peerTransfer's concern about EasyTransfer

["Carr, Michael G" <michael.carr () UKY EDU>]

Has anyone in your office (or your Bursar's office) been hit up by Tom Metcalf from peerTransfer, 
www.peertransfer.com<http://www.peertransfer.com>, concerning the business practices of a Chinese company that has a 
website called www.easytransfer.cn<http://www.easytransfer.cn> ?

We have at least a trademark issue with EasyTransfer (since we do not currently have a business relationship with them 
and they are using UK's logo on their website, http://www.easytransfer.cn/colleges -- along with a fair number of other 
institutions' marks.)

I know there is a fair amount of competition in this space (the processing of tuition payment for international 
student) but don't know of any foul play associated with the business model.  Mr. Metcalf's alert can be interpreted as 
an assertion that Easy Transfer is doing something improper as he also says that as of yesterday morning "things are 
starting to blow up on listservs."  I, on the other hand, have seen/heard nothing about Easy Transfer on the numerous 
listservs that I'm on and thought I'd start with my InfoSec brethren.

Has anyone seen/heard of any issues with either organization:  peerTransfer or EasyTransfer ?

Thanks,

Mike


Michael G. Carr, JD, CISSP, CIPP
Chief Information Security Officer
& Sr. Mgr, Enterprise Architecture
UK Analytics & Technologies (UKAT)
The University of Kentucky
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