LinkedIn vs Samsung
Based on our analysis, Samsung is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Samsung | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | D · 38/100 | D · 39/100 |
| What they collect | Concern (28) | Concern (25) |
| Who they share it with | Concern (30) | Concern (32) |
| What you can do | Concern (42) | Mixed (50) |
| What they promise | Concern (42) | Mixed (45) |
LinkedIn builds a remarkably detailed professional and personal profile from everything you do on and off the platform — including inferred age, gender, salary, and seniority — then shares it with Microsoft, advertisers, and third-party partners. Your data persists even after account closure, your public activity is fed into Microsoft's broader ad ecosystem, and there is no way to opt out of non-personalised ads.
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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