I don't understand how your claim (that users want the products that data collection enables) refutes my claim (that data collection has not helped with government transparency).
If your point is merely that "data collection has not helped with government transparency," I do not refute it (and I know of nobody who would -- there is no reason that Gmail nor banking nor even the price of tea in China would help with government transparency). That is, however, a rather inane point to make.