I read it on Yahoo! News, so it must be true! ;-) I now work for email reputation services firm Habeas!I've known the folks at Habeas for a long time and I'm really excited to finally get the chance to work with them directly. As Director of Email Policy, I'll be working directly for Habeas's CEO Des Cahill in revising (or in some cases, establishing) the policies that will drive Habeas's new and existing products and services in the growing market for reputation services. I'll also be bringing my experience in building privacy and security related services and technologies as Habeas expands its offerings into some new and exciting directions.This move also represents something of a homecoming for me -- after several years of work on security and authentication startups, I'm coming back to the issues of spam and email marketing where I first started almost fifteen years ago. A lot has changed in that time, and one of the things I'm able to bring to Habeas is that perspective on the past (a/k/a where all the bodies are buried) along with my experiences in related issues facing other industries.Here's the press release which went out this week and was picked up on Yahoo! Business.
Habeas Appoints Ray Everett-Church as Director of Email PolicyPrivacy Guru to Lead Habeas's Email Policy and Compliance Services for Volume SendersMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--Jul 17, 2007 -- Habeas, Inc. (www.habeas.com), the industry leader in email reputation services, today announced Ray Everett-Church has joined the company as Director of Email Policy.In this role, Everett-Church will be responsible for the ongoing stewardship of Habeas's email policy, as well as maintaining working relationships with ISP abuse desks, blocklists and anti-spam technology providers.The addition of Everett-Church allows Habeas to expand its excellent support services to email senders and educate them on email best practices. In addition, the appointment further enhances Habeas' ability to provide leadership and guidance on policy and sender requirements for audit, Safelist and compliance services for volume senders."Ray is an amazing addition to the Habeas family. His industry experience and qualifications make him the perfect person to help drive our compliance and best practices efforts," said Des Cahill, CEO of Habeas. "As we continue to provide support and expert analysis for senders that will help them deliver email, Ray's expertise will bolster our effectiveness in communicating the company's compliance message to our many constituencies."Everett-Church is an internationally recognized expert on privacy law and Internet-related public policy, having served as founder and principal of PrivacyClue LLC and Vice President of Consulting with ePrivacy Group LLC.Widely recognized as the "dean of corporate privacy officers," he has provided consulting services to numerous companies such as Microsoft, AOL, Comcast, Pfizer, HSBC and Kimberly-Clark. Everett-Church co-authored "Internet Privacy for Dummies," and continues to be a frequent commentator on legal and technology issues involving Internet privacy and security.Prior to practicing law, Everett-Church worked as an independent consultant to the online services industry regarding legal, technical and policy issues.About Habeas, Inc.Habeas is an email Reputation Services Provider that offers solutions for legitimate senders to monitor and manage their email reputation to ensure maximum deliverability. Habeas sender reputation services include Habeas Audit for reputation assessment, Habeas Delivery Monitor for managing reputation information, and Habeas SafeList, the most broadly referenced Internet whitelist. Habeas also enables enterprises and ISPs to more efficiently process their inbound email and make better delivery decisions via its Reputation Network. This network is comprised of sender reputation information collected from four and a half million receiving systems in over 190 countries. For more information, visit www.habeas.com.
Some of you might be asking what this means for my involvement with AGLOCO. With the successful release of the AGLOCO Viewbar, the reality is that there is much less need for a full-time Privacy Officer, especially at this stage of the company when the team is so small and resources are tight. Of course there remain many privacy-related issues facing AGLOCO, and that is why I'll be sticking around, just in a different way. I will become chairman of AGLOCO's Privacy Advisory Council.Later this Summer, we hope to be announcing the names of a few more people who will be joining me on the Privacy Advisory Council. Together, this body will be on-call to advise and counsel the AGLOCO executive team as they continue to build out the service. We'll meet regularly with the executive and technical teams to review current practices, look forward to new services, and tackle the challenges that inevitably arise in trying to deliver the best value to members. I believe very strongly in the future prospects of AGLOCO (heck, I've got 38,000 referrals!!! Thanks David Lawrence! ;-) ), and am committed to doing everything I can to see that AGLOCO continues on is excellent trajectory towards success.