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*'''User Privacy''':

**Micro-Interaction Tracking: Glance doesn't just see what you click; it tracks "micro-interactions": For example, how long you look at an image or news story. This data is used to build a behavioral profile of your interests.

**Biometric Data (Glance AI): With the 2025 rollout of Glance AI, users are encouraged to upload selfies for virtual "try-ons." This introduces a new layer of sensitive data collection.

**Biometric Data (Glance AI): With the 2025 rollout of Glance AI, users are encouraged to upload selfies for virtual "try-ons." This introduces a new layer of sensitive data collection.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |first= |date=2025-07-16 |title=Your Digital Pro: 2026’s Top Virtual Stylist Tools |url=https://glance.com/us/blogs/glanceai/fashion/virtual-stylist-tools-ai |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260301181610/https://glance.com/us/blogs/glanceai/fashion/virtual-stylist-tools-ai |archive-date=2026-03-01 |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=Glance}}</ref>

**Hashed Identifiers''':''' Glance uses hashed device IDs and advertising tokens to track you across different services.

*'''Business Model:'''

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===AI-generated lock screen ads (''2025'')===

[[Samsung]] and Glance teamed up to deliver a new "AI shopping" experience that uses a selfie to create custom fashion ads.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitwam |first=Ryan |date=2025-06-04 |title=Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/samsung-teams-up-with-glance-to-use-your-face-in-ai-generated-lock-screen-ads/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=Ars Technica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250723085709/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/samsung-teams-up-with-glance-to-use-your-face-in-ai-generated-lock-screen-ads/|archive-date=2025-07-23|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Samsung]] and Glance teamed up to deliver a new "AI shopping" experience that uses a selfie to create custom fashion ads.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Whitwam |first=Ryan |date=2025-06-04 |title=Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/samsung-teams-up-with-glance-to-use-your-face-in-ai-generated-lock-screen-ads/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=Ars Technica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250723085709/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/samsung-teams-up-with-glance-to-use-your-face-in-ai-generated-lock-screen-ads/|archive-date=2025-07-23|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Parent Company charged $950k for Privacy Concerns ===

In 2016 InMobi, the Parent Company of Glance, was fined $950k in "civil penalties" for "deceptively [tracking] the locations of hundreds of millions of consumers – including children – without their knowledge or consent to serve them geo-targeted advertising"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-22 |title=Mobile Advertising Network InMobi Settles FTC Charges It Tracked Hundreds of Millions of Consumers’ Locations Without Permission {{!}} Federal Trade Commission |url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2016/06/mobile-advertising-network-inmobi-settles-ftc-charges-it-tracked-hundreds-millions-consumers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423181441/http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2016/06/mobile-advertising-network-inmobi-settles-ftc-charges-it-tracked-hundreds-millions-consumers |archive-date=2022-04-23 |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=Federal Trade Commission}}</ref>

==Products==

*'''Glance''' (Smart Lock Screen Interface)

*'''Glance AI''' (Smart Lock Screen Interface)<ref name=":0" />

*[[Roposo]] (2014, Acquired in 2019):

*[[Nostra]] (Originally 'Glance Gaming', 2023):

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 *'''User Privacy''':
 **Micro-Interaction Tracking: Glance doesn't just see what you click; it tracks "micro-interactions": For example, how long you look at an image or news story. This data is used to build a behavioral profile of your interests.
-**Biometric Data (Glance AI): With the 2025 rollout of Glance AI, users are encouraged to upload selfies for virtual "try-ons." This introduces a new layer of sensitive data collection.
+**Biometric Data (Glance AI): With the 2025 rollout of Glance AI, users are encouraged to upload selfies for virtual "try-ons." This introduces a new layer of sensitive data collection.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |first= |date=2025-07-16 |title=Your Digital Pro: 2026’s Top Virtual Stylist Tools |url=https://glance.com/us/blogs/glanceai/fashion/virtual-stylist-tools-ai |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260301181610/https://glance.com/us/blogs/glanceai/fashion/virtual-stylist-tools-ai |archive-date=2026-03-01 |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=Glance}}</ref>
 **Hashed Identifiers''':''' Glance uses hashed device IDs and advertising tokens to track you across different services.
 *'''Business Model:'''
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 ===AI-generated lock screen ads (''2025'')===
-[[Samsung]] and Glance teamed up to deliver a new "AI shopping" experience that uses a selfie to create custom fashion ads.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitwam |first=Ryan |date=2025-06-04 |title=Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/samsung-teams-up-with-glance-to-use-your-face-in-ai-generated-lock-screen-ads/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=Ars Technica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250723085709/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/samsung-teams-up-with-glance-to-use-your-face-in-ai-generated-lock-screen-ads/|archive-date=2025-07-23|url-status=live}}</ref>
+[[Samsung]] and Glance teamed up to deliver a new "AI shopping" experience that uses a selfie to create custom fashion ads.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Whitwam |first=Ryan |date=2025-06-04 |title=Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/samsung-teams-up-with-glance-to-use-your-face-in-ai-generated-lock-screen-ads/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=Ars Technica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250723085709/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/samsung-teams-up-with-glance-to-use-your-face-in-ai-generated-lock-screen-ads/|archive-date=2025-07-23|url-status=live}}</ref>
+=== Parent Company charged $950k for Privacy Concerns ===
+In 2016 InMobi, the Parent Company of Glance, was fined $950k in "civil penalties" for "deceptively [tracking] the locations of hundreds of millions of consumers – including children – without their knowledge or consent to serve them geo-targeted advertising"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-22 |title=Mobile Advertising Network InMobi Settles FTC Charges It Tracked Hundreds of Millions of Consumers’ Locations Without Permission {{!}} Federal Trade Commission |url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2016/06/mobile-advertising-network-inmobi-settles-ftc-charges-it-tracked-hundreds-millions-consumers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423181441/http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2016/06/mobile-advertising-network-inmobi-settles-ftc-charges-it-tracked-hundreds-millions-consumers |archive-date=2022-04-23 |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=Federal Trade Commission}}</ref>
 ==Products==
-*'''Glance''' (Smart Lock Screen Interface)
+*'''Glance AI''' (Smart Lock Screen Interface)<ref name=":0" />
 *[[Roposo]] (2014, Acquired in 2019):
 *[[Nostra]] (Originally 'Glance Gaming', 2023):