WOT Services

Developer(s)	WOT Services
Initial release	2007
Type	browser add-on
Website	www.mywot.com

WOT Services is the developer of MyWOT (also known as WOT and Web of Trust), an online reputation and Internet safety service which shows indicators of trust about existing websites. The confidence level is based both on user ratings and on third-party malware, phishing, scam and spam blacklists.^[1] The service also provides crowdsourced reviews, about to what extent websites are trustworthy, and respect user privacy, vendor reliability and child safety.^[2]

A 2016 Norddeutscher Rundfunk investigation revealed that WOT Services sold user activity data collected from its apps and browser extensions to third parties in violation of the privacy policies of the app stores on which the software was distributed.

^ "2.3 Third-party blacklists". WOT Help Center. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
^ Vanetti, M.; Binaghi, E.; Ferrari, E.; Carminati, B.; Carullo, M. (February 2013). "A System to Filter Unwanted Messages from OSN User Walls". IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. 25 (2): 285–297. doi:10.1109/TKDE.2011.230. hdl:11383/1730593. S2CID 15338868.

[1] "2.3 Third-party blacklists". WOT Help Center. Retrieved 2019-11-18.

[2] Vanetti, M.; Binaghi, E.; Ferrari, E.; Carminati, B.; Carullo, M. (February 2013). "A System to Filter Unwanted Messages from OSN User Walls". IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. 25 (2): 285–297. doi:10.1109/TKDE.2011.230. hdl:11383/1730593. S2CID 15338868.

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