Jabra's over-the-ear headphones do all the things: noise cancelling, custom sound levels for music, multiple microphones for calls, filtering out noise, and listening for you to ask Alexa, Siri, or Google to play that next song with up to 36-hours of battery life. The headphones even recognize when they're on your ears and when they're not and pause your music or mute your calls accordingly. Best of all, Jabra seems happy to sell you their headphones and not sell your data.
What could happen if something goes wrong?
Jabra seems to do a good job with privacy and security. For the most part, they sell hardware (headphones), not you. They say clearly in their privacy policy, “under no circumstances will jabra sell your personal information.” This is good. They do say they can share some personal information with third parties, which is pretty normal, and they add that, “These third parties may not process your personal data for their own purposes.” Yay!
And really, these headphones don’t collect a whole lot of data on you. If you download the app to control certain features, which isn’t required to use these little headphones but sure makes things nicer, you’ll have to give us some basic personal information. All in all though, these earbuds feel safe.
Tips to protect yourself
- Consider deleting your location data in Jabra+ app
- Consider using your headphones without connecting it to an app. This way, you may decrease amount of data collected
Can it snoop on me?
Camera
Device: Yes
App: No
Microphone
Device: Yes
App: Yes
Tracks location
Device: No
App: Yes
What can be used to sign up?
Yes
Phone
Yes
Third-party account
No
What data does the company collect?
Personal
If you create an account: name, address, email, telephone number
Body related
Social
How does the company use this data?
How can you control your data?
What is the company’s known track record of protecting users’ data?
No known incidents in the last 3 years.
Can this product be used offline?
User-friendly privacy information?
Links to privacy information
Does this product meet our Minimum Security Standards?
Encryption
Strong password
Bluetooth connection
Security updates
Manages vulnerabilities
Privacy policy
Does the product use AI?
You can connect to Alexa or Google assistant.
Is this AI untrustworthy?
What kind of decisions does the AI make about you or for you?
Is the company transparent about how the AI works?
Does the user have control over the AI features?
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