-sports athletes to play at the highest levels of performance and experience and to produce professional content for worldwide audiences.
For more information about Corsair, please see the “About Us” section of our website at www.corsair.com/about.
Privacy Policy Overview
Please read this Privacy Policy to understand how we collect, use, disclose, transfer, and store your information. In this Privacy Policy, “Corsair,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer collectively to Corsair Memory, Inc. (the “US Controller”) and, for data subjects located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, Corsair GmbH (the “EU Controller”), together with their family of brands (including Corsair, Elgato, Origin PC, SCUF, and Fanatec, as well as any of our current or future brands, subsidiaries, or affiliates (“Affiliates”/ “Affiliate”)). The EU Controller is the controller of Personal Data of data subjects located in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland; the US Controller is the controller of Personal Data of all other data subjects. This Privacy Policy may use terms defined in Corsair’s Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”).
This Privacy Policy applies to Personal Data processed in connection with our Service including but not limited to our Sites, Software, and any AI-powered chat functionality offered on them (the “AI Chat”), as described below;
- Our “Sites” (including any mobile versions and subdomains):
- Corsair.com
- Elgato.com
- SCUFGaming.com
- OriginPC.com
- Fanatec.com
- Other domain names we may operate from time to time
- Our mobile applications (“Apps”), internet-connected hardware (“Hardware”), or internet-enabled software (collectively, “Software”), including (without limitation):
- Epocam
- iCUE
- WaveLink
- Elgato Control Center
- Elgato Screen Link
- Elgato Streamdeck
- Elgato Streamdeck Mobile
- Elgato Game Capture
- Elgato Camera Hub
- Our “Platforms,” including:
- Elgato Marketplace
- Our products/services or advertisements provided on or through third party sites/services (e.g. advertisements delivered by third parties and data we collect through promotions on third party sites), or via social media (e.g. when we correspond with you via social media, when we access information provided by social media platforms in relation to our pages on those platforms, and when you reference or interact with our posts on social media).
- Our offline services, for example, when we interact with customers at a conference, trade show, event, or over the phone, and our support services (e.g. when you contact us through online form or chat).
- Our Services may include YouTube API Services. By accessing or using our Services that include YouTube API Services, You agree to YouTube's Terms of Service (https://www.youtube.com/t/terms) and Google Privacy Policy at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy. For the YouTube application, you can revoke YouTube application’s access to your data via the Google security settings page at https://security.google.com/settings/security/permissions(opens in a new tab or window).
- Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new products, services, or features of our Service will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
- In addition to this Privacy Policy, we provide additional information regarding the collection and use of Personal Data through specific products and services in our Supplemental Privacy Notices. Our Supplemental Privacy Notices are incorporated into this Privacy Policy and will control to the extent relevant to your activities and to the extent of any conflict with this Privacy Policy.
- Finally, we provide specific information for users in certain locations. Click the following links to learn more:
- This Privacy Policy only covers how Corsair processes Personal Data as part of our Service. Corsair’s Privacy Policy does not apply to third parties. We encourage you to read third party privacy policies and understand your privacy rights before interacting with them.
- Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our privacy practices, accessible via the headings below, and contact us if you have any questions. To exercise your rights in Personal Data, contact us at data.controller@corsair.com.
Navigation
- What is Personal Data at Corsair?
- Personal Data Corsair Collects
- How We Process Personal Data
- Business and Commercial Purposes of Processing
- Your Privacy Rights and Choices
- Data Retention
- Corsair’s Sharing of Personal Data
- Protection of Data at Corsair
- Transfer of Personal Data Between Countries
- Children
- Privacy Questions
- Changes and Updates to our Privacy Policy
- How to Contact Us
- Supplemental Information for Users in the EEA/UK/Switzerland
- Supplemental Information for Nevada Residents
- Supplemental Information for California Residents
- Other Supplemental Privacy Notices
What IS Personal Data at Corsair?
