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| industry = Internet
| industry = Internet
| founded = USA, 2006
| founded = USA, 2006
| founders = name of founder(s) here
| founders = [[Ari Master]]
| ownership =
| ownership =
| headquarters = 27068 La Paz Road,<br/>
| headquarters = 27068 La Paz Road,<br/>
[[Emely Romero]], Senior Director of Brand Protection
[[Emely Romero]], Senior Director of Brand Protection
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Citizen Hawk is an online brand management solutions provider that helps companies protect their online brands by targeting cybersquatters. Citizen Hawk continually monitors the web to expose the typosquatters and cyberscammers affecting their clients' business. They shutdown and recover these fraudulent domains for their clients.<ref>[http://www.citizenhawk.com/brand-protection/AboutUs.aspx About CitizenHawk]</ref>
==History==
Citizen Hawk was founded in 2006 and is based in Aliso Viejo, California.
In 2008, Citizen Hawk has received a funding of $3Million from Maveron LLC.<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2008/05/12/citizenhawk-raises-3-million-to-target-cybersquatters/ techcrunch.com]</ref>
==Business Model==
Citizen Hawk has an innovative business model. It files a complaint with the [[ICANN]] on the cybersquatter on behalf of it's client and pays the complaint filing fees upfront. After the domain is recovered, it charges a commission on the ad revenue of these domains.<ref>[http://vator.tv/news/2008-05-30-citizen-hawks-anti-cybersquatting-strategy vator.tv]</ref>
Citizen Hawk is a part of the LinkShare affiliate network<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/21/idUS117999+21-Jan-2009+BW20090121 reuters.com]</ref> and Hydra.<ref>[http://article.wn.com/view/2009/10/07/Hydra_Announces_the_Addition_of_CitizenHawk_to_its_Network/ article.wn.com]</ref>