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VeriSign Inc.: Customer Data Sale Raises Privacy Issues

Calendar Feb 20, 2001 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Officials for VeriSign Inc., the oldest and largest seller of Internet domain names, confirmed that the company is selling parts of its massive customer list to marketers, but contended that the sale does not violate the company's posted privacy policy. . . . Officials for VeriSign Inc., the oldest and largest seller of Internet domain names, confirmed that the company is selling parts of its massive customer list to marketers, but contended that the sale does not violate the company's posted privacy policy.

What VeriSign is selling is a modified version of its massive customer list - also called a "whois" database. According to Regan, the company is only selling information about its corporate customers, who the company has identified by matching its database to Dunn & Bradstreet's master list of worldwide businesses.

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