Kid safety on the Internet

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Wogi

Hello,

Is there are freeware that can help keep my 12 year old safe on the
Internet?

TIA
 
Hello,

Is there are freeware that can help keep my 12 year old safe on the
Internet?

TIA
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Yes, absolutely. It isn't freeware, though. It's priceless.

It's called PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND SUPERVISION.

--
Nicolaas.



- Better to understand little than misunderstand a lot.
 
John Fitzsimons said:
The following might be worth looking at :

http://www.parents-friend.de/index1.htm

Regards, John.
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Also, try
www.kiddonet.com
I had my youngest on it for the last 4 years, until he turned 13...
KiddoNet is a TOTAL Internet environment for children (ages 3-12).
KiddoNet's mission is to offer kids an on-line space with high quality
content and web tools that allow them to create, learn, play and communicate
safely.

More than anything else these days, kids want to use the Internet to connect
and communicate with their friends. KiddoNet has developed SAFE,
kid-friendly web tools that allow our users to communicate on-line with kids
they know.

Using advanced Internet technologies, the KiddoNet team is continuously
developing new features and content in the following areas:

Creativity - Activities that give kids the opportunity to create and post
their creations online and/or send them to friends (Home Page Composer, 'My
Comic Strip', Graffiti Art, Gel Sparks Art). A team of experienced monitors
reviews all creations before posting them publicly on the web.

Community - Web tools that allow kids to express themselves and
communicate safely with people they know online (safe web mail, unique
multimedia e-cards, and coming soon - multi-player games).

Content - Original unique educational content that is updated regularly
(original activities about animals, history and archaeology, sports and
more)
 
How can I get KiddoNet's safe browser?

If you'd like the full version of KiddoNet, which includes a kid-safe
browser and great offline activities for younger users, you can download it
for free at http://www.kiddonet.com/knSource/knBrowser.htm, or get it for
free on CD-Rom. To get your free KiddoNet CD, simply send us your full name
and mailing address.

Once KiddoNet is installed on a computer, the CDROM is no longer necessary
to run the program, so you can share this CDROM with as many people as you
want.

--
Lance M Hillier, Sr
The Guerrilla Computor

Tiger said:
I'd guess the kidsafe browser is freeware. I could be wrong, didn't
download it.
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Boomer said:
Can you PLEASE post about FREE SOFTWARE. Not links to sites.
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Happy now, Boomer?

If you'd like the full version of KiddoNet, which includes a kid-safe
browser and great offline activities for younger users, you can download it
for free at http://www.kiddonet.com/knSource/knBrowser.htm, or get it for
free on CD-Rom. To get your free KiddoNet CD, simply send us your full name
and mailing address.


--
Lance M Hillier, Sr
The Guerrilla Computor
It's not software individually packaged
it is safe FREE environment for 3-1`2 year olds
[snip]
Also, try
www.kiddonet.com
[snip]
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ID
How can I get KiddoNet's safe browser?

If you'd like the full version of KiddoNet, which includes a
kid-safe browser and great offline activities for younger users,
you can download it for free at
http://www.kiddonet.com/knSource/knBrowser.htm, or get it for
free on CD-Rom. To get your free KiddoNet CD, simply send us
your full name and mailing address.
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FYI 6.5MB

Send *us* your full name and mailing address?

Are *you* kiddonet?
 
Send *us* your full name and mailing address?
Are *you* kiddonet?
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Nope... just a satisfied user for years, protecting the internet experience
for my youngest
 
Boomer said:
Nope... just a satisfied user for years, protecting the internet experience
for my youngest
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KiddoNet is a TOTAL Internet environment for children (ages 3-12), created
and maintained by GTek Technologies Ltd. (www.gtekil.com). KiddoNet’s
mission is to offer kids an on-line space with high quality content and web
tools that allow them to create, learn, play and communicate SAFELY.

More than anything else these days, kids want to use the Internet to connect
and communicate with their friends. In support of this, KiddoNet has
developed SAFE, kid-friendly web tools that allow our users to communicate
on-line with people they know.

