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Anonymizer.com is a pioneer of Internet privacy technologies
and the most popular and trusted name in online privacy services. Anonymizer.com
has offered users the ability to surf the web in a private and anonymous
fashion since 1996. Based in San Diego, our proxy servers currently
load over a million pages per day for our subscribers and free users.
Here is why our electronic
privacy service is important.
Our Mission
Our mission is to ensure that an individual's right to
privacy is not compromised by going online. Anonymizer.com was founded
to provide the means to protect this right as embodied in the
United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to
attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such
interference or attacks.
The Internet has made article 19 of this 50-year-old
document more applicable than ever:
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions
without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless
of frontiers.
Management
Lance Cottrell, Founder &
President
Lance Cottrell, the president and founder of Anonymizer.com, is one
of the world's top experts in the fields of cryptography, security,
and online privacy technologies. Cottrell founded Anonymizer.com in
1997 while pursuing his Ph.D. in Astrophysics at the University of California,
San Diego. He is the author of Mixmaster, the world's most secure
and widely-used anonymous remailer. He was also part of the DigiCash
API design team and has extensive experience with conventional and anonymous
online payment systems.
In addition to his technical expertise, Lance Cottrell is a leading
champion of privacy rights. Through the Anonymizer he established the
Kosovo Privacy Project, which allowed individuals to report on conditions
and human rights violations from within the war zone without fear of
government retaliation. The project received tremendous media attention
and emphatic support from Internet users everywhere.
Cottrell is a frequent speaker at major industry conferences including
Comdex; the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference; the OECD; and
the upcoming Global Privacy Summit with Vice President Al Gore. In addition,
he has provided expert testimony on privacy-related issues for the Department
of Justice and the California State Assembly.
Cottrell holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California,
Santa Cruz, and a Master's degree in Astrophysics from the University
of California, San Diego, where he left the Ph.D. program to focus his
efforts on establishing the Anonymizer as the leader among Internet
privacy providers.
Bill Unrue, CEO
Bill Unrue joined Anonymizer.com as Chief Executive Officer in June
2000. He brings with him a strong background in brand marketing and
a track record of successful business development strategies in the
consumer goods, high tech manufacturing, and new media industries.
Prior to the Anonymizer, Unrue served as President of Newpoint, Inc.,
a computer peripherals manufacturer. He has also served as President
of Selfhelpworks.com, a business-to-business Internet startup geared
towards Fortune 500 and Global 500 HR Management companies. Additionally,
he was Vice President of Marketing for consumer products giants Sunbeam
and Thermos.
As President of Newpoint, Unrue successfully negotiated a profitable
licensing strategy with Rayovac, the industry leader in battery and
electronics manufacturing. While at Sunbeam, he scaled its $60 million
business to $170 million in under 18 months.
Bill Unrue holds a Masters degree in Management from the Kellogg Graduate
School of Business at Northwestern University.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gary Kremen
- Co-founder of Los Altos Technologies, Match.com Electric Classifieds
and NetAngels
- Holds BSEE and BSCS from Northwestern University
- Holds an MBA from Stanford University
Steve Bennet
- Founder and Principal of Bodega Partners
- Venture Partner at iMinds Ventures
- Holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University
of Pennsylvania
- Holds an MBA from UCLA in Entrepreneurial Finance and Entertainment
Management
Graeme Linnett
- Founding managing member of Godel Capital LLC
- Former Managing Director, AIG International Inc.
- First class honors degree in Mathematics, University of Queensland
ADVISORS
Phil Zimmermann
- Developer of PGP, the world's best-known personal cryptography
software
- Founder of PGP Incorporated, the groundbreaking personal security
corporation that was later acquired by Network Associates
- Frequently speaks about privacy and security issues at conferences
around the world
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