Sentry Parental Controls joins the UKCCIS

Sentry Parental Controls are proud to announce their membership with the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS).

In September 2007, the Prime Minister asked Dr Tanya Byron to lead an independent review to help parents and their children get the most from new technologies while protecting children from inappropriate or harmful material. The focus was on the internet and video games.

Her report, Safer Children in a Digital World, was published in March 2008.

The Government accepted all Dr Byron?s recommendations and published the Byron Review Action Plan in June 2008 to set out how the Government intends to implement the recommendations.

The Plan is grouped under the following key areas:

·Establishing the UK Council for Child Internet Safety - the new stakeholder forum recommended by Dr Byron to develop and lead a Child Internet Safety Strategy

·Better regulation through the development of a self regulatory approach by industry which will make the internet safer for children.

·A public information and awareness campaign to raise awareness of e-safety issues among children, young people, parents and other adults.

·Better education by encouraging schools and other services for children and families to equip children and their parents to stay safe ukccisonline.

·Reforming the classification system for video games so that parents understand the content at the point of purchase.

·Working with industry to improve information and support to parents on video games, including the role of advertising.

The first milestone has already been achieved with the launch of the Council on Monday 29 September 2008.