TRUSTe Fact Sheet
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
   |
| TRUSTe Fact Sheet Organization
Founded: 1997 Sealholders
Participating Web Sites: 2,598 (as of 9/01/06)
Email Privacy Seal websites: 46 Children's Seal websites: 30 EU Safe Harbor Seal websites: 386 eHealth Seal websites: 15 Countries Displaying Seals: 21 Monitoring
Watchfire Scans Performed: 592 *
Types of Violations: Improper privacy statement (uncertified or improper use of TRUSTe name): 14
Total Failed and Probation Scan: 294Improper "Click to Verify" seal implementation (does not verify or not on privacy statement): 106 Lack of Watchdog information: 44 Undisclosed cookie usage: 12 Personally Identifiable Information (PII) collection without a privacy statement link: 23 Lack of privacy statement link on homepage: 2 Improper final seal usage: 11 Lack of contact information: 1 For more information on monitoring, please visit our monitoring page. Compliance
Number of Watchdogs: 2613 Types of Complaints Breakdown:
Unable to unsubscribe: 385
Felt PII was shared improperly: 96 Needed to change PII: 51 Wanted account closed and/or PII deleted: 459 Children's information (under 13): 15 Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) - Opt-out cookie: 265 Spyware/software: 154 Unwanted or excessive email: 38 Email sent w/out permission: 18 Phishing: 42 Inaccurate disclosure in privacy statement: 18 Inaccurate disclosure at point of collection: 3 Unable to contact licensee: 10 Unauthorized profile with my information: 99 Transactional/monetary/billing: 181 Account access/creation -- password issue: 35 Public abuse: 64 Undefined: 228 Other privacy concerns: 134
Number of Escalated Investigations: 0 Number of Companies Terminated: 1 Number of Trademark Violations Enforced: 3018 For more information on the Watchdog process, please visit the Watchdog page. *All statistics FY 2005 unless otherwise noted. | | 
| |
Click here to have a TRUSTe representative contact you | |||
| © 1997 - 2007 TRUSTe. All Rights Reserved. |
