by: david c ballard

Denise is the co-founder of Privacy Vaults Online with her brother, which was founded in 2001 in response to some Federal legislation that was passed, called the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

It all began with a dream to start a family business, and along came this new thing called the Internet. Denise's brother had the idea of creating a virtual world for kids to share their entrepreneurial spirit by sharing product ideas, marketing ideas, marketing research, and collaborations with the idea of their nutty inventions rewarded with some virtual currency and eventually to take their ideas and see if they could bring them to market.

It was during this time while Denise and her brother were putting these ideas together that they tripped over the Childrens Online Protection Privacy Act (COPPA), because they would have to comply with COPPA regulations to continue with their virtual kids’ business idea. However, during this time when the Internet bubble burst in 2000, Denise, also recognized with COPPA regulations, there would be a need for a business to emerge. It would be like a PayPal for kid’s identity, a way for children to present or identify themselves to companies when they are using the web. Unfortunately, you cannot see who is on the other side, and the need for those companies to know if they are dealing with children, and how to interact responsibly by processing the parental consent, which the law requires, had to be addressed.

COPPA says that if you are, a sight directed at children under the age of 13, or if you are a general audience site, which gains actual knowledge, you need to be compliant. For example, a kid fills out the registration form and tells you they are 12 or under, or they are enter something into a blog that is monitored, and tell you they are in a grade, which would be 12 or under. If a company learns of that knowledge or they are directed at children, then they have to “process parent’s verifiable parental consent” in advance of collecting any personal information from the child. Alternatively, before they allow the child to have a tool whereby they would be able to deliver their own data to the public, such as MySpace, Facebook, Utube, Instant Messenger, etc. certain compliancy needs to be followed.

In any case, the Terms of Service would ask for an age identity and if you were under the age of 13, you would be denied access to the site, which seems to be the remedy instead of allowing access with certain stipulations as to what personal information that could be collected.

Now, think of Protect My Child Registry (PMCR), which will be free to parents, as a "Do Not Call Registry". The PMCR is a place where parents can come, and create a parent account for themselves. The parent will insert their child relationship and say, "Johnny at AOL, this phone number, this email address, belongs to this eleven year old. If he/she shows up checking the box for being 21 and over, at "whatever site", or if he/she shows up giving a date of birth, which is an adult date of birth (where he would not be treated with the security in mind for a youth), then companies can ping this registry in real time. Moreover, if this particular phone number is entered into our system as an adult, can we market, can we interact, and can we allow this user to register? Does the registry know anything about this information? If we respond in a secure manner that this information has been registered with a child then that content provider can provide terms of use and regulatory requirements, and block access or scrub from their marketing list by taking Johnny out of their information.

Anonymity makes it difficult for companies to block age-restricted children from their sites. Social networking sites are having a difficult time knowing who the minors are. Therefore, how do you protect children, do you require verification of everyone and eliminate anonymity?

Denise recognized a need for parents to register their child and to recognize at a minimum the need for ISP, social networking sites who want to protect children 13 and under the ability to ping the PMCR in real time to verify minors who are registered.

If you are a parent who cares…listen to Denise, and learn what PMCR is all about.

Denise‘s company is the only technology company approved by the FTC as a “Safe Harbor” company.

CyberHood Watch (CHW) & Internet Crimes Against Children-Task Force (ICAC-TF) have teamed up to develop a fundraising program.  Whereby this event will afford the equipment necessary to help save the innocence of children tormented for the pleasures of producing child p-o-r-n-o-g-r-a-p-h-y.

by: david c ballard

There are so many good causes to support that I wonder sometimes how some reach the level of awareness over another. I know the CyberHood Watch partners, Dave & Bill, have focused their attention on the well-being of children and their safety on the Internet. However, there is a specific group of children, which deserves our immediate attention, and those are the children who are subject to a brutal and sadistic sexual torment for the marketing of child p-o-r-n-o-g-r-a-p-h-y, which occurs more often than not at the hands of a parent or trusted guardian.

