Company Overview
−Removed: We are a communications software innovator that
−Removed: powers multimedia social applications.
−Removed: Our product portfolio includes Paltalk, Camfrog and Tinychat, which together host a large collection
−Removed: of video-based communities.
−Removed: Our other products include ManyCam and Vumber.
−Removed: ManyCam is a live streaming software and virtual camera that
−Removed: allows users to deliver professional live videos on streaming platforms, video conferencing apps and distance learning tools.
−Removed: is a telecommunications services provider that enables users to communicate privately by having multiple phone numbers with any area
−Removed: code through which calls can be forwarded to a user’s existing telephone number.
−Removed: We have an over 20-year history of technology
−Removed: innovation and hold 8 patents.
−Removed: We were incorporated under the laws of the State
−Removed: of Delaware in 2005.
+Added: Prior to the completion of the Transactions, we
+Added: operated a network of consumer applications.
+Added: Our product portfolio included Paltalk, Camfrog and Tinychat, which together hosted a large
+Added: collection of video-based communities.
+Added: Our other products included Vumber, which is a telecommunications services provider that enables
+Added: users to communicate privately by having multiple phone numbers with any area code through which calls can be forwarded to a user’s
+Added: existing telephone number.
+Added: As discussed below, following the Transactions, we continue to support our ManyCam software, which is a live
+Added: streaming software and virtual camera that allows users to deliver professional live videos on streaming platforms, video conferencing
+Added: apps and distance learning tools.
+Added: Following the Transactions, we provide a comprehensive
+Added: range of IT-related services, including dedicated server hosting, cloud hosting, data storage, managed security, backup and disaster recovery,
+Added: and other related services including consulting and implementing technology solutions for large enterprise and commercial clients across
+Added: the United States as well as small-and-medium sized businesses.
+Added: We have an over 20-year history of technology innovation and hold eight
+Added: We were incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in 2005.
Our principal executive office is located at 30 Jericho Executive Plaza Suite 400E, Jericho, NY 11753.
−Removed: Our Consumer Application Products
−Removed: We operate a network of consumer applications
−Removed: that we believe create a unique social media enterprise where users can meet, see, chat, broadcast, play online card games and board
−Removed: games and message in real time in a secure environment with others in our network.
−Removed: The proprietary technology underlying our products
−Removed: allows us to operate thousands of simultaneous streams, including on mobile platforms, which support interactions on a one-on-one, one-to-many
−Removed: and many-to-many basis.
−Removed: Our consumer applications generate revenue principally from subscription fees, including virtual goods, and advertising
−Removed: arrangements.
−Removed: We believe that the scale of our user base presents
−Removed: a competitive advantage in the video social networking industry and provides growth opportunities to advance our existing products with
−Removed: up-sell opportunities and build future brands with cross-sell offers.
−Removed: We also believe that our proprietary consumer app technology platform
−Removed: can scalably support large communities of users in activities such as video, voice and text chat, online card games and board games and
−Removed: provide robust user monetization tools.
−Removed: Live Video Chat
−Removed: We have three existing products in the video
−Removed: Paltalk, Camfrog and Tinychat.
−Removed: Our major revenue-generating live video chat products are Paltalk and Camfrog.
−Removed: enables individuals to self-organize around topics and users with common affinities.
−Removed: Tinychat is web-based, enables adaptations of our
−Removed: video technology and does not require a download.
−Removed: It is primarily targeted for use in alternative markets and is focused on a younger
−Removed: demographic user base.
−Removed: Paltalk and Camfrog are both available on Windows,
−Removed: Mac OS, iOS, Android and other tablet devices.
−Removed: Together, these products power a large collection of video-based communities, with proprietary
−Removed: technology to host thousands of simultaneous live group conversations on topics such as politics, financial markets, music and dating,
−Removed: among others.
−Removed: Our proprietary client server technology helps maintain high-quality video and audio, even as many users simultaneously
−Removed: watch a particular broadcaster.
−Removed: Paltalk and Camfrog both attract a demographically and geographically diverse user base, with users in
−Removed: over 180 different countries.
−Removed: Paltalk users are approximately one-third domestic and two-thirds international, and Camfrog users have
−Removed: an even larger international presence, with a particular concentration in Southeast Asia.