“Personal Data” (also referred to as "personal information" in certain jurisdictions) refers to data that relates, or that is linked or linkable, to an identified or identifiable individual or household. Personal Data includes data that directly identifies you - such as your name - as well as data that does not directly identify you, but that can reasonably be used to identify you - such as the serial number of your device.
"Sensitive Personal Information" is a subcategory of personal data that includes data revealing a consumer's racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, genetic data, biometric information for uniquely identifying a consumer, health information, sex life or sexual orientation, citizenship or immigration status, Social Security number, driver's license or state identification card number, passport number, financial account information (such as log-in, account number, debit or credit card number in combination with any required access code), precise geolocation, or government-issued identification. Under the EU/UK GDPR, "Special Categories of Personal Data" includes data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data for uniquely identifying a person, data concerning health, or data concerning a natural person's sex life or sexual orientation.
Personal Data Corsair Collects
- The Personal Data Corsair collects depends on how you interact with Corsair and Corsair’s Affiliates. When you use our Service, we collect the following categories of Personal Data:
- Identity Data. Your name, Corsair account ID and related account details, including email address, devices and services registrations, account status, age, and geographic location.
- Device/Network Data. Data from which your device could be identified, such as device serial number or unique ID, or information about your device, such as software version. We may also collect information about how your device has interacted with our Service, including the pages accessed and links clicked, IP address, as well as data from cookies or pixel tags that may be used to identify your device or behavior. This information may also include hardware IDs or information about our Products.
- Contact Data. Data such as email address, physical address, phone number, or other contact information.
- Payment Data. Data about your billing address and method of payment, such as credit, debit, or other payment card information. We keep your payment information until the warranty period on your purchased product expires.
- Transaction Data. Data about purchases of Corsair products and services or transactions facilitated by Corsair, including purchases made through our Service.
- Audio/Visual Data. Recordings and images collected through our Service, such as audio files, video recordings, and the like.
- Usage Data. Data about your activity on and use of our Hardware and Service, such as site and app performance data, browsing metadata; device and software interactions; user navigation flows; clickstream data; Software and device crash data, performance and other diagnostic data; and other device connectivity data.
- Inference Data – We may make inferences from Personal Data to create a profile, e.g. individual predispositions, behavior, and attitudes.
- Location Data. Personal Data relating to your geographic location, such as information collected from your device’s GPS, or location information you voluntarily provide to us.
- Government ID Data. In certain jurisdictions, we may ask for a government-issued ID in limited circumstances for the purpose of extending credit, verifying your identity, tax/income reporting, or complying with law.
- User Content. Information such as unstructured/free-form data that may include any category of Personal Data, e.g. data that you give us in free text fields such as comment boxes, chat transcripts you enter into the AI Chat (we do not require you to provide Personal Data to use the AI Chat and we instruct you not to submit personal or sensitive information), Personal Data you provide when you complete forms on our Service, or answers you provide when you participate in sweepstakes, contests, and surveys. AI Chat transcripts are not linked to your account or personal identifiers. When you use the AI Chat while logged into your account, chat transcripts may be associated with your account information (such as your name or email address). As a result, these transcripts may be treated as personal data under applicable privacy laws, even though Corsair does not require you to provide personal data to use the AI Chat and instructs you not to submit personal or sensitive information.
- Certain Personal Data is necessary for us to complete transactions and otherwise provide our Service, so if you choose not to provide Personal Data, we may not be able to provide our Service to you or respond to requests you may have.
- Sources of Personal Data
We collect Personal Data in various ways, which vary depending on the context in which we process that Personal Data:
- Data you provide to us. You may provide us or service providers/partners with Personal Data directly, for example, as part of account registration or when you provide information through the Service.
- Automatic Collection. We (or third parties operating on our behalf) may collect certain Personal Data automatically, for example, Device/Network Data is typically collected automatically through the use of cookies and similar technologies used on our Service.
- Third Parties. We may receive Personal Data from third parties with whom we have a relationship. For example, we may receive certain Personal Data from social media companies or data aggregators.
