The internet is great way to grow your business. It allows you to reach more people efficiently and effectively than you could ever even image with only a brick and mortar business. The internet can truly make your company go global at only a fraction of the cost that you otherwise have to shell out to gain success. However, this advantage does not come without risk. Generating a web presence can lead you to sacrificing your anonymity.
The internet is slowly becoming a more and more dangerous place, where a sliver of information can soon turn to a heap of trouble. This is especially true for companies that have an online presence in the internet.
In most cases there is a level of anonymity that comes with working in the internet. However, the Internet Coalition for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, does require mailing addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of domain name owners and users to be supplied by domain owners and subsequently this information ends up being displayed for the whole world to see in Whois directories.
This action can leave you open to be a victim of time consuming spamming, inconvenient direct marketing tactics and even possibly lead to identity theft. As your information becomes available to the public, more people can use it to further their personal gain.
Consider the fact that 27 million Americans have been the victim of Identity theft in the past five years. These numbers are very conservative since only a few people report these occurrences due to the fact that they don’t understand what is happening. This is a growing problem that a lot of businesses fail to address.
Gossimer has seen this problem and looks to help businesses deal with it. With their close collaboration with www.Id-protect.org and their host of useful domain and web publishing tools they aim to provide businesses with the most complete web solutions out there. They provide our customers with the option of detecting unauthorized automated programs that are trying to harvest Whois information through your domain.
Whois Privacy Protection shields you from possible loss of time and effort dealing with continuous spamming and direct marketing tactics. It also shield you from possible financial loss brought about by identity theft.
The losses brought about by identity theft can be very costly. It can bring un-repairable damage to a company’s reputation. Insurance can help cover the losses but an ounce of prevention is always better than a gallon of cure.
