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Browse 8,265 companies freeCompanies that develop and sell surveillance technology used by governments and law enforcement, often with documented human rights abuses.
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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.
NSO Group develops Pegasus, the most sophisticated commercial spyware ever created, capable of silently infiltrating any iPhone or Android device with zero-click exploits that requ...
Clearview AI operates the most controversial facial recognition system in the world, having scraped over 40 billion facial images from social media platforms, news sites, and the p...
Hikvision is the world's largest manufacturer of surveillance cameras, controlling approximately 25% of the global market. The company is partially owned by the Chinese government ...
Cellebrite is the world's leading provider of mobile device forensics tools, used by law enforcement agencies in over 150 countries to extract data from locked smartphones. The com...
Anomaly Six (A6) is a secretive surveillance contractor founded by two former US military intelligence officers that embeds tracking software directly into consumer mobile apps thr...
Sandvine provides deep packet inspection (DPI) technology that allows internet service providers and governments to monitor, analyze, and manipulate internet traffic at the network...
Palantir Technologies builds data integration and analytics platforms used by intelligence agencies, military organizations, law enforcement, and large corporations worldwide. Goth...
Babel Street is a surveillance technology company that provides open-source intelligence (OSINT) and location tracking tools to government agencies, including the US military, inte...
Flock Safety operates the largest network of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) in the United States, with over 4 million cameras deployed in neighborhoods, parking lots, and ...
Verkada is a US-based cloud surveillance company that operates over 250,000 cameras across schools, hospitals, businesses, and government facilities. The company markets AI-powered...
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Try BliniBot →The companies on this watchlist average a privacy score of just 8 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 38 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 88 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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