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Instagram vs Fairphone

Based on our analysis, Fairphone is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.

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CategoryInstagramFairphone
OverallD · 32/100B- · 68/100
What they collectConcern (22)Mixed (65)
Who they share it withConcern (18)Mixed (72)
What you can doConcern (38)Mixed (63)
What they promiseMixed (45)Mixed (68)
In plain English — Instagram

Meta collects almost everything: what you post, what you look at and for how long, device and location data, and data from other people and advertisers. They infer sensitive traits and use Meta AI conversations for ad targeting. Data is shared across all Meta products and with advertisers. You can adjust ad preferences and download your data, but you can't stop collection itself.

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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.

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