−Removed: Live Streaming Software
−Removed: In 2022, we acquired ManyCam, a live streaming
−Removed: software and virtual camera that allows users to deliver professional live videos on streaming platforms, video conferencing apps and
−Removed: distance learning tools.
−Removed: The ManyCam software provides multiple camera feeds, backgrounds and effects while also enabling users to share
−Removed: presentations, spreadsheets and documents.
−Removed: Telecommunications
−Removed: We own and operate a small telecommunications
−Removed: services provider called Vumber that enables users to have multiple phone numbers in any area code through which calls can be forwarded
−Removed: to a user’s existing cell phone or land line telephone number.
−Removed: Vumber serves both the retail and small business communities.
−Removed: not only allows individuals to communicate while protecting privacy, but also gives business professionals the ability to add a new business
−Removed: line with any chosen area code to their cell phones.
−Removed: Vumber also provides an in-depth data analytics platform that can track, record
−Removed: and analyze calls to gain new insights into one’s business.
−Removed: Product Payment Options
−Removed: Our users have a variety of methods by which
−Removed: to purchase product subscriptions across all of our consumer applications.
−Removed: Users can pay by credit card, PayPal, Western Union, check,
−Removed: local e-wallet providers, or complete an in-app purchase through the Apple App Store or Google Play Store for Android users.
−Removed: Apple generally retains up to 15% of the revenue
−Removed: that is generated from sales on our iPhone applications through in-app purchases in the United States.
−Removed: Google also generally retains
−Removed: up to 15% of the revenue that is generated from sales on Android applications via Google wallet through in-app purchases in the United
−Removed: All of our credit card transactions are processed
−Removed: through various payment providers.
−Removed: Video chat users in certain international territories also have an option to purchase through local
−Removed: Local resellers prepay in bulk for services and debit the prepaid balance as one-time subscriptions and virtual gifts are
−Removed: sold to end users.
−Removed: Regardless of which payment method is utilized, users may access our products through any of the gateways we offer.
−Removed: During fiscal year 2023, we engaged Cleverbridge,
−Removed: a growth engine for global technology companies, to, among other things, facilitate and authenticate payments in international geographic
−Removed: markets to reduce fraud and increase acceptance rates.
−Removed: Company Business Strategy
+Added: Our IT and Cloud-Based Solutions
+Added: We sell and provide a range of services across
+Added: five core areas, each as further described below:
+Added: managed IT security services, professional services, procurement services, secure private
+Added: cloud hosting, managed backup and disaster recovery and web hosting.
+Added: Managed IT Security Services
+Added: Our managed IT security services provide clients
+Added: with ongoing management and support of their IT systems and services under a subscription or contract-based model.
+Added: Our managed IT security
+Added: services include proactive monitoring, regular system maintenance, comprehensive cybersecurity management, data backup, and disaster recovery,
+Added: as well as help desk support for users.
+Added: Managed IT security services are intended to ensure that a client’s IT infrastructure and
+Added: services remain operational, secure and optimized.
+Added: Customers of our managed IT security services typically pay a recurring fee, often
+Added: based on service-level agreements that define the specific services and performance metrics.
+Added: Professional Services
+Added: Our professional services include the design and
+Added: implementation of a wide range of IT products and services, such as cybersecurity, software planning, IT infrastructure, data center design
+Added: and configuration, designing and implementing on-premises, hybrid or cloud computing solutions, website development, developing or integrating
+Added: systems and software and IT cost management.
+Added: Customers of our professional services are typically invoiced either based on a time and
+Added: materials basis or on a straight-line basis for all fixed fee arrangements.
+Added: Procurement Services
+Added: We offer two types of procurement services to our customers.
+Added: (i) obtain software and hardware products on behalf of our customers, in which case our vendors drop ship the products to our
+Added: end customers, or (ii) obtain hardware or software on behalf of our customers and perform additional configuration and/or add additional
+Added: inputs to the products before the products are shipped to our customers.
+Added: In the instance where we sell hardware and software products
+Added: as a solution bundled with services, we typically obtain the products or software from our vendors, add the additional inputs/configuration
+Added: as detailed in the customer contract, and then ship the products to the end customer.
+Added: For each type of procurement service, our customers
+Added: have their own negotiated contract and payment terms.
