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Browse 8,265 companies freeMajor technology companies that collect the most personal data from consumers through dominant platforms, ecosystems, and default market positions.
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Try SeekerPro →The following companies are ranked by their OpenPublicHub privacy score from worst (lowest) to best (highest). Each score reflects data collection scope, violation history, transparency, consent practices, and the availability of privacy-friendly alternatives. A score below 20 indicates severe privacy concerns. Below 40 is poor. Above 60 is acceptable but not ideal. No company on this watchlist scores above 80, which would indicate genuinely privacy-respecting practices.
Palantir Technologies builds data integration and analytics platforms used by intelligence agencies, military organizations, law enforcement, and large corporations worldwide. Goth...
ByteDance operates TikTok, the fastest-growing social media platform in history with over 1.5 billion monthly active users, and Douyin, its Chinese counterpart with 750 million dai...
Meta Platforms operates the largest social media surveillance network in history, encompassing Facebook (3.07 billion monthly active users), Instagram (2 billion MAU), WhatsApp (2....
Google Ads is the advertising arm of Alphabet Inc. and the single largest digital advertising platform on Earth. It processes over 8.5 billion searches per day, each one generating...
Oracle operates one of the largest and least understood commercial surveillance networks in the world. Through its Oracle Data Cloud (formerly BlueKai, acquired 2014), Oracle maint...
Amazon operates one of the most comprehensive consumer surveillance networks through its interconnected ecosystem of e-commerce, cloud computing, smart home devices, and physical r...
Snap Inc. operates Snapchat, a multimedia messaging app with over 800 million monthly active users, predominantly aged 13-34. Despite marketing around ephemeral messaging, Snap col...
Microsoft has quietly built one of the most pervasive data collection networks through its dominant position in enterprise software, cloud computing, operating systems, and AI. Win...
Salesforce is the world's largest CRM platform, processing customer relationship data for over 150,000 businesses including the majority of Fortune 500 companies. This gives Salesf...
Apple markets itself as the privacy-first alternative in Big Tech, and in many respects it delivers stronger protections than competitors. App Tracking Transparency (ATT) introduce...
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Try BliniBot →The companies on this watchlist average a privacy score of just 26 out of 100, placing them collectively in the poor category. This means the majority of these organizations engage in data collection practices that are fundamentally misaligned with consumer privacy expectations. Users interacting with these companies should assume their data is being collected, analyzed, shared, and in many cases monetized.
Across all 10 companies, we documented 48 privacy violations, regulatory fines, lawsuits, and enforcement actions. These represent only the incidents that became public knowledge through regulatory filings, journalist investigations, and legal proceedings. The true scope of data misuse is almost certainly larger. Many violations resulted in fines that amount to a small fraction of annual revenue, creating inadequate deterrence.
Combined, these companies collect data across 132 documented categories including biometric identifiers, real-time location, financial records, health information, private communications, and behavioral patterns. The aggregation of this data creates comprehensive digital dossiers that follow individuals across every aspect of their lives, often without meaningful consent or awareness.
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