[SpamCop-List] Statement from VP of cyveillance

[Julian Haight]

Brian seems to have had a little trouble getting this message posted, so 
  I'm reposting it for him.  He'd like to keep his email address off the 
boards for obvious reasons.

I seem to be having a bit of trouble posting too!  This was supposed to 
have gone up yesterday, but I don't see it.  Sorry in advance if it 
turns out to be a duplicate.

-=Julian=-

Hi All,

Just wanted everyone in the Forum to know that we at Cyveillance take 
your feedback very seriously.  I also want you to know that we are 
excited to be actively supporting your efforts to combat spam email.  We 
share your concern with the issues of privacy and unsolicited commercial 
email.  At Cyveillance, we have been at the forefront of exposing 
malicious Internet tactics, and have published groundbreaking studies on 
issues like Web bugs and overly aggressive marketing tactics.  We also 
work closely with leading companies around the world to help fight 
customer fraud and abuses that are perpetrated in spam email and other 
online environments.  As you may have read on our website, many of 
Cyveillance's clients are corporations whose brand names and products 
are used in spam without their knowledge. Cyveillance collects spam in 
order to report abuses to the victimized companies so that they can take 
action against the spammers and protect their customers.  Any email 
shared with Cyveillance will help raise awareness of this pressing 
consumer issue and harness corporate resources to combat abuse.

In terms of the other concerns expressed in this Forum relating to how 
Cyveillance gathers information from the Internet, we set the highest 
standards for our online activities.  We have removed any cookies from 
our site, we do not collect personal information from any visitors 
without their authorization, and we take great pains to ensure that our 
crawlers minimize the load on other sites' servers.  With regards to our 
Prospect Locator solution referenced in an earlier post, the information 
gathered with our technology is used for the purpose of establishing B2B 
licensing relationships, which is typically done via the phone.  We are 
very careful not to inadvertently use our technology in any way that 
could contribute the same activities that we are fighting to deter.

Thanks again for the feedback and for your joint efforts to help us in 
our common goal of combating fraud and abuse on the Internet.

Brian Murray
Vice President of Client Services
Cyveillance, Inc.