The
spread of many intrusive software and damaging virus' & spyware
originate from web sites engaged in illegal activities. Ways to protect
yourself and you family are discussed and a directory of helpful
resources.
Search
engines, P2P connections and torrents assist in identifying un family-like
materials such as pictures, videos and stories. Major internet service
providers, software developers and telecom companies are the conduit in
delivering the content to your front door. Web site hosting companies,
instant messages and content providers provide the methods
to enter your home with minimal restrictions.
We suggest you report offensive sites to your local, state, provincial
or federal law enforcement. Most have a reporting system and the
power to shut down offensive
sites,
for example www.cybertips.ca (Canada).
Not only will you be helpful in protecting your own family, it will help those that are being exploited by criminals.
FINALLY!
Nov. 24, 2009- New legislation is proposed in Canada to penalize ISP's (the people that sell web space) for handling child porn materials on their systems. On receiving a complaint, they are required to report the activity to police. Whether people will know the origin of these materials is debatable? Government needs to get nasty with the banking industry that processes payments with fines and jail time, too. At least, this legislation could provide national rules on which to build on.
Sept. 27, 2009- Privacy Commissioner Sets Worldwide standard- Ottawa Canada
Facebook has specifically agreed to:
Prevent games, quizzes and other applications developed by third parties from accessing information until it obtains express consent for each category of personal information.
Users' friends will also be able to block applications from accessing their information.
Make it clear to users that they can either deactivate or delete their accounts, whereby only deleting will remove the information entirely.
Remind users that they need to ensure they have the consent of non-users before sharing the non-users' email addresses with Facebook.
Clarify in its privacy policy that it will retain a user's profile after the user dies so friends can post comments and pay tribute.
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