NetIDme offers ChatShield Parental Control For Free

UK
(SANEPR.com) January 10, 2008 -- Glasgow, UK, 12 January 2008

NetIDme, a leading internet security company, has announced that ChatShield, a parental control tool for Instant Messaging, is now available for download free of charge. ChatShield is a simple parental control tool for Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger) that automatically checks all instant messaging (IM) contacts against the NetIDme identity verification service, and simply stops any unidentifiable contacts from sending or receiving instant messages.

Instant Messaging (IM) is hugely popular with young people as it’s a quick and easy way to chat to people over the Internet. Unfortunately, children are frequently contacted by people they don’t know in IM. They will often have hundreds of people in their contacts list, but will only be able to positively identify a small number. ChatShield allows children to chat to their genuine friends via Windows Live Messenger, without parents having to monitor, or block their conversations. Parents can set appropriate parental controls levels for each of their children. For example, parents can stop young children from chatting with anyone that they haven't approved by restricting their contact to only friends & family that have been added to a password protected 'allow list'.

NetIDme develops internet security solutions that help both businesses and consumers. By developing security products for the business world, the company has been able to fund the development of ChatShield, and offer it as a free tool for home users.

Alex Hewitt, founder of the digital identity verification and communications company, said:

"NetIDme was originally founded to help protect children online, and this remains a key focus for the business. We are delighted to be able to offer ChatShield as a free download, and we plan to continue to develop and support ChatShield as a free tool to help protect families when using instant messenger."

For more inofrmation, or to download ChatShield, please visit www.chatshield.com