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Browse 8,265 companies freeCompanies that aggregate, profile, and sell personal data from public records, commercial sources, and web scraping, often without meaningful consumer consent.
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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.
Equifax is one of the three major credit bureaus and maintains detailed financial profiles on over 800 million individuals and 91 million businesses worldwide. The company's data d...
LexisNexis Risk Solutions is one of the most powerful and least understood data brokers, maintaining records on virtually every adult in the United States. The company operates a m...
Radaris is a people search engine that has become notorious for its aggressive data collection and exceptionally difficult opt-out process. The platform compiles personal informati...
Acxiom, now operating under LiveRamp, is one of the oldest and largest data brokers in the world, maintaining detailed consumer profiles on an estimated 2.5 billion individuals glo...
TruthFinder is a people search platform that aggregates public records and commercial data into detailed background reports marketed to consumers for relationship vetting, reconnec...
Spokeo is a consumer-facing people search engine that aggregates personal information from public records, social media profiles, property databases, and commercial data sources in...
Instant Checkmate is a people search platform owned by the same parent company as TruthFinder, operating what is essentially the same database under a different brand to capture ad...
Experian is the largest of the three major credit bureaus by revenue, maintaining credit and consumer data on over 1.4 billion individuals and 200 million businesses globally. Beyo...
BeenVerified is a major consumer people search platform that markets background checks to everyday consumers, normalizing the act of looking up detailed personal information about ...
Whitepages, now operating under the parent company People Connect Inc., is one of the original internet people search directories and maintains records on over 275 million US adult...
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Try BliniBot →The companies on this watchlist average a privacy score of just 13 out of 100, placing them collectively in the severe concern 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 35 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 118 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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