Dolphin Digital Media, Inc. (OTCBB:DPDM - News), a creator of secure social networking websites for children utilizing state-of the-art fingerprint identification technology, is pleased to announce its partnership with Catskill Central School District in New York to implement Dolphin Secure on all of their high school students' laptops.
Representatives of both Catskill Central School District and Dolphin Digital Media will be in attendance at the Annual New York State School Board Association Conference, which begins today in New York City. Students from Catskill will be on-hand to demonstrate Dolphin Secure, and its unique fingerprint reader log-in system.
Dolphin Secure is a groundbreaking family Internet solution that gives parents the tools to protect their children from online threats such as pornography, cyber-bullying and unsolicited chat requests while they are using their home computers. Now this protection will be extended to schools and school computers, including netbooks that the children take home with them.
Children registered within Dolphin Secure automatically become members of Dolphin Surf, which is a customizable gateway to the Internet with full social networking capabilities, wherein the children can establish profiles, search for friends, IM one another, write blogs, and upload photos. Students will be able to be a part of the Catskill High School groups on Dolphin Surf, and chat with classmates in a safe setting that requires fingerprint verification at log-in.
Upon registration, a student scans their finger using the Dolphin Secure UPEK fingerprint reader. The scanned fingerprint is then converted into a number and stored in a protected, remote database. The student's account details (e.g., parental and school settings and personal preferences) are associated with this number, which is created by an irreversible algorithm. A copy (or a "print") of a child's actual fingerprint is never taken, let alone stored anywhere within the Dolphin Secure system. Only the unique number created by a child's unique fingerprint is kept. Through the use of fingerprint verification at log-in, Dolphin Secure is able to ensure that the user is the student associated with their account and not someone trying to impersonate the student, thus greatly reducing the risk of cyber-bullying which students face online on a daily basis.
"We are very excited to be Dolphin Secure's first pilot program, and embarking on this initiative just two weeks after their launch," said CCSD Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Kathleen Farrell. "I am very impressed by the design of this software. It is very simple to use and, in terms of safety, it is most definitely a new standard, a full step above anything else I've seen. By installing Dolphin Secure, I know that we can responsibly allow our high school students to experience all of the benefits of the Internet, while feeling assured that we as administrators have done all we can to protect them from harmful influences," said Farrell.
Dolphin Secure permits the parents and school administrators to set the boundaries of which websites their students can visit and the parameters of who they can send instant messages to while online. The sites that can be visited, and the people that students are allowed to chat with, can be customized for each particular student, grade level or school. In addition to having their own groups on Dolphin Surf, accessible only by Catskill students using the fingerprint log-in of Dolphin Secure, the Catskill PTA will also have the ability to use Dolphin Secure as a fundraiser for every parent that signs up for in-home use.
"I couldn't be more excited to announce the pilot program between Dolphin Secure and Catskill," said Bill O'Dowd, Chief Executive Officer of Dolphin Digital Media, Inc. "We knew that Dolphin Secure would be a perfect way for schools to begin allowing live chat, or instant messaging, into the world of education. Dr. Farrell was an immediate supporter of ours, and she quickly grasped and shared our vision of a world in which students of all ages are safe to experience all of the great benefits of the Internet, together," continued O'Dowd. "As the Internet will only increase in importance in our children's lives and in the way we educate our children, Dolphin Secure is proud to work with Dr. Farrell and the Catskill Central School District in creating a new standard for the online safety of students, through the use of Dolphin Secure and its fingerprint log-in system."
Dolphin Digital Media
Dolphin Digital Media, Inc. (http://www.dolphindigitalmedia.com) creates and manages social networking websites for children utilizing state-of the-art user-verification technology. As a leading developer of Internet safety technology operating in the digital media, education and entertainment sectors, there is a focus on the growing global market for social networking, user-generated content, and safe content delivery.
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