Fairphone vs PayPal
Based on our analysis, Fairphone is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Fairphone | PayPal |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | B- · 68/100 | C- · 44/100 |
| What they collect | Mixed (65) | Concern (38) |
| Who they share it with | Mixed (72) | Concern (35) |
| What you can do | Mixed (63) | Mixed (52) |
| What they promise | Mixed (68) | Concern (48) |
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 →PayPal collects an unusually broad set of financial, behavioural, and biometric data — then retains it for ten years after you close your account. Automated systems can freeze or terminate your account with limited recourse, your purchase history is shared with merchants for personalised shopping by default, and your data trains PayPal's AI models. Some of this is legally required for a financial institution, but much is not.
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