- Inferred Data. We may create Personal Data relating to inferences drawn from Personal Data we process in order to create a profile about you, or generate information relating to your predispositions, behavior, and attitudes.
How we process Personal Data
We generally process your Personal Data in connection with the following activities and purposes, as well as for the general purposes described below.
Account Registration
- When you create an account on our Service, we process certain Personal Data, which typically includes Identity Data, Device/Network Data, Contact Data, and if you choose to provide it, Location Data. Similarly, if you use single sign-on services, we may receive this Personal Data from the provider of the single sign-on service, and we may associate this information with your Corsair account or specific Affiliate account, as appropriate. Please note Affiliate accounts may be associated with Corsair accounts if we have information to link those accounts, and we may allow single sign-on for Affiliate accounts using your Corsair account. However, note that if you create an account using a third-party single sign on, your account may not be automatically linked with your Corsair account.
- We process this Personal Data primarily to create, maintain, and provide you with important information about your account, and provide the features and services you request. Additionally, we use the Transaction Data, Identity Data, and Contact Data as necessary to complete and provide you with important information regarding any related subscriptions. We process Payment Data only as necessary to process any purchases or subscription transactions that you request. A deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to data.controller@corsair.com.
- We may create certain Inference Data from your account data, or associate Inference Data with your account. We may use such Personal Data for our Commercial Purposes, including for personalization, to create consumer profiles, and for marketing purposes, as described below.
When you make a Purchase or Conduct Another Transaction through our Service
- We generally process Identity Data, Payment Data, Transaction Data and Contact Data when you engage in a purchase transaction, or subscription payment/renewal. Our Service may allow you to pay using third-party payment service providers (such as Venmo, Stripe, PayPal or Square). If you use a third-party payment processor where you have an account, your Personal Data will be processed by the third party as set forth in the third party’s privacy policy. We may receive your Contact Data, Identity Data and Transaction Data from the third party, in which case, such Personal Data will be processed as set forth in this section.
- We process this Personal Data as necessary to perform or initiate a contract with you, process your order and payment, and carry out fulfillment and delivery. In addition, we may also collect or create Device/Network Data and Inference Data based on your transaction. Payment Data, together with other data we collect in this context is used as necessary in connection with our business purposes and may be used for our Commercial Purposes, including for personalization, to create consumer profiles, and for marketing purposes, each as described below.
We may also disclose your Personal Data to third-party service providers that carry out security and anti-fraud checks on the purchase transaction on our Service. The disclosure of Personal Data may be based on our legitimate interest in preventing fraudulent online transactions on the legal basis applicable in your country of residence.
When you Access or Use our Service
- When you use our Service, we automatically collect and process Device/Network Data and Usage Data. We process these data as necessary to initiate or fulfill your requests for certain features or functions through our Service, such as keeping you logged in, delivering pages, logging activities for security purposes, etc. In addition, we may also collect and process Contact Data, Identity Data, and Inference Data that we collect, create, and/or receive (including through the use of cookies and similar technologies, subject to any necessary consents required under applicable law). For more information, please visit our Cookies and Similar Technologies page here.
- We may also process Identity Data, Contact Data, and User Content if you interact with or identify us, or relevant teams, sponsors, or other partners on social media platforms. Further, with your consent where required by law, we may process Location Data or Audio/Visual Data.
- We process the above data, together with Inference Data, and Device Data to improve our products and Service, to allow you to use certain interactive aspects of our Service, to allow you to participate in features or events, and in connection with other features that require the use of such data. Further, we may process Personal Data collected from your use of our Service for our Commercial Purposes, including for personalization, to create consumer profiles, and for marketing purposes, , subject to your region's consent/opt-out rules and your privacy choices.
- We may process User Content (your chat inputs), Usage Data, and Inference Data when you interact with the AI Chat to assist with product discovery and customization. Personal Data is not required to use the AI Chat, and you are instructed not to submit personal or sensitive information. We may use the chat input to: (i) provide, maintain, and improve the AI Chat; (ii) develop and improve our products and Services using de-identified, pseudonymized, or aggregated data; and (iii) where permitted by law and your choices, derive marketing insights. Where AI Chat-derived insights are used for profiling related to direct marketing or targeted advertising, we will obtain consent where required and offer opt-out or objection options as applicable.
