AdGuard vs Uber

AdGuard filters ads and trackers locally on your device so it never sees your browsing history, stores only an email address and password hash for account creation, keeps all personal data in its own data center in Frankfurt, names only payment processors as third-party recipients, and commits to emailing users before material policy changes — the main caveats are Cyprus jurisdiction, vague data retention periods, and a main policy that defers heavily to separate per-product privacy notices for the specifics of each platform.

Uber tracks everywhere you go, records your calls, photographs your face, and buys demographic profiles from data brokers — then feeds all of it into a vast advertising machine that includes Meta and TikTok. You can limit some collection but you can't use the service without surrendering your location and trip history for up to seven years.