Together with this, KiddoNet attempts to educate our users about the
Netiquette of safe surfing, and continuously encourages kids not to give
personal information online.

KiddoNet is fully designed to comply with the requirements of the Children’s
Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

The following statement discloses GTek Technologies’ information gathering
and privacy practices for www.kiddonet.com and the KiddoNet content sites.

Information We Collect

GTek and KiddoNet do not publish, share, trade, or sell users' personal
information.

KiddoNet offers many activities that do not require registration and kids
can play on KiddoNet without giving any information at all. Some of the
activities, however, do require registration because they allow kids to
create something that is saved and maintained especially for them.

During registration, we ask our users to provide minimum information,
including the following:

· A unique NetName – users are asked to choose a name to use while
they are on KiddoNet. KiddoNet reminds kids NOT to use their own names,
particularly family names, and to refrain from inappropriate language.

· A password – users are asked to choose a password that does not
contain their own name and to refrain from inappropriate language.

· Their age and gender – We use this information to help keep track
of what children like best, so that we can keep KiddoNet’s activities
age-appropriate and relevant to our users’ interests and needs.

· Their zip code – used internally for demographic purposes. Zip
codes are kept separately from the other user information and can in no way
be used to identify individual users.

· A parent or guardian’s e-mail address – In keeping with standard
safety guidelines and COPPA, KiddoNet collects this address in order to
notify parents of their child’s registration.

Parents' e-mail addresses are deleted once registration notification has
been sent, with the exception of those users who request KiddoNet
newsletters. In these cases, the parents' address will be stored, and the
newsletters will be sent to the parent’s address. Parents can change the
address to which KiddoNet newsletters are sent at any time.

The collected information does not allow us to identify specific
individuals, but it gives us an idea of what we can do to make KiddoNet a
more educational and fun place to visit.

Also in keeping with COPPA, users will be asked in certain activities to
provide e-mail addresses to be used ONE TIME ONLY in reply to a specific
request. For example, some of the activities on KiddoNet allow kids to
create images and write texts that will be posted in galleries. These
activities undergo monitoring and not all creations are posted. Users can
ask to receive notification regarding the approval of their creations and
will need to give an e-mail address for the notification. These e-mail
addresses are deleted once notification has been made.

KiddoNet is happy to receive e-mail from kids with their questions and
comments, jokes and pet pictures. If users do write to us, we will use the
address they’ve given to respond on a one-time basis, and we will
subsequently delete the received mail.

KiddoNet does not condition a user’s participation in any of our online
activities on the disclosure of more information than is reasonably
necessary to participate in the activity.

Use of Information

GTek and KiddoNet do not publish, share, trade, or sell users' personal
information.

KiddoNet may disclose user information in an aggregated form (group
statistics compiled from registration data that does not identify individual
users) in order to describe its services to prospective partners, relevant
third parties, and for other lawful purposes.

Use of Cookies

Cookies are information files that are saved by your Internet browser when
you visit a website. These files allow sites to “remember” users’
preferences when on a particular site. Cookies do not read or reveal any
information from a user’s hard drive.

KiddoNet uses cookies to track user visits, make the site easy to navigate
and to deliver content specific to user. Information gathered through the
use of cookies is not used in any way with any personally identifiable
details.

Links to sites offered on KiddoNet (in our Great Sites area, Homework Help,
etc.) may use cookies as a way to remember users’ specific interests and
preferences, and to provide users with relevant information during each
visit. Please read the privacy policies of all third party sites to find out
more about their practices.

Links to Other Sites

KiddoNet provides links to other sites in various places on our site.
Although KiddoNet screens all linked sites and chooses them for their
appropriateness and relevance to kids, these sites may have collection and
privacy practices that are very different from our own. Please read the
privacy policies of these sites to find out more about their practices.

When kids click a link offered on KiddoNet they will first get a BUMPER
page, informing them that they are leaving KiddoNet and going to an outside
site. This page also reminds kids not to give out any personal information
and to follow safe surfing practices.

