I am looking at the market as a tool to fulfil my needs, e.g. I need X and company Y springs up to provide it. I understand the political aspect of companies l

I am looking at the market as a tool to fulfil my needs, e.g. I need X and company Y springs up to provide it. I understand the political aspect of companies like google and the security nut in me says that they are in collusion with various other parties (I include governments in that) to give them access to their data (I have no evidence of this, I just think it's the case!)