+Added: When we provide a combination of hardware and software products with the provision
+Added: of services, we will separately identify our performance obligations under the contract and the hardware and/or software products or services
+Added: that will be provided.
+Added: The total transaction price for an arrangement with multiple performance obligations is typically allocated at
+Added: contract inception to each performance obligation in proportion to the stand-alone selling price of the hardware or software.
+Added: price is the price at which we would sell a promised good or service separately to a customer.
+Added: We estimate the price based on observable
+Added: inputs, including direct labor hours and allocable costs, or use observable stand-alone prices when they are available.
+Added: Secure Private Cloud Hosting
+Added: Our secure private cloud hosting offerings include
+Added: a digital infrastructure which consists of dedicated and fully isolated cloud environments designed to deliver security, control and compliance
+Added: for business-critical applications and client data.
+Added: We operate a secure private cloud from private
+Added: suites in completely isolated areas that are leased within two Tier 3 data center facilities located in Phoenix, Arizona, and Edison,
+Added: New Jersey (the “Data Centers”), pursuant to certain license agreements.
+Added: The terms of the license agreements for the Data
+Added: Centers located in Arizona and New Jersey extend through 2027 and 2026, respectively.
+Added: Although we do not own or operate the Data Centers,
+Added: we aim to use the high-level operations and standards provided by the Data Centers through our license agreements to provide our customers
+Added: with secure and flexible cloud services.
+Added: The Data Centers each conform to The Uptime Institute’s Tier 3 Certification, which is
+Added: a globally recognized standard for validating critical data center infrastructure.
+Added: The Tier 3 classification provides us with a degree
+Added: of confidence that the Data Centers provide the necessary power, cooling, maintenance, and fault tolerance required for secure and reliable
+Added: Our critical infrastructure, hosted within the Data Centers, is designed to meet and exceed Tier 3 standards in all relevant
+Added: This allows us to deliver secure and compliant services to customers within heavily regulated industries, including financial
+Added: services, healthcare, and other highly regulated industries.
+Added: Additionally, we incorporate a redundant, carrier-neutral network design
+Added: for communications paths, along with multiple hosting locations for our services, which improve the availability and resilience of our
+Added: cloud services.
+Added: We leverage state-of-the-art security measures,
+Added: including data encryption, network segmentation, advanced firewalls, multi-factor authentication and continuous monitoring to safeguard
+Added: against unauthorized access and cyber threats.
+Added: We believe our secure private cloud hosting provides our clients with strong availability,
+Added: data integrity and reliable performance, while meeting stringent compliance requirements.
+Added: Our secure private cloud hosting solutions are
+Added: backed by 24/7 support from our expert team, with the goal of delivering secure, flexible and resilient infrastructure tailored to each
+Added: client’s unique business needs.
+Added: In the future, we plan to make arrangements with third parties to incorporate artificial intelligence
+Added: (“AI”) features into our secure private cloud offerings.
+Added: Revenue from such cloud services is recognized ratably over the period
+Added: in which the cloud services are provided.
+Added: Managed Backup and Disaster Recovery
+Added: Our managed backup and disaster recovery solutions
+Added: provide comprehensive protection for customers’ critical data and IT infrastructure, which is intended to ensure business continuity
+Added: and rapid recovery in the event of data loss, cyberattacks or system failures.
+Added: We utilize advanced backup technologies with automated,
+Added: regular data backups, off-site replication and secure storage to prevent data corruption or loss.
+Added: Our disaster recovery solutions are
+Added: designed to offer quick restoration of systems and data with minimal downtime, supported by flexible recovery plans tailored to meet customers’
+Added: specific needs.
+Added: With continuous monitoring, end-to-end encryption, and expert support available 24/7, we aim to ensure that our customers’
+Added: data is secure, accessible and compliant with industry standards.
+Added: Pricing for our managed backup and disaster recovery solutions is based
+Added: upon the customer contract and depends on the amount of backup storage needed.
+Added: Customers are typically charged set rates per the contract
+Added: and are charged monthly based on usage.
+Added: Our web hosting services consist of several advanced
+Added: security measures, including Secure Sockets Layer and Transport Layer Security (“SSL/TLS”) encryption, firewalls, distributed
+Added: denial-of-service (“DDoS”) protection, malware scanning, and secure server configurations.