At any time, users and/or their parents have the prerogative of "turning
off" Great Sites they don't want from within KiddoNet's Great Sites section.



Posted Activities

KiddoNet offers many activities that allow kids to send things they’ve
created, such as works of art or electronic cards, to friends and relatives.
KiddoNet asks users to give only their FIRST NAME and a recipient’s e-mail
address so we can send out the card or creation. This address is not stored
or saved in any way and is used ONE TIME ONLY. All users’ creations are sent
out from KiddoNet, using a KiddoNet e-mail address ([email protected])
to further protect the privacy of our users.

In addition, KiddoNet offers creative activities that include galleries
where we post kids creations and activities that allow kids to post
messages. KiddoNet encourages all users who participate in these activities
(such as the Home Page Composer or the Graffiti board) to follow our rules
of conduct.

All of our “posted” activities are monitored to protect the privacy of our
users and anyone they might be writing to/about and to ensure that the rules
of conduct are followed.

KiddoNet strongly urges children not to give out personal information on
their home pages or other creations (such as Graffiti) or in their messages
(such as in our Wishful Thinking and Heart to Get activities). Our monitors
will not approve public postings that contain personal information. We also
encourage parents to look at the things their children are creating on
KiddoNet.

Contests & Surveys

Occasionally, KiddoNet will run contests based on activities on our site.
Sometimes KiddoNet requires users’ personal contact information in order to
send prizes by mail. This information will be limited to only what is needed
in order to send out the prizes, and will not require that a user disclose
more personal information than is necessary for this purpose.

KiddoNet always clearly states that children MUST get parental permission
before providing personal information to us or to anyone on the Internet.

All requests for personal contact information will be preceded by PRIOR
parental consent submitted to us either by fax, mail or using a 1-800
number.

KiddoMail

KiddoNet offers all registered users their own KiddoMail SAFE e-mail
account. Parents can indicate whether they would like their child to have a
RESTRICTED communication account (kids can receive mail only from people who
appear in their address book or who have received the user’s KiddoMail
password) or a FULL communication account (kids can receive mail from
anyone).

To open a KiddoMail account, users must provide PRIOR parental permission,
which can be provided via fax, mail or phone.

Parental Access and Opting Out

KiddoNet wants to help parents be involved in their children’s online
experiences. At any time, parents can ask to review, change or delete their
child’s personal information from our database. Parents who know their child
’s NetName (KiddoNet user name) and password can access and change their
child’s user information via the Change User Info option on the log-in page
or by e-mailing us.

Parents can also refuse to permit further collection, future contact or
additional access to KiddoNet online. Parents who wish to remove their child
’s registration, or to unsubscribe from the mailing list for KiddoNet
newsletters can simply send us an e-mail to the following address, providing
the child’s NetName and password for identification verification, and
specify a request or write UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line.

(e-mail address removed)

Protecting Information

KiddoNet has security measures in place to protect the loss and misuse of
the information we collect. We use such technologies as a Firewall,
encryption and various other methods to ensure that it is extremely
difficult to access the information in an unauthorized manner.

Terms of Use

Read more about it.



XrayPC.com
Read our privacy statement for this technical support site.



Contacting KiddoNet

If you have any questions about our privacy statement, the practices of
KiddoNet or its sites, please contact:

Email: (e-mail address removed)



Phone: 877-543-6835



Fax: 877-543-6329



Address:

KiddoNet

420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2531

New York, NY 10170
 
KiddoNet is a TOTAL Internet environment for children (ages 3-12),
created and maintained by GTek Technologies Ltd. (www.gtekil.com).
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<snipped website recreation>

Are you doing this just to annoy Boomer?

--
Tiger

"Zero is where the fun starts
There is too much counting everywhere else."
- Hafiz
 
ID
Happy now, Boomer?

