ZoomInfo

ZoomInfo
Type	website
Status	Generally unreliable
Deprecated	no
Blacklisted	no
Recency	2020
Domain zoominfo.com
	In source code; External links in articles; Spamcheck tool

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This source in a nutshell: ZoomInfo is considered

generally unreliable. See § Summary.

ZoomInfo is a source that has been repeatedly discussed at the Reliable sources noticeboard. This page collects and links information about previous discussions and current consensus, and summarizes it here for convenience.

Summary

Due to persistent abuse, ZoomInfo is currently on the Wikipedia spam blacklist, and links must be whitelisted before they can be used.

Excerpt

ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. is a registered data broker in the United States. The company collects and sells personal data, both public and private, through various means of data and web scraping. Information about business entities like companies and departments are also collected and offered. This personal information is available for sale to other businesses, which use the collected data for targeted marketing.

Discussions

Links

RSN

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 198#Linkedin / Zoolink

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 283#zoominfo

Recency

2020

Rfcs

No Rfcs for this source.

Notes

References

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Perennial sources
Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
Source	Status (legend)	List	Last	Summary	Use
ZoomInfo		2020	2020	Due to persistent abuse, ZoomInfo is currently on the Wikipedia spam blacklist, and links must be whitelisted before they can be used.	1