+Added: Our web hosting services include
+Added: features such as regular data backups, web application firewalls, strict access control policies and continuous monitoring and expert
+Added: support, all of which are intended to ensure our customers’ compliance with industry standards and provide a reliable and secure
+Added: environment for our customers’ online presence.
+Added: Our web hosting services are designed to provide customer websites with an additional
+Added: layer of protection from cyber attacks and threats.
+Added: Each of our customers has their own contract and payment terms with respect to our
+Added: web hosting services.
+Added: The duration of such contracts is typically between one and four years, although the term may vary based on the
+Added: needs of each particular customer.
+Added: Customers of our web hosting services are invoiced on a monthly basis and pay a monthly fee, with revenue
+Added: recognized on a monthly basis.
+Added: Our ManyCam Software Product
+Added: Following the Transactions, we continue to support
+Added: our ManyCam software, which is a live streaming software and virtual camera that allows users to deliver professional live videos on streaming
+Added: platforms, video conferencing apps and distance learning tools.
+Added: The ManyCam software provides multiple camera feeds, backgrounds and effects
+Added: while also enabling users to share presentations, spreadsheets and documents.
+Added: We anticipate integrating ManyCam as an offering for our
+Added: new customers and seek to optimize our cross-selling efforts of ManyCam with our other technology solutions.
+Added: We serve a diverse customer
+Added: base across various industries including, among others, finance, legal, healthcare and manufacturing, providing innovative solutions that
+Added: enhance operational reliability and prevent cybersecurity risk.
+Added: Other than our procurement
+Added: services, our business generally does not experience significant seasonality, and demand for our solutions remains steady throughout the
+Added: Our procurement services experience a seasonal pattern as revenues will typically be lower as our customers get closer to the end
+Added: of their budgeted spending periods, which generally tend to be the fourth quarter.
+Added: Employees and Human Capital
+Added: We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace, investing
+Added: in employee development, and maintaining a strong culture of innovation and collaboration.
+Added: As of March 14, 2025, we had 55 full-time employees
+Added: and one part-time employee.
+Added: We believe that our future success depends, in part, on our continued ability to hire, assimilate and retain
+Added: qualified personnel.
+Added: We attract and retain employees by offering training, bonus opportunities, competitive salaries and a comprehensive
+Added: benefits package.
+Added: Company Business Strategies
+Added: Cloud Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Solutions
Our continued growth depends on attracting new
−Removed: consumer application users through the introduction of new applications, features and partnerships and further penetration of our existing
−Removed: Our principal growth strategy is to invest in the development of proprietary software, expand our sales and marketing efforts
−Removed: with respect to such software, and increase our consumer application user base through potential platform partnerships and new and existing
−Removed: advertising campaigns that we run through internet and mobile advertising networks, all while balancing the capital needs of the business.
+Added: customers through the introduction of new services and further penetration of the cloud infrastructure and cybersecurity sectors.
+Added: principal growth strategy is to invest in the development of proprietary solutions, expand our sales and marketing efforts with respect
+Added: to such solutions, and increase our customer base through potential platform partnerships and new and existing advertising campaigns that
+Added: we run through internet and mobile advertising networks, all while balancing the capital needs of our business.
+Added: With respect to our cloud
+Added: infrastructure solutions, we intend to drive growth by leveraging strategic partnerships, expanding our market reach by leveraging our
+Added: high-performance, scalable solutions, and optimizing deployment speed to meet the evolving needs of enterprises migrating to the cloud.
+Added: Our strategy for cybersecurity solutions focuses on delivering cutting-edge, compliance-driven security solutions through an integrated
+Added: approach, prioritizing proactive threat mitigation, automation, and seamless implementation to enhance customer trust and accelerate adoption.
Our strategy is to approach these opportunities
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Our strategy also includes acquiring, or investing
−Removed: in technologies, solutions or business that complement our business and cross-selling them to additional synergistic businesses.
−Removed: In furtherance
−Removed: of this strategy, we have strategically added specialized employees and complementary companies, products and technologies to our existing
−Removed: In addition, we continue to explore strategic opportunities, including, but not limited to, potential mergers or acquisitions
−Removed: of other assets or entities that are synergistic to our business.
