life . mylife.com type information broker founded 2002 as reunion.com headquarters santa monica california key people jeff tinsley ceo owner privately held website www.mylife.com mylife or mylife.com is an american internet company founded by jeffrey tinsley in 2002 . it provides services allowing people to see and control information that s publicly exposed about themselves or anyone . it previously conducted business under the names reunion.com and wink.com providing people search services to find old friends and classmates under reunion.com . mylife gathers information through public records and sources to generate a mylife public page described by mylife to be a complete wikipedia like biography on every american . 1 a mylife public page can list an individual s information including age past and current home addresses phone numbers email addresses jobs education photographs relatives a mini biography and a personal review section which encourages other mylife members to rate each other . mylife claims to have over 225 million public pages with information about almost everyone in america 18 years old and over . 2 according to mylife a public page can not be deleted and only premium members can hide content on their public page and remove the info from the original source . 3 4 5 contents 1 history 2 products and services 3 reception 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit in 2007 according to a company press release mylife.com received 25 million in venture funding from oak investment partners . 6 the company changed its name from reunion.com to mylife.com after merging with the search engine company wink in the fall of 2008 . 7 8 according to ceo jeffrey tinsely the company s 2008 revenue was estimated at 52 million dollars 8 with 90 % of the firm s revenue coming from paid subscriptions . 9 as of 2009 the company had acquired several smaller companies including planet alumni goodcontacts highschoolalumni myaddressbook.com . 8 that year ancestry.com reported it had begun a data sharing partnership with mylife . 10 products and services edit the company offers services that allow people to see and control public information and reviews about them . the company also allows people to search for friends family members and business associates or anyone read their public pages and review them . 7 mylife.com includes public profiles of non members which are created using collected public data and information . 11 reception edit in august 2007 the company described its website as the 6th most popular social networking site with 28 million users 6 while a 2008 article in the la times criticized the company s aggressive marketing approach . 12 in february 2009 comscore reported the company s website as having 18.2 million unique visitors that month 8 and tech crunch characterized it as the 4th largest social networking website for january 2009 . 8 a class action lawsuit was filed against the company in oakland california in february 2011 . 13 the suit accused the company of false solicitation by offering monthly membership and then charging member s credit cards at the annual rate . 14 the washington state attorney general s office began an investigation in 2011 stemming from concerns that the company s tv advertisements may have violated the state s consumer protection act which prohibits unfair and deceptive practices . 15 according to state officials the company resolved the issue by making an assurance of discontinuance and paid 28 000 in attorneys costs and fees . 16 in february 2011 the courthouse news service described mylife s website as the continuation of the scam administered by the company under the name classmates.com after settling a 2010 lawsuit by paying 9.5 million . 13 in february 2015 mylife agreed to a court judgment under which it would pay 800 000 in penalties plus 250 000 in refunds to customers . the company also will be subject to a permanent injunction that prohibits false advertising and unauthorized credit card charges . 17 the case grew out of a joint investigation by the santa monica city attorney s office and the los angeles county district attorney s office . investigators found that mylife was tricking consumers into giving the company their personal identifying information and later their money through false and misleading ads . the better business bureau bbb has revoked mylife s accreditation giving mylife a rating of d . 18 on 03 20 2015 this company s accreditation in bbb was revoked by bbb s board of directors due to recent government action involving the business s customer relations which indicates a significant failure of the business to meet standards of conduct expected of a bbb member . see also edit list of social networking websites references edit https www.mylife.com help gi1 https www.mylife.com help gi3 https www.mylife.com help gi28 https www.mylife.com help gi4 http www.mylife.com help gi5 a b business wire april 16 2007 reunion.com receives 25m funding from oak investment partners a b yahoo finance reunion.com inc. company profile a b c d e reunion.com and wink morph into mylife.com . techcrunch . retrieved october 31 2013 . socaltech.com july 22 2008 interview with jeff tinsley reunion.com huge new content addition for more recent years . ancestry.com . retrieved october 31 2013 . mylife.com faq . mylife.com . retrieved 2014 11 06 . too much contact at this reunion . los angeles times . retrieved october 31 2013 . a b web scam reborn as mylife.com class says . courthouse news service . retrieved october 31 2013 . abcnews.com august 19 2011 mylife.com people searching website sued as scam mylife.com agrees to tell consumers about charges automatic renewal . seattlepi . retrieved october 31 2013 . washington state challenges mylife.com ads . consumeraffairs.com . october 12 2012 . city of santa monica mylife.com to pay over 1 million in fines and refunds ; . retrieved 2015 07 04 . mylife.com inc. 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