private companies can't take the data and put you in prison for something they find out about you in it - sure, they can use it to try and sell you more widgets

private companies can't take the data and put you in prison for something they find out about you in it - sure, they can use it to try and sell you more widgets - but having your data weaponized against your civil rights by an all-powerful central government with the power to take away all your civil rights seems a lot worse to me.