WiFi SPARK is proud to support the work of \u2018Friendly WiFi\u2019, the world\u2019s first accreditation scheme designed to verify whether a business\u2019 public WiFi service meets a minimum level of filtering to block out access to pornographic and child abuse websites. The \u2018Friendly WiFi\u2019 scheme works in partnership with the Internet Watch Foundation, in which WiFi SPARK is proud to be a member of. <\/p>\n
What is \u2018Friendly WiFi\u2019?
\n\u2018Friendly WiFi\u2019 aims to help parents, children and young people make informed choices about using public WiFi and protects them from viewing inappropriate material. The scheme verifies whether the public WiFi provided at a venue meets an industry standard for filtering, blocking access to sites containing inappropriate content. We are now encouraging all of our clients to join the \u2018Friendly WiFi\u2019 scheme and be accredited as a \u2018Friendly WiFi\u2019 venue.<\/p>\n
Why is it important?
\nPublic WiFi is the same as the WiFi we use at home except there’s just lots more people using the same connection at any one time. With so many places letting you access the internet it’s really important that businesses in charge of letting you use their public WiFi take the right steps to protect you, your friends and your children from seeing upsetting, disturbing and generally not very nice images, videos or websites. It’s important that when you use public WiFi to access the internet that you feel safe and remain safe online.<\/p>\n
Who is already a part of \u2018Friendly WiFi\u2019?
\nA selection of WiFi SPARK\u2019s customers have already taken up the initiative such as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and Maudsley Learning Centre. Other companies like TESCO and IKEA are also on board with \u2018Friendly WiFi\u2019.<\/p>\n
Friendly WiFi is thrilled to offer the Scheme in partnership with WiFi SPARK. Beverley Smith, Director of Friendly WiFi commented: \u201cThe team at WiFi SPARK has been a pleasure to work with from the beginning and has been extremely proactive. We were aware that they were a main provider to NHS Trusts which is a key market we were keen to tell about the Friendly WiFi Scheme.\u201d She added: \u201cDoing this in partnership with WiFi SPARK will create more interest and it also has enabled us to communicate an exclusive offer via WiFi SPARK. I look forward to growing the relationship further in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n
How can I join \u2018Friendly WiFi\u2019?
\nWiFi SPARK is a \u2018Friendly WiFi\u2019 \u2018Approved Provider\u2019 meaning the company\u2019s public WiFi offering meets the scheme\u2019s specification, making joining the scheme a straightforward process for WiFi SPARK clients.<\/p>\n
WiFi SPARK clients can now apply to join the scheme and have their service verified, to ensure that access to pornographic material is filtered and child abuse webpages known to the Internet Watch Foundation are blocked. <\/p>\n
Once verified and approved, venues can then display the \u2018Friendly WiFi\u2019 symbol to make it clear that their WiFi is \u2018Friendly\u2019. The \u2018Friendly WiFi\u2019 symbol has been designed to help children, young people and adults navigate their way through the high street and gives them the option to choose and use a \u2018Friendly WiFi\u2019 venue, to ensure that the public WiFi that they are accessing is filtered and independently accredited.<\/p>\n
More information about the \u2018Friendly WiFi\u2019 Scheme and how to join can be found at www.friendlywifi.co.uk<\/a>, or by emailing fw@rdi-online.co.uk<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WiFi SPARK is proud to support the work of \u2018Friendly WiFi\u2019, the world\u2019s first accreditation scheme designed to verify whether a business\u2019 public WiFi service meets a minimum level of filtering to block out access to pornographic and child abuse … Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1480,1481,1479],"class_list":["post-5116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-beverley-smith","tag-friendly-wifi","tag-wifi-spark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5117,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5116\/revisions\/5117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}