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They all claim "Your privacy is important to us." How can we know if that's true? With privacy washing being normalized by big tech and startups alike, it becomes increasingly difficult to evaluate who we can trust with our personal data. Fortunately, there are red (and green) flags we can look for to help us.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/09/03/red-and-green-privacy-flags