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The Vigil Report
Over 5,000 Companies Are Buying and Selling Your Personal Data Right Now. Most of Them Answer to Nobody.
The data broker industry now counts more than 5,000 active companies worldwide. They collect purchase histories, location data, browsing habits, and medical records, then package and sell that information to advertisers, insurers, employers, and governments.
The market is worth $284 billion today. There is no federal law in the US that governs what brokers can collect or who they can sell to. One in five operates under no oversight at all. Most people have never heard of them.
The Average Website Loads 48 Trackers Before You Click Anything
Most belong to Google, Facebook, or one of a dozen ad tech companies. Google's network reaches 74% of all web traffic, meaning the company sees most of what you do online whether or not you use any of its products.
The Average Privacy Policy Runs 6,461 Words. Most People Spend 90 Seconds on It.
36% of users have never read a privacy policy at all. The rest skim it. Legal teams know this. The length is not a side effect. It is the strategy.
97% of Major EU Websites Use Interface Tricks to Push Users Into Sharing More Data
The EU Data Protection Board found pre-ticked consent boxes, hidden opt-out buttons, and countdown timers on most high-traffic sites. 76% had elements specifically built to override user choice.
Google earns per US user per year. You earn nothing. That is the actual price of free.
Value of each stolen record in 2024. Average breach cost: $4.88M. You get a notification email.
Your share of the data economy. The one you contribute to every single day.
Sources: Statista · HTTP Archive Web Almanac · IBM Cost of Data Breach 2024 · IAPP · EU Dark Patterns Taskforce 2023
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Every policy you clicked past. Every tracker you never saw. Every broker who has your file. Vigil brings it all to the surface.