−Removed: Enhance Existing Live Video Chat Applications
−Removed: We continue to develop our existing live video
−Removed: chat applications by implementing programs and features that enhance our users’ experience on our platforms.
−Removed: For example, in the
−Removed: fourth quarter of 2023, we launched the first version of our “Chat History,” a feature that retains messages posted in chat
−Removed: When fully implemented, we expect to offer our users a searchable database that users can refer to for content.
−Removed: In addition, we plan to continue leveraging our
−Removed: integration of the ManyCam product into Paltalk products through upselling initiatives and are developing a user-friendly version of
−Removed: ManyCam that will be optimized for both consumer and enterprise applications.
−Removed: Our Paltalk platform’s rewards loyalty
−Removed: program, “Paltalk Rewards Points”, has 25 reward tiers such as specialty coins, subscriptions, stickers, flair, and other
−Removed: popular buttons.
−Removed: Additionally, a real-time asynchronous message board called the “Paltalk Feed” is available on our Paltalk
−Removed: platform, which grants users the ability to interact with the platform without a live video cam.
−Removed: The Paltalk Feed also allows our users
−Removed: to comment, add photos or videos and contribute to conversations around shared interests on a digital message board.
−Removed: In 2022, we integrated Hive Automated Content
−Removed: Moderation Solutions into our Paltalk and Camfrog platforms, which reduces spam and objectionable content on our applications.
−Removed: More recently
−Removed: in 2023, we made certain updates to the ManyCam product, which now, and following the acquisition, we subsequently released software updates
−Removed: to provide users with greater ease of use, dark and light modes and enhanced overall rendering performance for high resolution users,
−Removed: as well as improved quality and performance with regard to virtual backgrounds.
−Removed: Implementation of Enhanced Processors
−Removed: As discussed above, during fiscal year 2023,
−Removed: we engaged Cleverbridge, a growth engine for global technology companies.
−Removed: Cleverbridge’s robust suite of global payment and eCommerce
−Removed: capabilities has allowed us to optimize our international markets while minimizing risk and administrative work.
−Removed: We believe that this
−Removed: is an important aspect of our business strategy given that Paltalk and Camfrog both attract a demographically and geographically diverse
−Removed: user base, with users in over 180 different countries.
−Removed: Paltalk users are domestic and international, and Camfrog users have an even larger
−Removed: international presence, with a particular concentration in Southeast Asia.
−Removed: Beyond facilitating and authenticating payments, we believe
−Removed: Cleverbridge’s chargeback prevention algorithms can help us with acceptance rates and reduce fraud.
+Added: in technologies, solutions or businesses that complement our business and cross-selling them to additional synergistic businesses.
+Added: furtherance of this strategy, we have strategically added specialized employees and complementary companies, products and technologies
+Added: to our existing business.
+Added: In addition, we continue to explore strategic opportunities, including, but not limited to, potential mergers
+Added: or acquisitions of other assets or entities that are synergistic to our business.
Defend our Intellectual Property
−Removed: We have a portfolio of 8 issued patents.
−Removed: successfully defended certain of our intellectual property in the past and have generated tens of millions of dollars in licensing fees
−Removed: for the use of our patents.
+Added: We have a portfolio of eight issued patents.
+Added: have successfully defended certain of our intellectual property in the past and have historically generated revenue through licensing
+Added: fees for the use of our patents.
We intend to continue defending our intellectual property rights.
Marketing Strategy
−Removed: We invest in advertising and marketing primarily
−Removed: for the purpose of acquiring users for our consumer applications.
−Removed: We adapt our marketing expenditures and channels as we gather the data
−Removed: to analyze the success of our campaigns.
−Removed: We primarily advertise through internet and mobile advertising networks and run hundreds of
−Removed: campaigns at any given time, targeting various audiences of users, and focusing on campaigns that we believe will produce a positive
−Removed: return over the lifetime of new users.
−Removed: We also generate new sign-ups organically, as people find our sites and applications through brand
−Removed: recognition and word of mouth, search engines and product review websites.
−Removed: During 2022, we engaged two marketing agencies
−Removed: to help us drive consumer engagement through the Paltalk and Camfrog applications, but we subsequently scaled back the marketing agencies’
−Removed: efforts during the fourth quarter of 2022 in response to the overall macro-economic environment.
