Afternic.com Makes Announcement.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- January January: see month. 20, 2000 Afternic.com: the leading domain name exchange worldwide (www.afternic.com) announced today that it has received certification from TRUSTe (TRUSTe, San Francisco, CA, www.truste.org) A non-profit organization founded in 1997 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the CommerceNet Consortium. Its mission is to promote privacy on the Internet. . TRUSTe (www.truste.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. ) is an independent, non-profit privacy initiative dedicated to building users' trust and confidence on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the and accelerating growth of the Internet industry. Afternic.com couples a robust but easy to use auction mechanism with a wealth of market information including domain name news, trends and history, and community appraisal boards to enable both buyers and sellers of domain names to make informed decisions. Asset management tools allow members to place proxy bids Proxy bidding is an implementation of an English second-price auction used on eBay, in which the winning bidder pays the price of the second-highest bid plus a defined increment. and monitor the bidding on their names for sale. People searching for a domain name can browse (1) To view the contents of a file or a group of files. Browser programs generally let you view data by scrolling through the documents or databases. In a database program, the browse mode often lets you edit the data. See Web browser. by category or conduct searches using criteria including keywords, number of characters in the name, price, or length of auction. Afternic.com's commitment to customer satisfaction and privacy made it possible to qualify for the TRUSTe privacy seal, or &uot;trustmark,&uot; without modifying their existing website. Afternic.com, with its high volume of transactions, has always placed a premium on stringent security. In maintaining the trust and security of the community, Afternic.com requires registered users to provide detailed information in order to prevent false bids. This authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. and the partnership with TRUSTe couple to ensure security and a keen sense of privacy. Afternic.com is extremely proud to join the TRUSTe Privacy Partnership. The TRUSTe program requires Web sites to follow the practices of disclosure, choice, access, and security when dealing with users' personal information. Additionally, TRUSTe monitors licensed Web sites for compliance with these principles, thereby making users more comfortable when making online purchases or providing personal information. Details of the TRUSTe program and a full list of participating companies are available on the TRUSTe website. |
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