User:Jess Taylor/Netfirms

Netfirms, Inc. is a website hosting company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The company was founded in 1998 by York University students Thomas Savundra and Suhan Shan. Netfirms is an ICANN and CIRA accredited domain name registrar, and is recognized as one of the fastest growing .com registrars, with 200,000 domains.

History

 * 1998 Launched advertisement-supported free web hosting
 * 1999 Introduced paid web hosting plans
 * 2005 Launched Netfirms.ca
 * 2007 Introduced website design services

Privacy Issues
Anthony Chai filed a lawsuit against Netfirms on August 24, 2011, alleging Netfirms disclosed his private information to a foreign government. Tim Phillips, owner of Dirt Maker claims he started receiving a large amount of spam emails on February 16, 2014, six days after Netfirms gave his email address to Mojo Marketplace without his consent.