If you have children who use the internet, do you really know what they are doing? What they are seeing? Who they are talking to?
Protect against adult content, violence, gambling, alcohol advertising, dating sites, drugs, hate/discrimination, instant messaging, peer2peer file sharing, social networking, video sharing, visual search engines, weapons, webmail and phising
- Centrally control all the devices in your house including Windows PCs and laptops, Apple Mac devices, Wii, XBox & PlayStation
- Set individual controls for each device/user
- Schedule website access, limiting the amount of time spent on social networking sites etc.
- One fee per household, not per device
- Fully managed service and online support provided by PC Man
- No thrid party sofware aplication to slow down your system, all controls set through your router
You are probably a responsible parent who has warned your kids about the dangers of chat rooms, social networking sites and revealing too much personal information online. You more than probably have internet savvy children who understand the basics of safe surfing. However, it is all too easy to accidentally stumble upon inappropriate material with the most innocent of searches. How do you protect your children from that?
Being parents ourselves this is an issue we are acutely aware of and when we were recently approached by a client who's 10 year old son had been inadvertently exposed to, and deeply upset by, XXX content while innocently searching for music to download for his iPod touch we knew we had to find a solution.
There are many content protection software applications out there, which require individual licenses for each device/computer in your house. Traditionally these applications only work on PCs, so if you are a family with any Apple Mac devices they would remain unprotected. These applications can also interfere with everyday internet use such as online shopping and banking and we have found that often families abandon them out of sheer frustration.
PC Man's parental control solution avoids the use of third party software applications and deals with the problem from the router itself, thereby protecting all the devices connected to the router simultaneously regardless of whether they are Windows, Mac, X Box, PlayStation, Wii, iPod etc but allowing for different levels of filtering can be set for different family members and internet access restricted to certain times of the day for different users.
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'The safety of children should be a central concern for parents and society as a whole.' Dr Tanya Byron - Safer Children in a Digital World
For further information visit:
UK Council for Child Internet Saftey
What our clients say about us:
My 10 year old son came to me one night, unable to sleep, full of questions of a sexual nature. It transpired that he had stumbled up on XXX material whilst searching for music on his iPod touch. This innocent task had led to such a traumatic outcome, I realised immediately that the internet was clearly something that would require careful monitoring for the safety of my children.
A quick call to PC Man explaining my situation and we now have PC Man's Managed Internet Parental Control Service set up on our home network. Set up was quick, no complicated installation process - PC Man took care of everything. We are very happy with the product and rest assured that our children are now safe online.
Helen, Weybridge Surrey
I have had great success with PC Man from the IT perspective where Michael has always saved the day. Recently, I also hired Vicki from PC Man for some design work. I have started a new business and needed a website quickly but was put off by the complexity and expense. After speaking with Vicki I realized that it didn’t have to be as complicated or expensive as I was being told elsewhere. As the business concept evolved my requirements changed and Vicki was always able to offer intelligent, shrewd, practical advice that made the whole process so easy. Her technical skills are clearly evident but her design skills are incomparable. I now have a beautiful, user friendly site that I proud to have as the ‘window’ of my business. The customer response to the site itself has been well beyond my expectations. I would whole heartedly recommend PC Man – Michael and Vicki make quite a team.'
Melissa Merchant, Owner
MakeMe Workshops

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