- While we instruct users not to submit personal or sensitive information, we cannot fully prevent users from voluntarily entering such data. If you are logged in, your chat interactions may be linked to your account. Any personal data inadvertently submitted will be processed in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law. Users are instructed not to submit personal or sensitive information. Corsair does not implement automated input filters to detect or redact personal data. Any inadvertently submitted personal data will be processed in accordance with this Privacy Policy and automatically deleted pursuant to our 30-day retention policy. We do not use Personal Data submitted through the AI Chat for AI model training purposes. Our AI service provider is contractually prohibited from using your chat inputs for training.
- We collect certain Personal Data when you use our Software and certain products. For example, we may process Identity Data, Device/Network Data, Usage Data, or Audio/Visual Data relating to you and the relevant product or Software you are using. We may also create Inference Data derived from information collected through your use of our products/Software.
- We generally use this information as you request, or in accordance with our legitimate business interests (or subject to any necessary consents), for certain telemetry, bug fixing, crash reporting, and similar logs and metrics relating to the performance and operation of the Software or Hardware. We may also process Personal Data collected via our products and Software for our Commercial Purposes, including for personalization, to create consumer profiles, and for marketing purposes, as described below.
- Please see our Corsair Supplemental Privacy Notices for more information regarding the processing of Personal Data via specific Corsair products or Services.
Email and SMS Campaigns
- If you enroll in email or text message (SMS) marketing campaigns or if you engage in a transaction that allows us to enroll you in such campaigns (e.g. when you make a purchase, in certain jurisdictions) we may collect Identity Data and Contact Data, such as an email or phone number. We may also collect Device/Network Data and Contact Data so that we can determine whether you have opened an email or otherwise interacted with our communications, and we may generate Inference Data based on these interactions.
- We will process these data as necessary to send you marketing and promotional communications for Corsair products and services, or those of our Affiliates, unless otherwise limited at the time you enroll. We process Personal Data collected for email/SMS campaigns for Commercial Purposes, including to create consumer profiles, and for marketing purposes, as described below.
- Marketing to Existing Customers
If you have given us your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services or when registering a customer account, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services from our range by e-mail. This includes customers whose details were obtained by Corsair through the acquisition of other businesses where those customers had an existing relationship with the acquired business. For users in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland, the EU Controller (Corsair GmbH) processes such Personal Data in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR and Section 7 (3) of the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG); we do not need to obtain separate consent from you for this type of direct marketing, as the data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct mail to existing customers. California residents may also have additional rights under the CCPA/CPRA as described in the California-specific section of this Privacy Policy. If you initially objected to the use of your e-mail address for this purpose at the time of registration or purchase, we will not send you marketing e-mails. You are entitled to opt out of receiving marketing e-mails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any marketing e-mail, or by notifying us at data.controller@corsair.com. After receipt of your opt-out request, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will be stopped in accordance with applicable law.
Cookies and Other Technologies
- The Service may use “cookies” and other technologies such as pixel tags and web beacons. These technologies help us to better understand customer behavior including for security and fraud prevention purposes, tell us which parts of our websites people have visited, facilitate and measure the effectiveness of advertisements and web searches, and help us improve our marketing and advertising efforts.
- As part of such processing, we (or our service providers) typically process Identity Data, Device/Network Data, Usage Data, Transaction Data, and Inference Data. Further, we may process such Personal Data for our Commercial Purposes, including for personalization, to create consumer profiles, and for marketing purposes, as described below. For details regarding the data we collect, how we process and share that data, and your choices, please review our Cookies and Similar Technologies page here or you may visit our Cookie Settings section of our website at https://www.corsair.com/us/en. If our AI Chat widget or related SDKs set non-essential cookies or similar technologies, we will obtain consent where required (e.g., EEA/UK) and honor opt-out signals where applicable.
