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Web Monitoring Firm Sells Kids' Chatter

Company also notifies parents when kids go astray online

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 5, 2009 6:55 PM CDT

(Newser) – A company that polices children's Internet chatter is also selling it to companies that want marketing data on the quick, CNET reports. Sentry Parental Control Software, which monitors kids online—and triggers a phone call to parents when kids go astray—is amassing their chatter...   Read full story »

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