Gov vs Corporate Data Privacy

Consider that the governments (state & federal) have all your data and have since you were born. Do you think a bigco would have held all that data for that long without making your life a living hell? (imagine the spam and unsolicited phone calls that you would be getting wo the protection of said government). If anything, things have become worse as more bigcos (like insurers) require government managed data (like health records).

businesses are granted existence for the American people.sorry guy, saying businesses can just take your data and do the same thing as the government is delusional.neither should be allowed.

Please see my reply bellow, I didn’t say that I approve of private entities collecting data, it’s just that governments are a lot more powerful compared to companies. Just to give an easy example, an entity like the US government can have me extradited and imprisoned in the US even though I have never set foot on that side of the Atlantic while companies like FB or Google can’t, for the moment.

You mean the governments will abuse the privacy, no matter who gathers the data. Then maybe our fight is with them, not businesses.

your links don't disprove OP's main point at all. being forced to share data to the government is different than actively collecting data to sell to other third parties. these companies have tons of incentive to collect user data, but very little to sell it. i think that nuance is important to understand. if you think i'm wrong, try going to facebook or google and asking to buy some user data. you cannot.

> my concern is more with the government having my data than companiesIf the data exists then companies and governments alike will exploit it regardless of who collected it. Your internet usage, your phone records, even your DNA profile if you used a DNA profiling service can all be accessed at will without your knowledge or consent:https://www.purevpn.com&#x

What "core principle" extends to the government not collecting information you happily share with big corporations?

It isn't an either/or. If you give data to Google, Facebook or other data-accumulating companies, you're giving it to the government.The reverse is not true, so if only the government is surveilling you, you can still stay out of some of the corporate databases.

You missed a spot:In most situations, private companies will share any data they have about you with the government anyway. And can be compelled by law to do it.So going private is net loss.

Some people don't like their government and corporations knowing everything about them.