datenkraken

Meaning

Noun

• Internet-oriented companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook that have a large number of users and possess detailed personal information on them, presumably without their consent.

Origin

• Borrowed from German Datenkraken, plural of Datenkrake, itself a compound of Daten and Krake, invoking an imagery of such a company being an octopus having its virtual "tentacles" deeply penetrating its users' online habits.