Based in Palo Alto, California, Habeas is a private company with venture funding that offers a legal and user-based service designed to eradicate spam. Launched in August 2002, the Habeas service is already used by 30 million mail addresses and 45,000 Web portals in more than 100 countries. Habeas boasts advisory boards comprised of world-leading experts in law and technology, including renowned anti-spam attorney Michael Grow, Internet Mail Consortium director Paul Hoffman, and "Internet for Dummies" author John Levine.
