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Annex / CB-052-A

The Wider Ownership Map

The intelligence

Public deal reporting from 2024 to 2026, including Visa's August 2026 agreement to acquire BioCatch, moved many familiar security, DNS and fraud-intelligence products under new owners. This annex to CB-052 gathers those ownership changes beyond the domain layer where the parent keeps its argument, so a family office or operating business can check its own vendor list against who holds each product now. For anyone preparing a vendor review or contract renewal.

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How it happens

Primary · Mechanism · Acquire and collect

Custody transfer

Data and the systems holding it pass to a new controller through acquisition, merger, consolidation or bankruptcy, without the product or interface changing.

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Topics

Beneficial OwnershipHousehold & StaffPhone Numbers & SIMPretexting & ScamsDomain & DNS
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How it happensCustody transfer

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