GenQ - For the not so straight individual

    With the wide-spread use of the internet as a social networking resource, there are many concerns to which we can all relate. Will my information be kept as private as I'd like it? Are the people I talk to who they say they are are? How do I know that I am safe? While there never be a sure answer, as there isn't one even for real-life applications, we can work harder to put your mind at ease.

    At the front of the internet privacy news is identity theft. While we don't ask for sensitive information at Generation Q, how you express yourself on the internet may differ from what you would want you coworkers, friends, and family to see. Though the internet was though to be a tool that would distant human communication and emotion, it has become through blogging, podcasting, and photo sharing an ever-growing frontier for sharing more about ourselves. At this time, we offer privacy settings among just friends on Generation Q, no one, or everyone. Look for a new feature in the coming months that will allow you to have the most dicriminate choice in who can see whats in your profile. You will even be able to choose different sets of friends for different aspects of your profile, all the while giving you the option of global exposure or private introspection.

    At Generation Q, we aim to serve the highest standards of protection to you, but sometimes monitoring and logging isn't enough. We will be implementing filters to provide more blanket protection for you. Don't worry, it will be announced and feedback is encouraged. An especially atrocious plague of internet social networking sites is the presence of predators. Though they come in all shapes and sizes, a cluster of incidents between adults and minors have sparked controversy in the effectiveness of these sites to protect their users. We want Generation Q to be a fun and a safe place for all ages. While we can't control everything that happens on the internet, we can control what happens here. That is why users will be classed by age and given a different view of the site depending on adult or minor status of each user. Friends and family will still be able to communicate normally; however, we will not allow the threat of predators to limit the freedom of using our services.

    If you are interested in the information and personal protection of yourself or a loved one, our partners are developing utilities to make the internet a safer place---without interfering with ease of use.

    Generation Q hopes you enjoy the peace of mind that we are working to protect you while bringing innovative new features to internet socializing!