The internet is a fantastic world for your child to explore. IM and Email are powerful communications tools, and they should learn to use them. The wealth of knowledge and socialization that your child can gain by going online is tremendous…and growing every day. They should be encouraged to take advantage of all there is to do online and parents should feel comfortable with their safety while they are online. That is where imView™ is hoping to help.

• 1 out of 5 kids have been solicited sexually online



• One third of kids have been contacted by a stranger and half of these were considered inappropriate



• 9 out of 10 parents will never know that any inappropriate contact has occurred



• 14% have actually met face to face with a person they have met on the Internet



• 1 out of 17 kids have been harassed, threatened, or bullied



• Nearly three-quarters (73%) of online teens believe that someone their age is most likely to be approached by someone unknown to them online as opposed to offline



• When asked how they responded the last time they were contacted online by a complete stranger, just 3% of online teens said they told and adult or authority figure



• Most kids will not report inappropriate Internet contact to their parents because they are afraid of losing Internet privileges



• 61% of 13-17 yr olds have a personal profile on social networking sites



• 44 percent of online teens with profiles like Facebook and Myspace have been contacted by a stranger, compared with 16 percent of those without profiles.



• 71% have reported receiving messages from someone they do not know



• 45% have been asked for personal info from people they do not know



• 48% of 16-17 yr olds report that their parents know "very little" or "nothing" about their online activities



• MySpace deletes 25,000 profiles weekly of users who don't meet the site's 14-year-old minimum age requirement

 - Pew Internet & American Life Project Research  & Cox Communications Teen Internet Safety Survey - 2007