The Gold Standard
We will build the backbone of a transparent internet—giving users control over their data, helping businesses prove they're playing by the rules, and equipping regulators to hold them accountable.
The Problem
Let's be honest. Most people have no meaningful way to understand or control how their data is collected, and privacy policies are designed to protect companies, not inform users. These documents are often dense and difficult to interpret, while the actual data flows are scattered across third—party tools, cloud services, and internal systems.
This complexity makes it nearly impossible for users to see what's really happening behind the scenes, yet users are expected to make sense of it all, often with nothing more than a single click to "consent."
At the same time, most companies don't have the internal resources, expertise, or infrastructure to manage privacy well, so it ends up as a patchwork of reactive fixes instead of a system designed with users in mind.
Our North Star
We're Building an Internet Where:
- Privacy policies are readable without compromising legal strength.
- Data collection and sharing is tracked, verified, and accountable.
- People control exactly what they share, and are aware and compensated when their data is sold.
- Ethical data exchange is encouraged—built on transparency and designed to benefit everyone in the ecosystem.
Our Platform
Policy Summaries
Readable and structured breakdowns of privacy policies that retain legal integrity but are simple enough for anyone to understand. Powered by AI & verified by real document context.
Behavior Monitoring
A Chrome extension that tracks what websites actually do with your data—cookies, trackers, and network requests—and compares it to what they claim.
Open Event Ledger
A public, opt—in data ledger where companies log what they collect, from whom, and why—creating a verifiable record of behavior and compliance.
Privacy Dashboard
A unified interface where individuals can manage data permissions at a granular level, see who has access to what, and receive payouts when their data is shared or sold—putting control and compensation in the hands of the user.
Our Ethos
Privacy is boring, complex, and buried under decades of legal and technical debt—which is exactly why Graham Billington founded Privacy TL;DR in May of 2023. Below are the founding principles that guide everything we build:
Trust builds fruitful, lasting relationships
Sunlight is the best disinfectant
Transparency is a competitive edge
Data is an asset—users deserve control, clarity, and a cut
Privacy TL;DR is more than a toolset. It's a movement to replace vague claims with proof, flip control back to users, and build an ecosystem where doing the right thing isn't just possible—it's the standard.