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## Privacy ## Privacy
### Does Ghostery collect and sell my data? ### Does Ghostery collect and sell my data?
There are well-meaning people who claim that Ghostery cannot be trusted. They are usually referring to the pre-2017 era where Ghostery belonged to a company named [Evidon](https://www.ghostery.com/faqs/who-is-evidon/) (which had a business model of collecting and selling data to other companies). It was then acquired by Cliqz (which builds a private and independent search engine as well as privacy-focused browsers). Since then the business model has been dropped, code has been [open-sourced](https://github.com/ghostery/ghostery-extension/) and Ghostery is now exploring ways to monetize through [paid products](https://www.ghostery.com/insights/). [^2] There are well-meaning people who claim that Ghostery cannot be trusted. They are usually referring to the 2009-2017 era where Ghostery belonged to a company named [Evidon](https://www.ghostery.com/faqs/who-is-evidon/) (which had a business model of collecting and selling data to other companies). It was then acquired by Cliqz GmbH (which built a private and independent search engine as well as privacy-focused browsers). Since then the business model has been dropped, code has been [open-sourced](https://github.com/ghostery/ghostery-extension/) and Ghostery is now exploring ways to monetize through paid products. [^2] The company now operates as Ghostery GmbH.
Ghostery neither collects nor sells data about users or trackers. In fact, the company shares the insights they have about the current state of trackers via https://whotracks.me/ so that everyone can benefit from it. [^3] Ghostery neither collects nor sells data about users or trackers. In fact, the company shares the insights they have about the current state of trackers via https://whotracks.me/ so that everyone can benefit from it. [^3]