−Removed: During 2023, we leveraged our in-house
−Removed: resources in an effort to further define and refine our renewal strategy and optimize cost per new customer acquisition.
+Added: in advertising and marketing primarily for the purpose of acquiring customers for our products and solutions.
+Added: By emphasizing our
+Added: deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and managed services, we differentiate from commodity providers through a consultative
+Added: approach that drives strategic value.
+Added: We aim to accelerate growth through targeted industry verticals, strategic partnerships, and direct
+Added: client engagement, leveraging our proven ability to streamline IT operations, enhance security postures, and enable businesses to focus
+Added: on their core objectives.
+Added: We believe our proactive, high-touch service model ensures long-term client relationships and sustained competitive
+Added: advantage in a rapidly evolving market.
+Added: We sell our solutions exclusively through our sales force.
+Added: force is comprised of senior account executives that concentrate on named account territories, senior solution architects that provide
+Added: dedicated support to our senior account executives and affiliate sales efforts, as well as other sales personnel that manage inbound leads
+Added: from our website and referrals from Newtek under our referral arrangement.
+Added: In addition to managing client relationships, our sales force
+Added: is focused on expanding the number of solutions our customers purchase from us by introducing them to additional solutions.
+Added: Going forward,
+Added: we plan to utilize search engine optimization, search engine marketing, generative engine optimization and targeted marketing campaigns
+Added: in furtherance of our goals.
Competition and Our Industry
Competition in our industry remains fierce.
−Removed: market for consumer applications is extremely dynamic and is undergoing constant change.
−Removed: We believe this environment creates significant
−Removed: opportunities for us as well as our direct and indirect competitors.
−Removed: Our principal competitors are BIGO Live, Cisco Webex, Facebook Live,
−Removed: Google Meet, Discord, Instagram Live, Live.ly, Live.me, Microsoft Teams, Skype, Twitch, YouTube Live and Zoom.
+Added: market for cloud-managed IT and cybersecurity solutions is extremely dynamic and is undergoing constant change.
+Added: We believe this environment
+Added: creates significant opportunities for us as well as our direct and indirect competitors.
+Added: Our principal competitors are managed IT service
+Added: providers, such as Konica Minolta Business Solutions, Rackspace Technology, Inc., Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, NTT Ltd.,
+Added: All Covered, Flexential, DXC Technology Company, Logicalis Group, Insight Enterprises, Inc., and CDW Corporation.
Many of our competitors have substantially greater
−Removed: financial, managerial, technological and other resources than we do.
−Removed: In addition, there are relatively few barriers to entry into the
−Removed: consumer applications industry, and, as a result, any organization that has adequate financial resources and access to technical expertise
−Removed: and skilled personnel may become one of our competitors.
+Added: financial, managerial, technological and other resources than we do and may be more effective at developing, promoting and supporting
+Added: their products.
+Added: Additionally, our competitors may offer products and services that we do not provide, which may have desirable features
+Added: or may be offered at lower prices.
+Added: In addition, many of our competitors have more extensive customer bases and broader customer relationships
+Added: than we have, including relationships with our potential customers.
+Added: Additionally, in the future, we plan to make arrangements with
+Added: third parties to incorporate AI features into our secure private cloud offerings.
+Added: Developments in the AI sector are occurring at a rapid
+Added: pace, and our competitors’ services may already include AI features.
In order to compete effectively, we seek to offer
−Removed: software, services and applications that are differentiated from existing products, superior in quality and more appealing than those
−Removed: of our competitors.
−Removed: We believe that our applications compete favorably against those offered by our competitors due to their ability
−Removed: to scale, their cost-efficiency and their innovative technology.
−Removed: We also believe that we have the tools and expertise that may enable
−Removed: us to attract new users through Facebook and other sources at a lower cost per subscriber than certain of our traditional competitors.
−Removed: Although we believe we have the capability to
−Removed: compete effectively in the consumer applications industry, our competitors may offer products, services and applications that we do not
−Removed: provide, and that may have more desirable features or may be offered at lower prices, and they may be able to devote greater resources
−Removed: to the development, promotion, sale and support of their products.
