Bank Safe Online is the UK banking industry's initiative to help online banking customers stay safe online.
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Nominet has a number of partner organisations who can provide specialist services and advice. Select the appropriate service category from the list.
CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre)
CEOP helps to protect children from sexual exploitation and specifically helps children and young people to stay safe and secure online.
It operates an online reporting mechanism called the Report Abuse function that allows children, young people and adults to report suspicious and inappropriate activity online.
Over one million children in the UK have been trained to use the site, which has been embedded into MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger by Microsoft, thus taking its message directly to children who use these popular destinations.
e-Crime Wales
e-Crime Wales is a partnership of organisations and agencies committed to equipping businesses with the knowledge and tools to be aware, vigilant, informed and ultimately safe from the destructive effects of e-Crime in all its forms.
Visit the e-Crime Wales website for practical, impartial advice on protecting your business from online threats. You can watch hundreds of videos showing you the basic steps to take to protect your network and download many fact sheets with simple step by step guides, including the very popular "Preventing e-Crime for Dummies".
FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft)
FACT’s primary purpose is to protect the United Kingdom’s film and broadcasting industry against counterfeiting, copyright and trademark infringements.
FACT works in three key areas:
- Online piracy in all forms – with a focus on those distributing large volumes of illicit film and TV content
- Hard goods piracy – organised criminal networks operating in the UK (and worldwide) have adopted audiovisual piracy as a crime type to generate substantial illegal profits
- Prevention and detection of illegal recording in cinemas – over 90% of the counterfeit versions of movies originate initially from a copy recorded in a cinema.
Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
IWF operates the only UK Internet ‘Hotline’ for the public to report their exposure to online child sexual abuse content hosted in the UK.
IWF is highly effective notice and takedown authority, operating between government, police, the Internet industry and other key stakeholders.
KidSMART
Childnet’s new KidSMART website is designed to respond uniquely to the way in which children and young people engage with the Internet. It offers a wide range of opportunities for young people to educate themselves about important safety issues online including social networking, digital footprints and privacy.
It aims to empower children from the age of 7 upwards through activities, interactive games and videos, giving advice on online practices and sharing real life anecdotes.
Nominet Trust
Nominet Trust is a UK-based charity that funds initiatives that contribute to a trusted, accessible Internet used to improve lives and communities.
Areas that Nominet Trust focuses on are web access, web safety and imaginative applications of the Internet to address social problems. Nominet Trust makes social investments through an open applications process.
SafeBuy
SafeBuy is an assurance scheme for web retailing standards, and is approved by the Office of Fair Trading. It works by validating applicants and then issuing the SafeBuy logo for approved web retailers to use on their website with a link to the SafeBuy website. This process verifies that the retailer is a subscriber to the SafeBuy Code of Practice.
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