Note: Some of these technologies can be used by us and/or our third-party partners to identify you across platforms, devices, sites, and services. If you prefer that Corsair not use certain cookies, we may provide you with the means to disable their use (e.g. via our Cookie Settings) or you may disable cookies via your browser settings menu. Certain features of the Service may not be available or your experience may be impaired if you do not allow the use of certain cookies and similar technologies. At this time, we do not respond to browser “do-not-track” requests.
Social Media Promoters
We may work with certain individuals that promote Corsair products (“Promoter”). We may track information relating to such Promoters, such as Device/Network Data, Identity Data, Contact Data, Inference Data, and Transaction Data relating to promotional communications, purchase conversations, and related metrics.
We process this Personal Data to establish and manage the Promoter relationship and assess performance, as well as for our Commercial Purposes, including for personalization, to create consumer profiles, and for marketing purposes, as described below.
Please note – Certain Promoters may be active on third-party platforms, including social media platforms. We do not control the processing of Personal Data by such parties. Please review the privacy policies of the social media platforms for more information.
When you Enter a Contest or other Promotion
We collect and process Identity Data, Contact Data, and in some cases, User Content, Transaction Data, Device/Network Data, and Inference Data when you participate in a contest, sweepstakes or other promotion. In some cases, service providers, third party providers, and social media platforms may collect and process this Personal Data on our behalf. Some third-party providers and social media platforms may also collect Personal Data and share it with us, or use it for their own purposes, as set forth in the applicable third party privacy policies.
We process this Personal Data as necessary to process your request to enter a contest or take part in a promotion, to notify you if you have won, to process delivery of a prize, or to further other related purposes. We also process such Personal Data in connection with our legitimate business interests, such as verifying your identity for authentication and security purposes and helping us to prevent fraud. Where allowed by applicable law, we may use this Personal Data for our Commercial Purposes, including for personalization, to create consumer profiles, and for marketing purposes, as described below.
If you win a contest/sweepstakes, we may publicly post some of your Personal Data on our website (such as on a winners’ page). Where required by law, your Personal Data will not be posted without your consent.
Please note – certain promotions may be offered by third parties, including social media platforms. We do not control the processing of Personal Data by such third parties. Please review the privacy policies of the social media platforms for more information.
Affiliate Relationships
If you would like to register to be an affiliate promoting Corsair products, you may be required to register with a third-party partner who will manage the affiliate relationship. We may receive certain Identity Data and Contact Data from this third-party partner to the extent permitted by the third-party partner, or as required for us to fulfill our legal obligations. We use this Personal Data as necessary to maintain the affiliate relationship and fulfill our obligations under applicable law, as well as for the general business and Commercial Purposes described further in our Privacy Policy.
When you Contact us or Submit Personal Data to us
We collect and process Identity Data, Contact Data, Transaction Data, Usage Data, and User Content as necessary to address your request, fulfill the business purpose for which that data was provided, or for other related purposes. We process this Personal Data to respond to your request and to otherwise fulfill our contract or communicate with you, as appropriate. If you contact us to inquire about a product or Service, or for other similar purpose, we may use the Personal Data we collect for our Commercial Purposes, including for personalization, to create consumer profiles, and for marketing purposes, as described below.
Warranty, Returns, and Repairs
If you have a warranty claim regarding a Corsair product you purchased, or if you submit a product for return/repair, we may collect additional Device/Network Data, as well as Identity Data, Contact Data, and Transaction Data in connection with the submission and processing of your claim. If you are entitled to a refund, we may collect Payment Data in order to process the refund transaction. We process this Personal Data as necessary to fulfill the transaction, and for our business purposes, described below.
When you Interact with us in Person
We process your Contact Data and Identity Data when you interact with us in person, such as at an event, tradeshow, or conference. Additionally, in some cases, we may receive from organizers of events certain attendee data that includes your Identity Data or Contact Data. We will process this Personal Data to provide you with the information you request, in accordance with the rights we are granted by the organizers, including where appropriate or allowed by law, for our Commercial Purposes, including for personalization, to create consumer profiles, and for marketing purposes, as described below.