−Removed: In addition, many of our competitors have more extensive customer
−Removed: bases and broader customer relationships than we have, including relationships with our potential customers.
−Removed: Governmental Regulations
+Added: solutions that are differentiated from existing services, superior in quality and more appealing than those of our competitors.
+Added: that our solutions compete favorably against those offered by our competitors due to our hands-on, white-glove consulting approach, which
+Added: we believe goes beyond standard offerings to deliver personalized, expert driven solutions.
+Added: Unlike providers that take a one-size-fits-all-approach,
+Added: we aim to strategically advise our customers, enabling businesses to offload complex IT, cloud, and cybersecurity needs to a trusted advisor.
+Added: This allows our customers to focus on higher-value initiatives, while we provide execution, proactive problem solving, and a fully-optimized
+Added: technology environment tailored to their specific goals.
+Added: Governmental Regulations and Other Compliance Obligations
We are subject to a number of U.S.
−Removed: state laws and regulations that affect companies conducting business on the internet, many of which are still evolving and being litigated
−Removed: in the courts and could be interpreted in ways that could harm our business.
−Removed: These laws and regulations may involve user privacy, data
−Removed: protection, content, intellectual property, distribution, electronic contracts, competition, wiretapping, biometrics, online tracking,
−Removed: protection of minors, consumer protection, taxation and online payment services.
−Removed: In particular, we are subject to federal and state laws
−Removed: regarding privacy and protection of user data, which are constantly evolving and can be subject to significant change.
−Removed: We are also subject
−Removed: to diverse and evolving laws and regulations in other countries in which we operate.
−Removed: The application and interpretation of these laws
−Removed: and regulations are often uncertain, particularly in the new and rapidly evolving industry in which we operate.
−Removed: Because our applications
−Removed: are accessible worldwide and used by residents of some foreign countries, foreign jurisdictions may claim that we must comply with foreign
−Removed: laws, even in jurisdictions in which we have no local business entity, employees or infrastructure.
−Removed: We are also subject to federal laws and regulations
−Removed: regarding online content, user privacy and electronic marketing, including The Communications Decency Act of 1996, as amended.
−Removed: The Children’s
−Removed: Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, as amended, The Video Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (“VPPA”), The Digital Millennium
−Removed: Copyright Act, The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, as amended, the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, and the Controlling the Assault
−Removed: of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing (“CAN-SPAM”) Act of 2003, among others.
−Removed: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act limits
−Removed: our liability as an online service provider for linking to or hosting third-party content that infringes copyrights.
−Removed: The Communications
−Removed: Decency Act provides statutory protections to online service providers like us who distribute third-party content.
−Removed: The VPPA restricts
−Removed: digital video providers from disclosing to third parties personally identifiable information that is tied to the titles of consumers’
−Removed: viewed videos.
−Removed: The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act restricts the ability of online service providers to collect personal
−Removed: information from children under 13.
−Removed: Congress, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and many states have promulgated laws
−Removed: and regulations regarding email advertising, including the CAN-SPAM Act.
−Removed: Any changes in these laws or judicial interpretations narrowing
−Removed: the protections of these laws may subject us to increased risk, increased costs of compliance, and limits on the operation of certain
−Removed: parts of our business.
−Removed: Growing public concern about privacy and the
−Removed: use of personal information may subject us to increased regulatory scrutiny.
−Removed: Regulation related to treatment of user data by online services
−Removed: is evolving as several U.S.
−Removed: state governments have recently adopted new, or modified existing, laws and regulations addressing data privacy
−Removed: and the collection, processing, storage, transfer and use of data.
−Removed: These state laws include, for example:
−Removed: the California Consumer Protection
−Removed: Act (“CCPA”), the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, the Colorado
−Removed: Privacy Act, the Connecticut Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, the Delaware
−Removed: Personal Data Privacy Act, the Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act, the Iowa Consumer Data Protection Act, the Montana Consumer Data
−Removed: Privacy Act, the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act, the Tennessee Information Protection Act, the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, and
−Removed: the New York Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (“SHIELD”) Act.
−Removed: The European Union implemented a privacy regulation
−Removed: called the Global Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) that imposes additional regulatory scrutiny on our processing of personal
−Removed: data from in the European Economic Area, with possible financial consequences for noncompliance of up to 4% of our worldwide revenues.
