Child Safety Service

There are a lot of child safety options out there when it comes to storing our child’s information should you need it in the event something happens to them. One of the more interesting ones is a service called InstantAmber that instead of storing your child’s vital information on a piece of physical media, it stores it on the web. The company is offering up a 30 day free trial of the service if it is something you think you’d be interested in using. From InstantAmber.com:

With the 30 day free trial, you can explore all of the amazing tools of InstantAmber. Your child’s information will include their basic vital stats as well as recent photos, their medial information, and information on other relationships they have. And a great thing about storing all of this information on the web? It can easily be updated with the click of a button….no need to update your child’s info on discs or flash drives which is not only tedious but can easily be lost. We all know how quickly children grow and change, and with the ability to keep this information up to date, you’ll save valuable time in the search for your child should you ever need to access it.

 

KIDS Act

On October 13, the Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act of 2008 became law. Also known as the KIDS Act, the summary of the bill is as follows:

Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act of 2008 or the KIDS Act of 2008 – Directs the Attorney General to: (1) require sex offenders to provide to the National Sex Offender Registry all Internet identifiers (i.e., email addresses and other designations used for self-identification or routing in Internet communication or posting) used by such offenders; (2) specify requirements for keeping Internet identifier information current; (3) exempt Internet identifiers provided by a sex offender from public disclosure; and (4) establish procedures to notify sex offenders of changes in requirements for providing Internet identifier information.

Requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain a secure system to allow social networking websites to compare information contained in the National Sex Offender Registry with the Internet identifiers of users of their websites. Allows social networking websites to use such system to conduct searches as frequently as the Attorney General may allow. Authorizes the Attorney General to deny, suspend, or terminate use of the system by a social networking website for misuse.

Prohibits the Attorney General and social networking websites from releasing to the public any list of the Internet identifiers of sex offenders.

Exempts a social networking website from civil claims in federal or state court arising from: (1) use of the National Sex Offender Registry unless such website engages in actual malice, intentional misconduct, or reckless disregard to a substantial risk of causing injury without legal justification; and (2) any decision not to compare its database with the online identifiers contained in the National Sex Offender Registry.

Amends the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to revise the minimum standards, under a pilot program, for electronic monitoring of sex offenders to eliminate requirements that the tracking device: (1) contain cellular technology in a single unit; and (2) provide two- and three-way voice communication.

Halloween Safety

While researching child safety tips for Halloween, these educational films from 1977 were found. These videos may be a little dated in quality, but the tips and information are timeless.