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Consumer Watchdogging

Explore 83 projects in the Consumer Watchdogging category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

83 projects
https://opencorporates.com/Active

OpenCorporates

Free and Open Company Data on 135 million companies and corporations in over 125 jurisdictions, including US, UK, Switzerland, Panama...

2010
Civic data, Consumer watchdogging, Data schemas and standards, Open data publishing portals, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency
https://rating.digital/Active

Digital Rating: отчёты о прозрачности компаний в России

Эксперты проекта Digital Rating исследовали политики и практики популярных веб-сервисов Рунета по раскрытию данных взаимодействия с госорганами, а также соблюдения прав граждан на свободу информации и приватность.

Russia
Consumer watchdogging, Digital security and privacy, Watchdogging and transparency
https://www.towzonealerts.com/Active

Tow Zone Alerts

We help people avoid getting ticketed and towed when they park on the street through simple SMS alerts.

Boston, MA
2022
Consumer watchdogging, Service alerts
mobility, city, streetscape, Sustainable cities and communities, place-based
https://college-cuts.com/checkActive

CollegeCuts - is your major safe?

Is your major being cut? Get an instant safety score

Atlanta, GA, USA
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Civic data, Consumer watchdogging, Vibecoded
https://xnet-x.net/Active

Xnet Institute For Democratic Digitalisation

An activist project working and proposing advanced solutions in fields related to digital rights and democracy

Barcelona, Spain
Consumer watchdogging, Digital rights, Watchdogging and transparency
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/Active

*privacy not included

Mozilla Foundation's annual naughty and nice list of consumer tech's privacy policies

Mountain View, CA, USA
Consumer watchdogging, Digital security and privacy, Ethical tech and responsible tech
2023 Webby Awards, guides
https://athenaforall.org/Active

Athena Coalition

We are joining together to stop Amazon’s growing, powerful grip over our society and economy.

Advocacy tech, Consumer watchdogging, Emerging tech, Emerging Tech report orgs, Find community online, Meet the others, Partner networks and coalitions, Specific campaigns, The People, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency
Amazon
https://fixmyblock.org/Active

FixMyBlock

FixMyBlock aims to cut through the jargon and empower residents. Find out everything your landlords should be doing to keep tower blocks safe — and what to do if they aren’t.

Consumer watchdogging, Watchdogging and transparency
housing, landlord
https://goodjobsfirst.org/Active

Good Jobs First

Good Jobs First is a national policy resource center that promotes corporate and government accountability in economic development.

Washington, DC
1998
Advocacy tech, Civic data, Civil society research outfits, Consumer watchdogging, Data science for social good, Watchdogging and transparency, Watchdogging government