Zumbox is a proposed
hybrid mail Hybrid mail is mail that is delivered using a combination of electronic and physical delivery. Usually, it involves digital data being transformed into physical letter items at distributed print centres located as close as possible to the final deli ...
service for receiving postal mail via the web.
The service was intended to work in parallel to traditional
postal services
The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century, national postal sy ...
, whereby a digital mailbox—a Zumbox— would be created for every street address in the U.S.
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People were able to claim their Zumbox via a paper mail confirmation code.
Zumbox provided security in compliance with PCI DSS, BITS and ]HIPAA
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA or the Kennedy– Kassebaum Act) is a United States Act of Congress enacted by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 21, ...
security rules and regulations.
Zumbox was founded in 2007 in Los Angeles, and obtained more than $30 million in venture capital. After seven years of development, Zumbox announced in 2014 that it lacked sufficient investor interest to launch as a national brand.
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Zumbox
2007 establishments in California
2014 disestablishments in California
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Postal system of the United States