Fairphone vs OpenAI (ChatGPT)
Based on our analysis, Fairphone is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Fairphone | OpenAI (ChatGPT) |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | B- · 68/100 | D · 42/100 |
| What they collect | Mixed (65) | Concern (38) |
| Who they share it with | Mixed (72) | Mixed (48) |
| What you can do | Mixed (63) | Concern (42) |
| What they promise | Mixed (68) | Mixed (52) |
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.
View full analysis →OpenAI collects account data, all prompts and responses, file uploads, voice inputs, and a separate Memory that persists even when you delete chats. Training on your conversations is on by default; you must opt out. A federal court order (May 2025) requires OpenAI to preserve and segregate ChatGPT conversation data — including deleted conversations. API and Enterprise: training is off; your data is never used for training. OpenAI states they don't sell personal data or use it for targeted advertising.
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