DuckDuckGo vs Fairphone
Based on our analysis, DuckDuckGo is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | DuckDuckGo | Fairphone |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | B+ · 84/100 | B- · 68/100 |
| What they collect | Positive (91) | Mixed (65) |
| Who they share it with | Positive (80) | Mixed (72) |
| What you can do | Positive (85) | Mixed (63) |
| What they promise | Positive (78) | Mixed (68) |
DuckDuckGo genuinely doesn't build a profile of your searches or browsing — the policy is short because the collection is genuinely minimal — but it's a US company, ad clicks are routed through Microsoft's network, and optional features like Email Protection require you to hand over personal data under a separate policy.
View full analysis →Fairphone doesn't sell your data and has a genuinely ethical mission, but it runs retargeting ads, sends your full IP address to Bloomreach for segmentation, keeps contract data for a minimum of seven years, defaults to anonymisation rather than deletion when you ask for your data to be removed, and forum posts older than 60 days can never be fully deleted.
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