Privacy and information management research firm Ponemon Institute along with Internet privacy leader TRUSTe, have announced the results of their fifth annual survey of Most Trusted Companies for Privacy** and eBay is ranked second overall, behind only American Express (#1 for the fourth year in a row) and ranked first among Internet companies. The study asked 6,500 people to name the 5 companies they trusted the most and the 5 companies they trusted the least (the group of consumers was weighted by gender, age and household income to match the US census). A total of 706 companies were named by consumers; 211 made the final list of most trusted companies.
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