−Removed: In addition, virtually every U.S.
−Removed: state has passed
−Removed: laws requiring notification to users when there is a security breach resulting in unauthorized disclosure of certain types of personal
−Removed: information, many of which are modeled on California’s Information Practices Act.
−Removed: There are a number of legislative proposals pending
−Removed: before the U.S.
−Removed: Congress and various state legislative bodies concerning data protection that could, if adopted, have an adverse effect
−Removed: on our business.
−Removed: We are unable to determine if and when such legislation may be adopted.
−Removed: Many other jurisdictions, including the European
−Removed: Union, have adopted breach notification and other data protection notification laws designed to inform users of unauthorized disclosure
−Removed: of personally identifiable information.
−Removed: The introduction of new privacy and data breach laws and the interpretation of existing privacy
−Removed: and data breach laws in the United States, Europe and other foreign jurisdictions is constantly evolving.
−Removed: There is a risk that new laws
−Removed: may be introduced or that existing laws may be applied in a way that would conflict our current data protection practices or prevent
−Removed: the transfer of data between countries in which we operate.
−Removed: In addition, rising concern about the use of
−Removed: social networking technologies for illegal conduct may in the future produce legislation or other governmental action that could require
−Removed: changes to our applications or restrict or impose additional costs upon the conduct of our business.
−Removed: These regulatory and legislative
−Removed: developments, including excessive taxation, may prevent or significantly limit our ability to expand our business.
−Removed: Furthermore, some of the video card games that
−Removed: we offer on our Paltalk application are based upon traditional casino games, such as poker and blackjack.
−Removed: We have structured and operate
−Removed: these games and features with gambling laws in mind and believe that these games and features do not constitute gambling.
−Removed: Our games are
−Removed: intended to be for entertainment purposes only and do not offer an opportunity to win earnings outside of the platform.
−Removed: As of March 11, 2024, we had no part-time employees
−Removed: and 17 full-time employees.
−Removed: We believe that our future success depends, in part, on our continued ability to hire, assimilate and retain
−Removed: qualified personnel.
−Removed: We attract and retain employees by offering training, bonus opportunities, competitive salaries and a comprehensive
−Removed: benefits package.
+Added: state laws, regulations and policies that affect companies conducting business on the internet, many of which are still evolving and being
+Added: litigated in the courts and could be interpreted in ways that could harm our business.
+Added: These laws and regulations may involve, among other
+Added: things, AI, intellectual property, distribution, electronic contracts, competition, wiretapping, consumer protection and taxation.
+Added: application and interpretation of these laws, regulations and policies are often uncertain and may have unpredictable consequences, particularly
+Added: in the new and rapidly evolving industry in which we operate.
+Added: We are subject to periodic examination by regulators
+Added: under the authority of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (“FFIEC”) under its Guidance on the Supervision
+Added: of Technology Services Providers and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, and federal, state and other laws that apply to technology service
+Added: providers as a result of the services we provide to the institutions and entities they regulate.
+Added: As a technology service provider, we
+Added: are examined by federal financial regulators on a rotating basis.
+Added: These examinations are based on guidance from the FFIEC, which is a
+Added: formal interagency body empowered to prescribe uniform principles, standards and report forms for the examination of financial institutions
+Added: and to make recommendations to promote uniformity in the supervision of financial institutions.
+Added: The examinations cover a wide variety
+Added: of subjects, including our management, acquisition and development activities, support and delivery, information technology audits, cybersecurity,
+Added: as well as our disaster preparedness and business recovery planning.
+Added: The FFIEC has broad supervisory authority to remedy any shortcomings
+Added: identified in an examination.
+Added: Following an examination, our financial institution customers may request the open section of the report
+Added: of examination through their lead examination agency.
+Added: The regulatory landscape related to generative
+Added: AI and machine learning is rapidly evolving and is likely to remain uncertain for the foreseeable future.
+Added: As we develop products or incorporate
+Added: technologies from third parties, such as generative AI and machine learning, we must comply with applicable laws and regulation.
Company Internet Site and Availability of SEC Filings
−Removed: Our corporate website is located at www.paltalk.com .
+Added: Our corporate website is located at www.ipm.com .
We make available on that site, as soon as reasonably practicable, our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, proxy
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