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...For the latest sign of the latter point, look no further than Vincent Pilette, the chief executive of US software company Norton LifeLock, who has indicated that he plans to cut 1,000 jobs when it buys UK-listed...
...Beyond its enterprise business, Symantec owns the Norton and LifeLock brands....
...Symantec, whose consumer business includes the Norton and LifeLock brands, has had a tumultuous year. Its chief executive, Greg Clark, abruptly resigned in May....
...The security software vendor spent $7bn on acquisitions in 2016, buying enterprise security company Blue Coat Systems and LifeLock, which protects against identity theft....
...Chubb said today it would stop underwriting an NRA-branded insurance policy for gun owners, while software maker Symantec said it had stopped a discount programme with the NRA for its identity protection Lifelock...
...that had prompted similar moves from car rental brands including Avis, Enterprise and Hertz, hoteliers Best Western and Wyndham, insurers Chubb and MetLife, and Symantec, the technology group behind the LifeLock...
...In December 2015, for example, LifeLock paid $100m to settle FTC contempt charges that the company had violated a 2010 federal court order requiring it to better secure consumer data and refrain from deceptive...
...The products go beyond the identify theft protection sold by Lifelock, a company that was bought by Symantec last year for $2.3bn....
...Hilary Schneider, CEO of LifeLock, said: After a thorough review of a broad range of alternatives, our board of directors unanimously concluded that Symantec is the ideal strategic partner for LifeLock...
...LifeLock’s services are similarly subscription based. But for clients, spending time and money on security is often regarded as a costly distraction....
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