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Step-by-step guide covering 2,359 data brokers, your FCRA rights, and free tools to start protecting your privacy today. The most comprehensive removal guide available.

After discovering that dozens of companies had inaccurate information about me, costing me jobs, credit, and opportunities, I spent months manually pulling reports and filing disputes. Two things became clear: the system is broken, and nobody has built the tool that regular people need to fight back. That's why Vigilant Privacy exists. We monitor 2,359 data brokers, request disclosures from 37+ consumer reporting agencies, and automate the tedious process of reclaiming your privacy. Unlike other privacy companies, we never sell, share, or monetize your data. We built this because people need to be vigilant, and nobody else is going to do it for us.

The FBI spent $27 million on a Babel Street contract. DHS has a $1 billion Palantir contract. ICE paid $30 million for Palantir's ImmigrationOS. The Department of Defense bought location data from a Muslim prayer app. The NSA purchases domestic internet metadata. All without a warrant. This practice, known as "data laundering," exploits a loophole where the government buys from data brokers what it would need a warrant to collect directly. 80% of Americans support requiring warrants for these purchases, and the bipartisan Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act is pending in Congress.

Modern vehicles collect driving speed, location history, braking patterns, acceleration data, and even cabin audio. Major automakers including GM, Ford, Toyota, Honda, and Tesla sell this data to insurance companies, marketing firms, and data brokers. GM's OnStar collected driving data and sold it to LexisNexis, which then sold it to insurance companies who used it to raise premiums. Vigilant Privacy tracks 15 major automakers in our data broker database and helps you opt out of vehicle data collection programs.