If you'd like the full version of KiddoNet, which includes a
kid-safe browser and great offline activities for younger users,
you can download it for free at
http://www.kiddonet.com/knSource/knBrowser.htm
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[snip]

http://www.kiddonet.com/kiddonet/about/complete.htm#FAQ



During registration, we ask our users to provide minimum information,
including the following:

· A unique NetName – users are asked to choose a name to use
while they are on KiddoNet. KiddoNet reminds kids NOT to use their
own names, particularly family names, and to refrain from
inappropriate language.

· A password – users are asked to choose a password that does
not contain their own name and to refrain from inappropriate
language.

· Their age and gender – We use this information to help keep
track of what children like best, so that we can keep KiddoNet’s
activities age-appropriate and relevant to our users’ interests and
needs.

· Their zip code – used internally for demographic purposes.
Zip codes are kept separately from the other user information and can
in no way be used to identify individual users.

· A parent or guardian’s e-mail address – In keeping with
standard safety guidelines and COPPA, KiddoNet collects this address
in order to notify parents of their child’s registration.

Parents' e-mail addresses are deleted once registration notification
has been sent, with the exception of those users who request KiddoNet
newsletters. In these cases, the parents' address will be stored, and
the newsletters will be sent to the parent’s address. Parents can
change the address to which KiddoNet newsletters are sent at any
time.

The collected information does not allow us to identify specific
individuals, but it gives us an idea of what we can do to make
KiddoNet a more educational and fun place to visit.

Also in keeping with COPPA, users will be asked in certain activities
to provide e-mail addresses to be used ONE TIME ONLY in reply to a
specific request. For example, some of the activities on KiddoNet
allow kids to create images and write texts that will be posted in
galleries. These activities undergo monitoring and not all creations
are posted. Users can ask to receive notification regarding the
approval of their creations and will need to give an e-mail address
for the notification. These e-mail addresses are deleted once
notification has been made.

KiddoNet is happy to receive e-mail from kids with their questions
and comments, jokes and pet pictures. If users do write to us, we
will use the address they’ve given to respond on a one-time basis,
and we will subsequently delete the received mail.

KiddoNet does not condition a user’s participation in any of our
online activities on the disclosure of more information than is
reasonably necessary to participate in the activity.

Use of Information

GTek and KiddoNet do not publish, share, trade, or sell users'
personal information.

KiddoNet may disclose user information in an aggregated form (group
statistics compiled from registration data that does not identify
individual users) in order to describe its services to prospective
partners, relevant third parties, and for other lawful purposes.

Use of Cookies

Cookies are information files that are saved by your Internet browser
when you visit a website. These files allow sites to “remember”
users’ preferences when on a particular site. Cookies do not read or
reveal any information from a user’s hard drive.

KiddoNet uses cookies to track user visits, make the site easy to
navigate and to deliver content specific to user. Information
gathered through the use of cookies is not used in any way with any
personally identifiable details.

Links to sites offered on KiddoNet (in our Great Sites area, Homework
Help, etc.) may use cookies as a way to remember users’ specific
interests and preferences, and to provide users with relevant
information during each visit. Please read the privacy policies of
all third party sites to find out more about their practices.

Links to Other Sites

KiddoNet provides links to other sites in various places on our site.
Although KiddoNet screens all linked sites and chooses them for their
appropriateness and relevance to kids, these sites may have
collection and privacy practices that are very different from our
own. Please read the privacy policies of these sites to find out more
about their practices.

When kids click a link offered on KiddoNet they will first get a
BUMPER page, informing them that they are leaving KiddoNet and going
to an outside site. This page also reminds kids not to give out any
personal information and to follow safe surfing practices.

At any time, users and/or their parents have the prerogative of
"turning off" Great Sites they don't want from within KiddoNet's
Great Sites section.



Posted Activities

KiddoNet offers many activities that allow kids to send things
they’ve created, such as works of art or electronic cards, to friends
and relatives. KiddoNet asks users to give only their FIRST NAME and
a recipient’s e-mail address so we can send out the card or creation.
This address is not stored or saved in any way and is used ONE TIME
ONLY. All users’ creations are sent out from KiddoNet, using a
KiddoNet e-mail address ([email protected]) to further protect
the privacy of our users.

