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Innovative New ChildWatch Software Package to be Test-Marketed in March & April 2000 by Texaco
Manassas, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2000
Created By PACEL Corp. (PLRP) For Child Watch of North America,
New Software Allows Parents To Limit Child's Access On PC.. As Well As Specify URLs For Exclusion
ChildWatch(TM), an innovative multi-faceted family-safe software program and screen saver which empowers parents to monitor and control what their children have access to on their PCs and the Internet, has been created by PACEL Corp. (OTCBB: PLRP), a software applications development company in Manassas, Va., for Child Watch of North America, the non-profit organization formed in 1992 to work with parents and children in helping to prevent abductions.
The ChildWatch(TM) software will be distributed nationally, free to the general public, with the financial support of corporate sponsors. Texaco, the first major sponsor to sign on, has announced that it will test-market the new product during the months of March and April 2000 in selected states. As part of its campaign, the software will be distributed free at all Corporate Texaco gas stations and participating retail outlets throughout the test states. Child Watch of North America is currently negotiating with other major corporations to become part of the national campaign expected to be launched by the end of May.
An internal part of the new ChildWatch(TM) software, is an Internet database which will provide pertinent information to help find missing or abducted children as well as blocking family unfriendly Web sites. Subscription fees are as low as $5 per month of which Child Watch of North America will receive 20% or a minimum of $1 per registration per month.
"We are very excited by the new software package developed by PACEL Corp. and by the enthusiastic response of the business community to support our efforts in finding missing and abducted children," said Don Wood, president of Child Watch of North America. "Texaco is the first of several major corporations we expect to come aboard to help promote and distribute the new ChildWatch(TM) software. We fully expect this new product to become a major weapon in the ongoing efforts of law enforcement agencies to retrieve missing children and return them to their families."
Texaco is proud to be a sponsor of Child Watch of North America Inc. and support this worthwhile project. There is no more valuable commodity in our society today than our children. It is imperative that there be a concerted effort in this nation to ensure the safety and well being of our young people. We want to thank Child Watch of North America and PACEL Corp. for creating an invaluable new safety tool. "To have something happen to your child is probably a parents worst nightmare," says Texaco General Manager and Child Watch Board Member Chris Murdock. "Child Watch teaches parents how to protect their children form abduction and also serves as a resource if a child is abducted. We're extremely pleased to play a role in helping Child Watch get it's message out to the public."
According to David Calkins, president of PACEL, the new ChildWatch(TM) software is an adaptation of PACEL's existing WinSentry(TM) on-screen security software. "It gives parents the ability to connect to an updateable database of Internet sites deemed as 'family-unfriendly' by a committee composed of child experts from organizations such as Child Watch of North America, local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, judicial representatives and child psychologists," he said.
"By using this software, parents do not have to spend a great deal of time themselves finding the sites beforehand or relying on a robotic search engine that can seriously limit full utilization of the Internet," Calkins explained. "The program allows parents to control what programs are available, monitor and record activities on the computer, giving them an accurate, updated picture showing how each child is using the computer. In view of what we have learned from the Columbine High School tragedy in Colorado, this type of tool might have deterred what happened there." |
