Fairphone vs Snapchat
Based on our analysis, Fairphone is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Fairphone | Snapchat |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | B- · 68/100 | C+ · 63/100 |
| What they collect | Mixed (65) | Mixed (55) |
| Who they share it with | Mixed (72) | Mixed (52) |
| What you can do | Mixed (63) | Positive (70) |
| What they promise | Mixed (68) | Mixed (62) |
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 →Snapchat deletes chats by default within 24 hours and explicitly won't use your private messages for ads — two genuine privacy commitments. But it still builds a detailed advertising profile from your content, device, and activity, enriches it with data from advertisers, and can collect precise location and contacts if you grant permission.
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