In addition, KiddoNet offers creative activities that include
galleries where we post kids creations and activities that allow kids
to post messages. KiddoNet encourages all users who participate in
these activities (such as the Home Page Composer or the Graffiti
board) to follow our rules of conduct.

All of our “posted” activities are monitored to protect the privacy
of our users and anyone they might be writing to/about and to ensure
that the rules of conduct are followed.

KiddoNet strongly urges children not to give out personal information
on their home pages or other creations (such as Graffiti) or in their
messages (such as in our Wishful Thinking and Heart to Get
activities). Our monitors will not approve public postings that
contain personal information. We also encourage parents to look at
the things their children are creating on KiddoNet.

Contests & Surveys

Occasionally, KiddoNet will run contests based on activities on our
site. Sometimes KiddoNet requires users’ personal contact information
in order to send prizes by mail. This information will be limited to
only what is needed in order to send out the prizes, and will not
require that a user disclose more personal information than is
necessary for this purpose.

KiddoNet always clearly states that children MUST get parental
permission before providing personal information to us or to anyone
on the Internet.

All requests for personal contact information will be preceded by
PRIOR parental consent submitted to us either by fax, mail or using a
1-800 number.

KiddoMail

KiddoNet offers all registered users their own KiddoMail SAFE e-mail
account. Parents can indicate whether they would like their child to
have a RESTRICTED communication account (kids can receive mail only
from people who appear in their address book or who have received the
user’s KiddoMail password) or a FULL communication account (kids can
receive mail from anyone).

To open a KiddoMail account, users must provide PRIOR parental
permission, which can be provided via fax, mail or phone.

Parental Access and Opting Out

KiddoNet wants to help parents be involved in their children’s online
experiences. At any time, parents can ask to review, change or delete
their child’s personal information from our database. Parents who
know their child’s NetName (KiddoNet user name) and password can
access and change their child’s user information via the Change User
Info option on the log-in page or by e-mailing us.

Parents can also refuse to permit further collection, future contact
or additional access to KiddoNet online. Parents who wish to remove
their child’s registration, or to unsubscribe from the mailing list
for KiddoNet newsletters can simply send us an e-mail to the
following address, providing the child’s NetName and password for
identification verification, and specify a request or write
UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line.

(e-mail address removed)

Protecting Information

KiddoNet has security measures in place to protect the loss and
misuse of the information we collect. We use such technologies as a
Firewall, encryption and various other methods to ensure that it is
extremely difficult to access the information in an unauthorized
manner.

message ID
It's not software individually packaged
it is safe FREE environment for 3-1`2 year olds
[snip]
Also, try
www.kiddonet.com
[snip]
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Tiger said:
<snipped website recreation>

Are you doing this just to annoy Boomer?
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<snipped>
Simple answer: NO...
Boomer was asking/demanding freeware-related questions/answers.... I've
tried to answer them.
Bottom Line: The topic is free, safe environments for children 3-12, and I
think www.kiddonet.com is
the best place for that.... and it's FREE software/environments for kids
 
Tiger said:
That's all well and fine. Why would you basically post the entire
website here? You gave the link in a previous post.

--
Tiger

"Zero is where the fun starts
There is too much counting everywhere else."
- Hafiz
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It could be because:
A) I'm an idiot and don't realize bandwidth is at a premium, or
B) Given the link, and the hassle of explaining my stance on freeware
earlier, I thought it best to lay out the entire scenario finally, or
c) Readers may decide
 
Is there are freeware that can help keep my 12 year old safe on the
Internet?
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Yes, it's called Parental Oversite. It involves you watching what s/he
does. All it costs is the appropriate amount of time.
--
Brian Tillman Internet: Brian.Tillman at smiths-aerospace dot com
Smiths Aerospace Addresses modified to prevent SPAM.
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3 Replace "at" with "@", "dot" with "."
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
This opinion doesn't represent that of my company
 
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