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What companies know about you

An Axios series on what information different companies have on you.

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<ul><li><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="What Amazon knows about you" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/what-amazon-knows-about-you-2df28404-b975-4bc8-b2da-ac702e601cf8.html" data-vars-content-id="60acdda0-98d0-4cd0-b65f-423b831ab40f" data-vars-headline="What companies know about you" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/what-amazon-knows-about-you-2df28404-b975-4bc8-b2da-ac702e601cf8.html" target="_self">What Amazon knows about you</a></li><li><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="What Apple knows about you" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/what-apple-knows-about-you-fa7fa529-05af-48fa-bc51-54c15a6f5fbc.html" data-vars-content-id="60acdda0-98d0-4cd0-b65f-423b831ab40f" data-vars-headline="What companies know about you" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/what-apple-knows-about-you-fa7fa529-05af-48fa-bc51-54c15a6f5fbc.html" target="_self">What Apple knows about you</a></li><li><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="What Axios knows about you" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/what-axios-knows-about-you-d941dee9-c496-407e-8e63-9cb18541fcf5.html" data-vars-content-id="60acdda0-98d0-4cd0-b65f-423b831ab40f" data-vars-headline="What companies know about you" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/what-axios-knows-about-you-d941dee9-c496-407e-8e63-9cb18541fcf5.html" target="_self">What Axios knows about you</a></li><li><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="What Facebook knows about you" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/facebook-personal-data-scope-suer-privacy-de15c860-9153-45b6-95e8-ddac8cd47c34.html" data-vars-content-id="60acdda0-98d0-4cd0-b65f-423b831ab40f" data-vars-headline="What companies know about you" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/facebook-personal-data-scope-suer-privacy-de15c860-9153-45b6-95e8-ddac8cd47c34.html" target="_self">What Facebook knows about you</a></li><li><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="What Google knows about you" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/what-google-knows-about-you-3f6c9b20-4406-4bda-8344-d324f1ee0816.html" data-vars-content-id="60acdda0-98d0-4cd0-b65f-423b831ab40f" data-vars-headline="What companies know about you" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/what-google-knows-about-you-3f6c9b20-4406-4bda-8344-d324f1ee0816.html" target="_self">What Google knows about you</a></li><li><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="What your hospital knows about you" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/hospitals-doctors-privacy-records-hacks-data-5cb5d8c1-27de-4cc1-94d8-634015efc04a.html" data-vars-content-id="60acdda0-98d0-4cd0-b65f-423b831ab40f" data-vars-headline="What companies know about you" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/hospitals-doctors-privacy-records-hacks-data-5cb5d8c1-27de-4cc1-94d8-634015efc04a.html" target="_self">What your hospital knows about you</a></li><li><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="What the internet knows about you" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/what-the-internet-knows-about-you-c2e282d2-27af-468f-aa65-38cd40c89a76.html" data-vars-content-id="60acdda0-98d0-4cd0-b65f-423b831ab40f" data-vars-headline="What companies know about you" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/what-the-internet-knows-about-you-c2e282d2-27af-468f-aa65-38cd40c89a76.html" target="_self">What the internet knows about you</a></li><li><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="What Intuit knows about you" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/what-intuit-knows-about-you-d4ea9f53-c116-48e1-948f-e204c3767b54.html" data-vars-content-id="60acdda0-98d0-4cd0-b65f-423b831ab40f" data-vars-headline="What companies know about you" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/what-intuit-knows-about-you-d4ea9f53-c116-48e1-948f-e204c3767b54.html" target="_self">What Intuit knows about you</a></li><li><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="What Tesla knows about you" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/what-tesla-knows-about-you-1f21d287-a204-4a6e-8b4a-0786b0afac45.html" data-vars-content-id="60acdda0-98d0-4cd0-b65f-423b831ab40f" data-vars-headline="What companies know about you" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/what-tesla-knows-about-you-1f21d287-a204-4a6e-8b4a-0786b0afac45.html" target="_self">What Tesla knows about you</a></li></ul><span id="midStoryAd" data-ad-status="NO_AD_LENGTH"></span>

From the Valley to D.C., Big Tech players like Facebook, Google and Amazon are under more scrutiny than ever as new technology develops and privacy and antitrust concerns grow in lockstep with companies’ ambitions.

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