John Summers, chief executive of Keep Scotland Beautiful, which administers the scheme in Scotland where two beaches in Fife were highlighted, said it was investigating the claims.

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Now Akamai wants to expand those features into an independent source of revenue, says John Summers, a vice president of the firm who has just been tasked with leading its security operations.

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"These cases have to be connected, " said John Johnson, Ms. Summers's uncle.

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