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N2H2 Ends Data Selling Plan

N2H2, a company that collects data on children through the use of Internet content filtering software, has announced that it will discontinue the practice of selling reports on children's Internet browsing habits. EPIC had filed a series of FOIA requests to determine what information N2H2 was collecting from children and selling to the Department of Defense.

Internet Co. Drops Data - Selling Plan, New York Times, February 22, 2001 (registration required).
EPIC FOIA letter to DoD, EPIC Web Site.
Bess Won't Go There Profile of a Censorware Company, part I, The Spectacle, August 8, 2001.