[throw10920]

This is pretty significantly off-topic, but I'll respond anyway:

(a) That's one of the reasons why it's important to restrict corporate data collection in addition to state data collection; and

(b) In the vast majority of cases, the US government at least, has to obtain a warrant to collect data on US citizens, so those two sets are not the same

I agree with the idea that most governments around the world have far more access to corporate data than they should, but I wouldn't go as far as to say that they have complete access (with caveats - the US has more protections than most of the rest of the world, for instance, and China has far less).

[globie]

>In the vast majority of cases, the US government at least, has to obtain a warrant to collect data on US citizens, so those two sets are not the same

If only that were true[0][1][2][3].

[0] (2022): https://fedscoop.com/dhs-buying-personal-data-from-govt-cont...

[1] (2023): https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116192/documents/...

[2] (2024): https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/tech/the-nsa-buys-americans-i...

[3] (2025): https://theintercept.com/2025/05/22/intel-agencies-buying-da...