As of January 15, 2014, Impermium Corporation was acquired by Google Inc. Impermium Corporation provides subscription-based social content cleaning services for Web sites and social networks defending them against social spam, fake registrations, racist and inappropriate language, and other forms of abuse. The company protects various sites that range from corporate blogs to social networking applications. Impermium Corporation has strategic partnerships with TeleSign Corporation and ImageVision. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Redwood City, California.