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17 March 2009

Parents underestimate how much time their children spend on the net, suggests the 2009 Online Living Report from Symantec.

Written by security firm Symantec, the Online Living Report found that UK parents believe their children are online for 18.8 hours per week, while the true figure is 43.5 hours.

The report found that UK parents were among those with the worst grasp of how long their children are online. The research also found that in many cases the net was providing a new way for families to communicate.

The survey from Symantec reported that 81% of the UK parents questioned said they were confident that they knew what they children were looking at online. By contrast, 31% of the UK children in the survey said their parents did not know what they were doing online.

Symantec commissioned the Norton Online Living Report to provide insight into rapidly changing technology, Internet usage and the social impact on individuals and families.  This year’s report surveyed 9,000 online adults and kids in 12 countries— the U.S., Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, China, Japan, India, Australia and Brazil.

Read the report & watch the webcast

3 March 2009

NetIDme Latest Vacancies

We are looking for a number of .Net developers, both senior and junior, to join our team developing exciting products in the digital identity and communications arena.  You should be happy working for a cutting edge, dynamic, fast moving company... more

11 February 2009

The UK Council for Child Internet Safety was launched by the Prime Minister in September 2008, bringing together over 100 stakeholders from across industry, Government and the third sector, to take forward the recommendations of the Byron Review.

NetIDme Director, John Carr, is a member of the Executive Board, in his capacity as Secretary of the Children’s Charities’ Coalition on Internet Safety.

The Council is now in the process of setting up working groups that were agreed at the first meeting of the Council’s Executive Board which took place in December 2008.

The Executive Board of the Council has prioritised key areas of work to be taken forward by the following four working groups:

Industry standards
Aim: to develop clearer common standards (in the form of codes of practice or other guidelines) that are adopted, monitored and consistent with EU partners and are widely recognised as good practice. This should cover the areas identified in the Byron report but, over time, should also look at new issues that arise as technology and user habits move on.

Better education
Aim: to ensure that children, families and the children’s workforce have access to consistent and comprehensive support and information that improves their knowledge, skills and understanding of internet safety.

Public information and awareness
Aim: to develop a comprehensive and joined-up public awareness campaign on internet safety for children and families based on consistent messages that form the basis of the one stop shop for all aspects of internet safety.

Video games
Aim: to ensure that children and young people have a safer gaming experience and parents are aware of the issues and support mechanisms around gaming.

Visit the UK Council for Child Internet Safety website

5 February 2009

Tuesday 10 February 2009 is European Safer Internet Day

During this annual, Europe-wide event that is Safer Internet Day, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre will be coordinating initiatives throughout the UK.

The aim of the day is to raise the profile of online safety issues, empowering children and young people to stay safe online. The Thinkuknow website will act as the main hub for all resources and initiatives that will be available for people to access, download and use.

Visitors will be able to view an interactive map which will show all the events taking place around the UK, including a variety of local public awareness events and initiatives.

As part of Safer Internet Day this year, the CEOP Centre is launching a number of new resources that will be available for teachers to use in the classroom.

4 February 2009

Thinkuknow goes down under

Following on from the success enjoyed in the UK, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre’s Thinkuknow education programme is going trans-national and being launched in Australia by the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

As members of the Virtual Global Taskforce and alongside the CEOP Centre, the AFP will train educational professionals who in turn will deliver the resources to children and young people throughout Australia.

Helen Penn, Head of Education at CEOP explains;

"The Thinkuknow programme has been very successful here within the UK. Since its
launch over two years ago, over two million children and young people have seen the resources and we have over 22,000 trained professionals who can deliver the programme."

The Thinkuknow programme is being launched in Canberra, Australia on 10 February by AFP Commissioner, Mick Keelty.

28 January 2009

The OpenID Foundation has a new member, PayPal

The fact that PayPal is joining the OpenID foundation as a sustaining corporate member of the Board means they’ve taken a good, long look at OpenID and they consider it a viable option for unique online identification.

PayPal selected Andrew Nash, senior Director of Information Risk Management, as their representative. He will join the current board of seven community elected board members, and five other sustaining corporate members: Google, IBM, Microsoft, VeriSign and Yahoo.

According to Andrew, PayPal decided to become a sustaining member of the Foundation for a few key reasons:

• Open standards-based user-centric identity is clearly becoming an increasingly important part of the evolving web infrastructure
• PayPal has significant experience and expertise with security, trust, reputation and retail transactions that can be directly relevant as OpenID expands into new market and application areas

2008 was a big year for OpenID where the community created significant momentum moving toward mainstream adoption.  According to the OpenID website, there are now over thirty-thousand publicly accessible sites supporting OpenID for sign-in and well over half a billion OpenID enabled accounts.

14 January 2009

NetIDme Speaking at International Gaming Expo, 28 January 2009

The International Gaming Expo (ICE and ICEi) is fast approaching and NetIDme are delighted to be speaking at the free gaming seminar, hosted by Repton and Oracle.

NetIDme will be delivering key addresses in what should prove to be a thought provoking and valuable seminar.

John Carr, NetIDme's Director of Corporate Relations will be delivering the keynote speeches for each session as well as covering:  
Online Gambling and Age Verification. Before, After and the Future.

Peter McCudden, NetIDme's Chief Operating Officer will be exploring:  
Advances in Age and Identity Verification.

Sessions will run on Wednesday 28 January 2009 at Earl’s Court, and are only open to IGE attendees. Demand is expected to be high so visitors are asked to book their places in advance. This can be done by visiting www.repton.co.uk/mailers/oracle_ice or going to the IGE website

9 January 2009

NetIDme joins IMRG, the leading industry body for global e-retailing

IMRG is a membership community for the e-retail industry, whose vision is to maximise the commercial potential of online shopping.

With more than 18 years experience in a rapidly-changing e-commerce market where sales continue to grow year on year, IMRG helps its members maximise the business opportunities, and stay up to date with developments in the e-retail marketplace.

IMRG membership comprises hundreds of retail organisations, and enterprises that supply technology and services to facilitate e-retail solutions.

5 January 2009

NetIDme included on the JMSLG list of electronic verification providers

NetIDme has been included on the list of electronic verification providers for the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group.

The Joint Money Laundering Steering Group is made up of the leading UK Trade Associations in the Financial Services Industry. Its aim is to promulgate good practice in countering money laundering and to give practical assistance in interpreting the UK Money Laundering Regulations.

4 January 2009

Safer Internet Day - 10 February 2009

Safer Internet Day takes place each year in February to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world.

The initiative is organised by the European Schoolnet, the coordinator of the INSAFE network, and since the first edition in 2004 participation in this event has been steadily growing, with an increase in general awareness, stronger involvement of relevant stakeholders and a high level of media interest. In 2008 over 120 organisations in 56 countries supported Safer Internet Day activities.

More information

2 January 2009

Public Consultation on Age Verification, Cross Media Rating and Classification, and Social Networking.

The European Commission launched a public consultation on age verification, cross media rating and classification and online social networking in September 2008. NetIDme participated in the consultation.

You can download the final report here.

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