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TRUSTe Fact Sheet

Organization

Founded: 1997
Founders: Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Commerce.Net
CEO: Fran Maier
Management

Sealholders

Participating Web Sites: 3,440
Web Privacy Seal Web sites: 2,468
Children's Seal Web sites: 52
EU Safe Harbor Seal Web sites: 619
Email Privacy Seal Web sites: 71
International Services Web sites: 225

Fortune 500 Participants: 24

Compliance

Number of Watchdogs: 4,720
Number of Licensee Investigations: 2,139
Types of Complaints Breakdown:

Unable to unsubscribe: 286
Shared personal information: 423
Unable to close account: 282
Unwanted email: 2
Email sent w/out permission: 465
Unable to contact licensee: 87
Unauthorized profile with my information: 594

Number of Companies Terminated: 4
Number of Trademark Violations Filed: 1,725

For more information on the Watchdog process, please visit the Watchdog page.

*All statistics FY 2008 unless otherwise noted.
 
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