MaxMind, Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryInternet geolocation, risk management
Founded2002 (2002)
FounderThomas Mather
Headquarters
Malden
,
Massachusetts, U.S.
Websitewww.maxmind.com

MaxMind, Inc. is a Massachusetts-based data company that provides location data for IP addresses and other data for IP addresses, and fraud detection data used to screen hundreds of millions of online transactions monthly for more than 7,000 businesses.[1]

History

MaxMind was founded in 2002 by Thomas "TJ" Mather and is based in Malden, Massachusetts, United States.[2] The company sells IP geolocation and other IP address related data under the GeoIP®  brand. In 2004, MaxMind began offering the minFraud® service, a transactional risk analysis service.

MaxMind announced a corporate giving program in 2015, in which more than 50% of profits would be donated to charity.[3] In 2022 the company announced that it donates “over 60% of profits to charities.”[4]

Kansas Glitch

In an unusual technical glitch, a farmstead about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Potwin, Kansas, became the default site of 600 million IP addresses when the digital mapping company changed the putative geographic center of the contiguous United States from 39°50′N 98°35′W / 39.833°N 98.583°W / 39.833; -98.583 (1918 center of the Contiguous US) to 38°N 97°W / 38°N 97°W / 38; -97 (MaxMind "Center" of the Contiguous United States)[5][6][7][8] leading to law enforcement agents and others visiting the farmstead at all hours of the day and night. The owners of the property at those coordinates filed a lawsuit against MaxMind. MaxMind moved the geographic location of the default IP address to the middle of a Kansas lake and settled the case via alternative dispute resolution in September 2017.[5][9]

References

  1. ↑ "IP Geolocation and Online Fraud Prevention | MaxMind". www.maxmind.com. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  2. ↑ "| MaxMind". www.maxmind.com. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  3. ↑ "MaxMind Announces Corporate Giving Program". blog.maxmind.com. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  4. ↑ "| MaxMind". www.maxmind.com. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  5. 1 2 Farivar, Cyrus (2016-08-10). "Kansas couple sues IP mapping firm for turning their life into a "digital hell": Company fixed the error, but it may be years before the issue is resolved". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  6. ↑ Hill, Kashmir (10 April 2016). "How an internet mapping glitch turned a random Kansas farm into a digital hell". Splinter News. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  7. ↑ Weinberger, Matt (10 April 2016). "This company made a decision in 2002 that's making life miserable for an 82-year-old woman and her Kansas farm". Business Insider India. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  8. ↑ Kansas couple sues over internet glitch targeting their home; The Wichita Eagle; August 8, 2016.
  9. ↑ ADR Report (Court Filing), vol. No. Wichita:16-cv-01309, D.K.S., 5 August 2015{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (PACER current docket viewPaid subscription required)
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