Securus Inc., was a
Cary,
North Carolina based provider of
GPS tracking and personal emergency response technology.
The company was founded in 2008 as Positioning Animals Worldwide Inc. and launched SpotLight and SpotLite GPS pet locator in collaboration with
American Kennel Club
The American Kennel Club (AKC) is a registry of purebred dog pedigrees in the United States. In addition to maintaining its pedigree registry, this kennel club also promotes and sanctions events for purebred dogs, including the Westminster Kenn ...
Companion Animal Recovery (AKC CAR). In 2010 the company changed its name to Securus, Inc., to reflect its diversification into new markets. The company's chief executive officer is Chris Newton.
In 2011, Securus, Inc acquired
Zoombak, LLC from TruePosition, Inc., a subsidiary of
Liberty Media
Liberty Media Corporation (commonly referred to as Liberty Media or just Liberty) is an American mass media company controlled by chairman John C. Malone. The company has three divisions, reflecting the company's ownership stakes in Formula One ...
. Zoombak, Inc was known for developing
GPS
The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a Radionavigation-satellite service, satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of t ...
-based products that help people track things, ranging from teenage drivers to employees, pets and automobiles.
In March 2015, it was announced that Securus was selling its personal emergency response service (PERS) platform to Ogden, UT-based Freeus, LLC, sister company of AvantGuard Monitoring Systems. That same month, it was announced that
BrickHouse Security acquired Securus, including Zoombak and related brands.
Securus has been involved in buying and selling location data of private citizens that use cell-phones. This has been raised as a privacy concern as it allows Securus to sell for its own profit the "location of nearly any phone in the US without authorization," including to bounty hunters.
References
External links
BrickHouse Security website
Companies based in Cary, North Carolina
Technology companies established in 2008
Global Positioning System
Surveillance
2008 establishments in North Carolina
Security companies of the United States
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