Fairphone vs Garmin
Based on our analysis, Garmin is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Fairphone | Garmin |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | B- · 68/100 | B · 71/100 |
| What they collect | Mixed (65) | Mixed (65) |
| Who they share it with | Mixed (72) | Mixed (67) |
| What you can do | Mixed (63) | Positive (76) |
| What they promise | Mixed (68) | Mixed (63) |
In plain English — Fairphone
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 →In plain English — Garmin
Garmin collects a lot of health and location data to run the service, doesn't sell it or share it with advertisers, and gives you good control over it — but the policy is dense, retention is vague, and aggregate data sharing with third parties isn't fully explained.
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