What are information services?
Information services include:
- Electronic data retrieval or research; and
- Collecting, compiling, analyzing or furnishing of information such as general or specialized news, other current information or financial information, by printed or electronic means.
- Cable television, direct-to-home satellite, video programming and satellite digital audio radio services.
Information services include delivering or providing access to information through databases or subscriptions.
| Examples of Information Services | |
|---|---|
| Abstracts of title | Self-explanatory |
| Bad check lists | ChexSystems TeleCheck Certegy |
| Broadcast rating services | Neilson Media Research Television Bureau of Advertising |
| Cable television services, direct-to-home satellite services, video programming services, and satellite digital audio radio services, solely for purposes of state sales and use tax | DirectTV, Dish Network, Starlink, Sirius XM, Cox, Specturm |
| Credit reports | Equifax Experian TransUnion |
| Data retrieval and/or research such as stock quotations, court cases, administrative hearings | Nasdaq Consolidated Quotes and Trades Public Access to Court Electronic Records |
| Financial market, investment, circulation, credit, stock market or bond rating reports | Fitch Ratings Qapital The Motley Fool |
| Global positioning system services such as driving directions, sports, news or similar information provided through satellite audio programming services | Kayo Business Fleet GPS Tracker Family1st FleetUp |
| Internet user statistics | Google Analytics Mixpanel Amplitude |
| Legislative tracking services | LegisScan State Net |
| Mailing lists | Mailchimp Constant Contact AWeber |
| News clipping services | Brand24 Talkwalker |
| Newsletters | Penguin Random House TheShimm Morning Brew |
| Pharmaceutical market research data | IQVITA Longitudinal Prescription Data Symphony Health Solutions Wolters Kluwer Nielson Health |
| Research publications | The New England Journal of Medicine American Economic Review |
| Sales lead generators | CIENCE RocketReach Certegy SalesRoads |
| Scouting reports | National Scouting Report Total Football Analysis Scouted Notebook |
| Severe weather alerts, for an annual fee | Storm Shield WeatherTAP |
| Subscriptions to genealogical, financial or similar databases | Ancestry FamilySearch |
| Surveys | Self-explanatory |
| Tax Guides | Wolters Kluwer CCH AnswerConnect |
| Wire services or reports | The Associated Press Reuters Bloomberg News |
Examples of services which are NOT information services:
- Accident reconstruction services
- Attorney services
- Bank account balances
- Consulting services to advise clients on computer hardware/software needs
- Contract programing services that consist of the design, development and implementation of computer programs based on a client’s particular environment
- Court stenography services
- Criminal background checks
- Educational seminars, classes or courses
- Environmental testing services that include reports on factors such as the condition of the property, levels of a particular substance, habitability, etc.
- Furnishing of academic transcripts
- Information sold to radio, television stations or newspapers
- Medical lab tests
- Payment processing services
- Payroll processing services
- Polygraph tests
- Preparation and filing of articles to form corporations or limited liability companies
- Real estate appraisal service
- Information gathered or compiled on behalf of a particular client that is of a proprietary nature and may not be sold to other. Examples include:
- client specific purchase and sales data
- custom market research reports
- client specific website usage and information reports
- personalized news clipping services
- client specific purchase and sales data
- custom market research reports
- client specific website usage and information reports
- personalized news clipping services