> Is there ever a way for a customer to be sure a company isn't misusing their data? I'm interested in this too. But I don't have a practical answer. In term

> Is there ever a way for a customer to be sure a company isn't misusing their data? I'm interested in this too. But I don't have a practical answer. In terms of knowing if a service is misusing their data, I guess you could have a trusted third party do an audit? Though that doesn't really solve the problem of changing over time. Just because a service isn't misusing your data, doesn't mean they can't then change. And there's the issue of who to trust. An auditor that specialises in these things would have a serious conflict of interest issue to address. That all sounds terribly expensive.