This month, we’re celebrating 15 years since Ghostery was founded to protect internet users from the dangers of online tracking. Since we started in 2009 we’ve evolved as a company, offering more targeted and seamless anti-tracking and ad blocking products that have been downloaded more than 100 million times and are relied on by more than 7 million active users.
And it’s more necessary than ever before. In 15 years, the online tracking landscape has grown exponentially. Your data, often gathered without your informed consent, continues to feed the ad ecosystems of big tech players like Google and Meta, as well as to find its way to more nefarious third parties. We place some of our most trusted and sensitive data online today, like information about our health, our political leanings and other deeply personal issues.
That’s why we’re building stronger products than ever before, powered by the most comprehensive open-source tracker database that exists today. As big tech players, ad-tech companies and data brokers find sneakier ways to collect your information and show you ads, we continue to invest in privacy innovations that keep you protected.
