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About

Big Tech Files (Polish: Sprawy Big Techu, working project title: Matryca) is a reference portal documenting 33 cases of privacy, security and ethics violations by the largest technology companies — Meta, Google, Apple, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Amazon, Uber, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), Clearview AI, Zoom and Yandex.

Purpose

The portal has three equal purposes:

  • Reference material — for citation by journalists, lawyers, academics. Stable URLs, full sources, exportable data.
  • Education — an accessible introduction to the topic for a broader audience.
  • Intellectual provocation — showing patterns that are invisible when reading individual stories.

Who it is for

  • Journalists — a ready reference base of facts and primary-document links.
  • Lawyers and mediators — consolidated view of fines, jurisdictions, legal bases.
  • Teachers and lecturers — educational material on privacy and technology ethics.
  • Parents — sections on child safety online.
  • Students of law, political science, journalism, computer science.
  • Citizens — each card includes a "Conclusions for citizens" section with specific protection steps.

Method

Each card is based exclusively on:

  • Official regulator documents (DPC, FTC, CNIL, ICO, European Commission)
  • Court rulings (CJEU, national courts, SCOTUS)
  • Investigative journalism (NYT, Forbes, Guardian, Bloomberg, The Intercept)
  • Academic research and civil-rights organization reports (EFF, NOYB, Panoptykon)
  • Testimony before the US Congress and European Parliament

All fines and dates are verified against at least two independent sources.

Privacy of this portal

A project that documents privacy violations cannot itself violate the privacy of its readers. Big Tech Files collects no user data, uses no analytics cookies, loads no external tracking assets. All resources are self-hosted.

License

Content is educational material for free use. When citing, please credit: Big Tech Files (Matryca), 2026 — matryca.org.

Status

The English edition is currently a preview. Full translations of all 33 case cards (~110,000 words), 4 editorial essays, 12 whistleblower profiles, 16 timeline scenes and all supporting materials are planned for Phase 4. The Polish edition at matryca.org is complete and up to date.