CIENCE Technologies, Inc.

CIENCE is a global business-to-business (B2B) lead generation firm that provides other companies with contact data to fuel their sales and marketing efforts. They offer a platform with access to over 200 million professional profiles and 30 million company records, which clients use to identify and target potential business customers. CIENCE serves a wide range of industries, from startups to large enterprises, by creating customized lead lists and managing multi-channel outreach campaigns. The data exposed is professional in nature, including names, job titles, and business contact information, which primarily leads to risks of unsolicited marketing, spam, and targeted phishing attempts directed at employees. While this data is less sensitive than personal consumer information, its availability can be leveraged by bad actors for fraudulent purposes. Individuals can reduce their exposure by limiting the professional information they share publicly and can request to have their data removed from CIENCE's database.