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Protecting Children online

A great source of facts, statistics, and ideas

San Diego County District Attorney

 Children's Internet Protection Act (1998)

The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was enacted by Congress in 2000 to address concerns about children's access to obscene or harmful content over the Internet.

This Act prohibits any site that is aimed at children, 13 and under, from collecting ANY personal information on Children.

Yet many kids, 10 and under, have Facebook accounts.

H.R.3783 - Child Online Protection Act

See if you have been compromised

With all of the data breaches that happen, you need to know for yourself if you have been effected.
There is even a password tab to see if the password you use is in the list.

Here is a link to enter your email to see if it has been compromised, and by which of the data breaches.

Have I been pwned

Concerned about online addiction?

Here is a link for an addiction calculator.

While it is designed for gaming it is applicable to a multitude of online related activities.

Addiction Calculator

Alternative Software

AlternativeTo is a crowd-sourced and free site that helps you find better apps and services 

alternativeto.net

Downloads

Downloadable items

Family Online Contract (docx)
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Copy the text, paste it into notepad, and save it as a .reg file (txt)
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