Brand name versus legal entity
A familiar brand can appear in documents that refer to different companies.
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Operator identity
Separate a trading name, a company and a website before interpreting a claim.
Why the exact domain matters
A research claim should identify the complete hostname it concerns.
Building an operator identity sheet
An identity sheet keeps names from drifting between sources.
Reading a website footer critically
A footer is a convenient place to find identity claims, but it remains a statement made by the website.
Ownership changes and historical records
Historical sources should remain attached to the entity and date they originally describe.
Help centres as identity clues
A help centre can reveal how a service describes its brand, policies and support structure.
Similar names and mistaken matches
Name searches often produce businesses that merely sound alike.
Recording rebrands without losing context
A rebrand changes how a service presents itself; it does not explain every change in the underlying business.