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LifeLock Inc. (NYSE:LOCK) is an American identity theft protection company based in Tempe, Arizona. The company offers the LifeLock identity theft protection system, which is intended to detect fraudulent applications for various credit and non-credit related services. In July 2015, CNN headlines FTC: LifeLock protection service doesn't live up to its name.〔http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/21/pf/lifelock-identity-theft-protection-ftc/index.html〕 ==History== LifeLock was co-founded in 2005 by Robert J. Maynard and Todd Davis. Amid controversy, Maynard left the company in 2007.〔(What Happened in Vegas.., page 1 - News - Phoenix New Times - Phoenix New Times )〕 In December 2008 LifeLock entered into an agreement with TransUnion, one of the three main credit bureaus, to automate the process of alerting customers of potential unauthorized access via their credit reports. LifeLock acquired ID Analytics following a round of funding in March 2012. ID Analytics operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of LifeLock.〔 Following the announcement of the company's IPO in August 2012, Hilary Schneider joined Life Lock as president of the company. Schneider had previously been working with TPG Capital after leaving Yahoo in 2010.〔 In December 2013, LifeLock acquired Lemon Wallet for $42.6 million. Lemon is a digital wallet platform which stores payment, loyalty, and identification cards on members' smartphones. Lemon Wallet Plus was a premium service which offered lost wallet service, account monitoring, and some security measures.〔 Wallet Plus has been folded into a new service offered by LifeLock which includes identity fraud alerts.〔 LifeLock temporarily removed the app from mobile stores in May 2014 when the company learned that certain parts of the app were not in compliance with payment industry standards. As of February 2014, LifeLock has 3 million subscribers. In July 2015, CNN reported FTC and 35 State Attorneys General deemed LifeLock violated a previous settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LifeLock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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