How it works

Four tools. Every layer where your data moves.

Analysis tools for policies and dark patterns. A directory of data brokers with step-by-step opt-out guides. And a learning track so the knowledge actually sticks.

Paste the policy. Get the truth in plain English.

Vigil reads the full policy text and returns what matters: what data is collected, who it goes to, how vague the consent language is, and what that means in practice.

0-100 risk score and A-F gradePlain-English summaryThird-party sharing flagsVague consent detectionToS;DR community context

Dark Pattern Detector

Manipulation is easier to resist once you can name it.

Submit a URL and Vigil Daily checks the page for design choices built to steer you into giving up more than you meant to.

8 pattern categoriesConfirm-shaming detectionSeverity ratingsPage-section breakdownURL scanning with Gemini AI

Data Broker Directory

Find the companies selling profiles about you.

Search the broker database, learn what each company trades in, and follow step-by-step opt-out guides for the deliberately inconvenient removal processes.

55 data brokersOpt-out linksStep-by-step guidesDifficulty ratingsProgress tracking