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F O R   I M M E D I A T E   R E L E A S E
DATE:  2 May, 1998                        Contact:     Michael Lamb
                                                       619-220-8277
               Identity And Privacy At Risk On Internet
              San Diego Company  Solves Privacy Problems
 San Diego, CA -- Similar to methods used by traditional mailing houses who
gather and use consumer data without permission, Internet web sites and other
on-line services acquire private information at every turn.  Internet users
who fill out forms, click onto a new web site, or join a discussion group
using their real identity risk invasion of personal privacy security.  An
increasing number of Internet users worry about the archived information kept
regarding their activities.  Anonymizer, Inc., a San Diego based company
offering tools to solve Internet privacy problems, addresses these important
and uncharted issues.  Lance Cottrell, CEO of Anonymizer Inc., who recently
addressed an international conference on privacy protection on world-wide
networks, is available for interview regarding this timely topic. Interested 
media should contact Michael Lamb at (619) 220-8277.
 Internet privacy violations threaten security in many arenas:
 *Financial.  Internet users who use web sites to check stock reports,
calculate loan eligibility, or even engage in conversations about their
finances unknowingly open a door for others to track their entire financial
portfolios in detail.
 *Pre-employment.  People must protect their identities in cyberspace
indefinitely.  "Users who participate in discussion groups are leaving
themselves open for question during pre-employment background research
processes," said Cottrell.  "Most people think that participating in an
Internet discussion group is a casual thing.  What they need to understand is
that even an innocent joke or comment may not be interpreted that way a few
years down the road."
 *Workplace.  When accessing the Internet from the workplace, participants of
group discussions may also assume that a user speaks on behalf of an entire
company.  Requiring company employees to access the Internet anonymously or
to use a pseudonym protects the company from loss of reputation capital.
 *Research on the Internet is ineffective in some cases when the web site can
watch the user.  Everyone from concerned parents to attorneys and CIO's can
benefit by using on-line anonymous identity tools.
 Anonymizer Surfing, the most widely used service offered by  Anonymizer,
Inc., provides anonymous web browsing.  Internet users instruct their
browsers to connect to the Anonymizer.  Anonymizer Surfing contacts the various 
web sites on the user's behalf.  Since Anonymizer re-writes and hides all the
information about the user's identity, anonymity remains secure.  By
functioning as the middle-man, Anonymizer eats all the 'cookies' and code
sent to the web user - leaving no trace of their identity.
 Other Anonymizer services include e-mail, publishing, and security systems
which keep the users' local connection providers from spying on them.
 Lance Cottrell is available for television, radio, Internet, and newsprint
interview.  As an Internet expert, he can address the various issues
regarding privacy.  Interested media should contact Michael Lamb at
(619) 220-8277.
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