As Onerep first reported, Mozilla is ending its partnership with Onerep after the company’s CEO admitted ties to data brokers Krebs talks safety. “While customer data has never been at risk, Onerep’s CEO’s outside financial interests and activities are inconsistent with our values,” Mozilla Vice President of Communications Brandon Borrman said in a note provided to Mozilla the statement read. edge.
In February, Mozilla bundled Onerep’s data deletion service into its new $8.99-per-month Monitor Plus subscription. The service allows users to search the web for their personal information and submit deletion requests on dozens of websites – all through Mozilla’s partnership with Onerep.
However, an in-depth report Krebs talks safety Onerep CEO Dimitri Shelest was found to have founded “dozens” of people search sites in a few years. Shelest later issued a statement acknowledging that he still holds an ownership stake in Nuwber, which allows visitors to search by name, phone number, address or email. Shelest said there is “zero crossover or information sharing” between Nuwber and Onerep.
“I get it. From the outside, my relationship with the talent search business may seem odd,” Sheleste wrote in the statement. “In fact, if I hadn’t gone down the original path of deeply studying how people search the website, Onerep wouldn’t have the best technology and team in the field. However, I am now grateful that we did not make this point in the past More clearly, my goal is to do better in the future.”
Following Shelest’s statement, Mozilla decided to end its short-lived partnership with Onerep. “We are now working hard to solidify a transition plan that will provide customers with a seamless experience and continue to put their interests first,” Borman told us edge. Mozilla did not immediately say whether it would find another partner to replace Onerep or whether it would discontinue the service entirely.