This is one of those dirty little secrets of the Internet that no one is comfortable talking about, so let’s just avoid the mental picture of a four month old baby or toddler penetrated by an object or male to reach some perverted level of satisfaction, and then recording the act for an inner circle for others sick pleasures. You can visualize the rest on your own; it is called "Child P-o-r-n-g-r-a-p-h-y". I do not need to be any more specific than that, and if you have any compassion, you will not turn a blind eye.

Actually, Bill's comment to stop looking at this as sexual, but seeing it as a violent crime, and stop being so non-confrontational when it comes to being a voice for innocent children, is right on target. Stop avoiding the subject because it is such a dark topic. Okay, let us stop talking about it, and keep it over there in the corner where we do not have to address the issue. It works - out of sight, out of mind - it is not my problem, and if you had not brought it up, my day would continue just fine. Now, think about it as your child or someone’s child you know. Would you still keep it in the corner, and not do anything about the problem?

I remember when I first started my career as a Commercial Hard-Hat Diver, and the advice the old-timers would gives us rookies regarding sharks... "Close your eyes - they'll go away." So, what can you do to keep the sharks away from devastating another's child and forever destroying their innocence? Get involved, or let some else do it?

Fortunately, there is a task force, which has been assembled to accept the responsibility of protecting our babies, infants, toddlers, and very young children from the sins of deviant individuals who prey upon the innocent. Some of these victims cannot even speak for themselves. This organization is called the Internet Crimes Against Children-Task Force (ICAC-TF).

These individuals dedicate their lives to freeing and preventing babes from falling prey to cruel individuals whose sexual gratification can only be achieved through the bodily sexual abuse of a child. Unfortunately, ICAC-TF's ability to perform their tasks are hindered, like many other great causes, funds have dwindled leaving great services like ICAC financially hindered and unable to apprehend child p-o-r-n-o-g-r-a-p-h-e-r-s because of financial reasons. This is why the CyberHood Watch partners, Dave & Bill, are not hiding in the corner and refuse to be silent because this may be an unpleasant subject to broach. As my sister would say, "Get over it”. I agree, it is an ugly subject, but I am proud, as I am sure my partner, Bill, is to be a voice to help ICAC and the children they save every day from the atrocities these children suffer from.

If you cannot help financially, by helping the CyberHood Watch partners, Dave & Bill, raise the $22,000.00 needed to support the Salt Lake City, ICAC-TF then at least call your local ICAC (Salt Lake City ICAC Tip line: (801) 301-1195), and ask them what you can do to help.

We closed our show today talking about the services and products we have personally used over the past years, and we strongly urged our listeners to do the same. Neither you, nor your children are safe on the Internet without adequate protection from malware and the individuals who comb the Internet looking for victims, young and old. You can provide a safe environment for your family - check, out our sites, you will find links to the products, and services the CyberHood Watch partners use to protect their families.

If you have, any questions feel free to contact Dave and/or Bill at CyberHoodWatch(at)gmail(dot)com

Remember the question I asked in the opening paragraph, how do some causes reach a level of awareness when others of equal or significantly more important do not? Try this – I think it will work – tell someone about what you just read, and ask them to tell someone.

Thanks for your help

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I heard several bits of wisdom shared by, our guest today, Judy Graybill.  Do not ever underestimate when you will hear something for the first time, and the hearing it said that way, for the first time, turns the sunlight on in a dark room.

Within the first half hour you will understand Judy’s passion, her personal experiences, and her academic whys, which are one of many of her abilities to understand how stepfamilies cope and function.

Only a third of the way into the show and Judy’s talked about:

1.  What is a healthy marriage, and what is not?

2.  How do you deal with arguments?

3.  What I forgot to tell you…What is it?

4.  What is an “Outsider” and what is an “Insider”?

5.  What is one big lie you may be building your life on?

Permit Me To Make A Big Deal HERE… There is something that took place during the show, which I would like to point out. It is something subtle, you may not have noticed, but I caught it, because I happen to be Bill’s partner. We spend a great deal of time together and therefore have our own “insider group”, which is why I probably understood what I witnessed.

