Google vs Samsung
Based on our analysis, Samsung is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Samsung | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | D · 26/100 | D · 39/100 |
| What they collect | Concern (8) | Concern (25) |
| Who they share it with | Mixed (42) | Concern (32) |
| What you can do | Mixed (58) | Mixed (50) |
| What they promise | Mixed (55) | Mixed (45) |
Google tracks almost everything you do online — every search, email, location, video, and website visit — across all their products and millions of third-party sites, then uses it to sell ads. They do give you unusually good tools to review and delete your data, but the defaults collect everything.
View full analysis →Samsung's data appetite is unusually broad for a hardware maker: voice recordings stored on servers with potential third-party retention, keyboard input logging via Predictive Text synced across devices, and persistent hardware identifiers that survive ad-ID resets. The company explicitly acknowledges that sharing with business partners may constitute a data sale under US law (CCPA). Full GDPR-grade rights are reserved for EEA/UK/Swiss residents; everyone else gets basic access and deletion with no response-time commitments. Retention timelines are vague and there are no named security certifications or breach notification windows.
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