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| Chapter 31 Content Filtering |
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| LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
| Computers/Internet | Selecting this category excludes pages that sponsor or provide |
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| information on computers, technology, the Internet and technology- |
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| related organizations and companies. |
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| Search Engines/Portals | Selecting this category excludes pages that support searching the |
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| Internet, indices, and directories. |
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| Spyware/Malware Sources | Selecting this category excludes pages which distribute spyware and |
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| other malware. Spyware is defined as software which takes control of |
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| your computer, modifies computer settings, collects or reports personal |
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| information, or misrepresents itself by tricking users to install, download, |
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| or enter personal information. This includes |
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| hijackers; dialers; intrusive advertising; any program which modifies your |
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| homepage, bookmarks, or security settings; and keyloggers. It also |
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| includes any software which bundles spyware (as defined above) as part |
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| of its offering. Information collected or reported is "personal" if it contains |
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| uniquely identifying data, such as |
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| number, IP address, etc. A site is not classified as spyware if the user is |
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| reasonably notified that the software will perform these actions (that is, it |
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| alerts that it will send personal information, be installed, or that it will log |
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| keystrokes). Note: Sites rated as spyware should have a second category |
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| assigned with them. |
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| Spyware Effects/Privacy | Selecting this category excludes pages to which spyware (as defined in |
| Concerns | the Spyware/Malware Sources category) reports its findings or from |
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| which it alone downloads advertisements. Also includes sites that contain |
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| serious privacy issues, such as “phone home” sites to which software can |
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| connect and send user info; sites that make extensive use of tracking |
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| cookies without a posted privacy statement; and sites to which browser |
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| hijackers redirect users. Usually does not include sites that can be |
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| marked as Spyware/Malware. Note: Sites rated as spyware effects |
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| typically have a second category assigned with them. |
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| Job Search/Careers | Selecting this category excludes pages that provide assistance in finding |
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| employment, and tools for locating prospective employers. |
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| News/Media | Selecting this category excludes pages that primarily report information |
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| or comments on current events or contemporary issues of the day. It also |
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| includes radio stations and magazines. It does not include pages that |
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| can be rated in other categories. |
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| Personals/Dating | Selecting this category excludes pages that promote interpersonal |
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| relationships. |
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| Reference | Selecting this category excludes pages containing personal, professional, |
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| or educational reference, including online dictionaries, maps, census, |
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| almanacs, library catalogues, |
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| information. |
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| Open Image/Media Search | Selecting this category excludes pages with image or video search |
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| capabilities which return graphical results (i.e. thumbnail pictures) that |
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| include potentially pornographic content along with |
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| content (as defined in the Pornography category). Sites that explicitly |
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| exclude offensive content are not included in this category. |
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| Chat/Instant Messaging | Selecting this category excludes pages that provide chat or instant |
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| messaging capabilities or client downloads. |
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| services, such as online email reading, |
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| Blogs/Newsgroups | Selecting this category excludes pages that offer access to Usenet news |
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| groups or other messaging or bulletin board systems. Also, blog specific |
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| sites or an individual with his own blog. This does not include social |
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| networking communities with blogs. |
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