Judy said something very profound, at least for Bill, it was, which is why I urge you to listen to Bill’s insight as he shares some of his personal life story. Bill shared this story with me before, but it was not until today, when he shared it with Judy, did he come to realize a significant insight within himself. I consider this one of those moments – When the Teacher Arrives, The Student Will Appear, or I have heard it this way too – When The Student Arrives, The Teacher Will Appear.

Bill shared with our listeners his personal story of his parents divorcing when he was three years old, and moving in with his grandparents. If you have a chance to talk to Bill, and he talks about his “Grandma”, you will know immediately that he never lacked any love from her.

Pay attention now, because this is where Judy wanted to share with our listeners the #1 big deal that is so simple, yet burdens children for a lifetime. It is overlooked by parents and guardians. Those responsible need to verbally communicate with their children, so they understand, this one important message… “It Is Not Your Fault”.

What we learned from Bill, was his parents were deaf, and considering the divorce and the challenges at that, time, Bill, ended up with loving grandparents.

Since the time Bill was three years old, until now, Bill took blame in-part for his parents’ divorce.

Until he heard it for the first time from Judy, “It Is Not Your Fault”, Bill realized it was not his fault.

This is such a wonderful example of one of the key elements Bill and I talk about and hear from our guests’ consistently, “awareness” and “communication”. Our new CyberHood Watch partner, Judy Graybill, is proof a positive message realized, would change lives.

We know, what we do, will touch someone’s life in a positive way.

David C Ballard

PS: Be sure to listen to the show, Judy provided a lot of value…it is worth your time.

LAWS…There are more laws that exist, which man, nor beast, had anything to do with its inception. Nonetheless, these laws exist, and any defiance of them could be fatal, or or a blessing upon blessings.

My son, and I were chatting this morning, and in our conversation we talked about Galileo, and how he was treated for his beliefs, and the disbelief's of those of his time.  

Laws exist, which none of us had any say so in their design, which led to talking about the fact we were standing in the kitchen spinning approximately 800 miles an hour (you spin more or less depending upon you location on the earth – anywhere from about 700 to 1,038 mph). Fortunately, there is a law that allowed us to continue our conversation without being swept away.

There are many laws that exist, the law of gravity, the law of scarcity, the law of attraction, the law of abundance, etc., which are left for personal interpretation whether or not we want to accept, embrace, or deny them, which is the free will of all of to do.  However, those who persecuted and ridiculed Galileo for his acceptance of certain laws were horribly wrong and limited in their acceptance of the unknown.

What does this all have to do with the CyberHood WatchDave & Bill, and their guest today on CHWradio.com? Well, everything and nothing – it depends on how you want to interpret and/or accept what another has to say. partners,

Darlene Siddons works with those laws, which many of us overlook and take for granted. Actually, many of us are not aware of how these laws are here to serve and benefit all of us, but again that is up to each of us to accept or deny. However, I would not try challenging the law of gravity by attempting to walk off the edge of a cliff – trust me that law works well.

I believe it is fair to say the majority would agree that a sound mind, body, and soul are important attributes for the human being. Darlene has spent a great deal of her life developing skills and techniques to create a vision map of personal videos for an individual to follow and manifest his or her own destiny, whether it be a sound mind, body, and/or soul.

Positive affirmations are a big part of the Vision Map Videos, whether for personal growth or business staging for empowerment.

Do not let life live you…You live life.

There is a lot Darlene shares with our listeners, but one huge walk-away boiled down to one of the main reasons Darlene was a guest on the CHWradio.com. When all is said, and done, children (and adults) that learn her techniques of manifestation and the use of their personalized Vision Map Videos will be more empowered in creating their own beautiful lives. In addition, curiosity, the need for attention, or temptations to stray on the Internet (online), or offline will not be of interest to them. A child with a high self-esteem and an awareness of their own positive influence in the direction and outcome of their own life will not be attracted, nor attract the dark element in life or on the Internet... Ultimately, keeping our children safe online and offline.

Again, these are laws, which are not always understood, but they do exist, just as they did in Galileo’s time, and it is our choice.

by: David C Ballard

1. Give financial support
2. Support your local ICAC-TF team
3. Volunteer
4. Get the media involved to run stories about this
5. if you find child p o r n o g r a p h y on the computer-report it