Feedback and Surveys
We generally process Identity Data, Contact Data, Inference Data, and User Content collected in connection with customer surveys or questionnaires. We generally process this Personal Data as necessary to respond to customer requests/concerns, to create aggregate analytics regarding customer satisfaction, to improve our products, or to allow our third-party partners to communicate with customers. We may also store and analyze feedback related to our Service for our Commercial Purposes, including personalization, to create consumer profiles, and for marketing purposes, as described below.
Support and Professional Services
We collect and process Identity Data, Contact Data, Transaction Data, Usage Data, and in some cases, Device/Network Data, User Content (e.g. documentation or descriptions of issues) or Audio/Visual Data (e.g. recordings of support calls) when you contact us for support, or if we provide support and professional services to you as part of our Service. We use this Personal Data as necessary to provide support and professional services, to respond to your request, and to otherwise fulfill our contract with you, as appropriate. If you purchase these support and professional services from us, we will process information as set forth in the “When you make a Purchase or other Transaction through our Service” section above, including for our Commercial Purposes, including for personalization, to create consumer profiles, and for marketing purposes, as described below.
Human Resources
If you are an applicant for a position at Corsair in California, the EEA, or the UK, Personal Data will be processed as set forth in the Corsair Human Resources Privacy Notice for California Residents.
Business and Commercial Purposes of Processing
In addition to the specific purposes described in this Privacy Policy, we may process any Personal Data we collect for certain internal business purposes and where necessary, as set forth below. If you would like more information about the legal basis for processing your Personal Data, please see the Supplemental Information below, or you can contact the Data Protection Officer at data.controller@corsair.com.
Business Purposes
Service Provision & Contractual Obligations
We process Personal Data as necessary to process transactions, provide customer support, provide warranty service, and otherwise fulfill our contract with you.
Product and Service Improvement
We process Personal Data as necessary for our legitimate interests in understanding the use of and to improve our Service. For example, we process Personal Data as necessary to improve our offerings, for internal purposes such as auditing or data analysis, to improve our software and devices, and for troubleshooting. We may analyze access and control of device, configurations, notifications, or error reports submitted through our Service.
Security and Incident Detection
We may process Personal Data to improve the security of our Service, to identify and prevent crime, and prevent fraud. We may analyze network traffic, device patterns and characteristics, maintain and analyze logs and process similar Personal Data in connection with our information security activities.
Personalization
We process certain Personal Data as necessary in connection with our legitimate interest in personalizing our Service. For example, aspects of the Service may be customized to you so that it displays your name or reflects your preferences, to display content or features with which you have interacted in the past, or to display material that we think may be of interest to you based on your interactions with our Service. This processing may involve the creation and use of Inference Data relating to your preferences.
Aggregated/Anonymized data
We process Personal Data about our customers and users who use our Service in order to identify trends, such as to create aggregated or anonymized data about buying and spending habits, use of our Service, and other similar information (“Aggregated Data”). For example, we may process Aggregated Data to determine aggregate trends, response to various activities, games, and other aspects of our digital services. We may also retain and use this Aggregated Data in connection with the development of products or services. We may pass Aggregated Data to certain third parties to give them a better understanding of our business and to improve our Service. Aggregated Data will not contain information from which you may be personally identified.
Communicate with You
To respond, to communicate, reach out to you about your transactions or account, provide other relevant notifications or information, or request information or feedback. From time to time, we may use your Personal Data to send important notices, such as communications about purchases and changes to our terms, conditions, and policies, reports on device performance, notifications of upgrades, and flags for critical device security or performance issues.
Security, Safety, and Fraud Prevention
To protect individuals, employees, and Corsair brands, for loss prevention, and to prevent fraud, including to protect individuals, employees, and Corsair for the benefit of all our users.