The Cyber Top Cops Safety Stamp of Approval

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Cyber Top Cops Safety Stamp Of Approval Project is currently on hold because we do not have any spare resources available to process the applications. Since cyber crime is constantly on the rise, we decided to devote all our available resources towards fighting cyber crime until we have resources available for this project. You are welcome to apply in the mean time and we will inform you via e-mail once we launch the project again. Thank you for understanding.

Is your site free of viruses, spyware, scams, spamming practices and indecent content? Add credibility to your web site by applying for the free Cyber Top Cops Safety Stamp Of Approval. We will review your site and if it complies with our safety standards, we will supply you with a special banner you can place on all the pages of your site.

Why is the Safety Stamp of Approval important to your site?
You run your web site under a strict policy against cyber crime and related activities, right? Why not add credibility to that policy and get rewarded for running a respectable web site? With so many fraudulent web sites on the Internet today, Search Engines started to place a bigger importance on Privacy Policies and the links you receive from trustworthy sites. Many directories like Yahoo and Dmoz require you to have a privacy policy to list you in their directories. The Cyber Top Cops Safety Stamp of Approval gives your site exactly that, we supply you with a Privacy Policy that adds the first level of trustworthiness to your site and we provide a link from our site back to yours. Search Engines like Google places a higher value on links from trustworthy sites to your site, which results in higher Search Engine Rankings. Besides the Privacy Policy, a link back to your site and improving the overall trustworthiness of your site, we also supply you with a visual banner, adding the credibility to your site that gives your visitors the peace of mind and assurance that it is safe to browse your web site.

Cyber Top Cops does not give this prestigious certification to any site. Every site undergoes a thorough screening process and is reviewed on a continuous basis to ensure that every site conforms to our high standards and that our Safety Stamp of Approval retains its integrity and credibility. The Cyber Top Cops Stamp of Approval will make your site stand out from the crowd, allowing you to distinguish it from the millions of fraudulent web sites in the Internet today.

Application is FREE and you can apply for as many sites as you like.

The Cyber Top Cops Safety Stamp of Approval:

Certifies that your site is free of malicious software like viruses, spyware and adware.
Certifies that your site is free of scams, hoaxes or any kind of fraud.
Certifies that your site is not responsible for any spamming practices and that you make use of opt-in e-mail lists only.
Certifies that your site does not contain pornographic, obscene, vulgar or any indecent content that may offend sensitive people or that's harmful to minors.

The Cyber Top Cops Safety Stamp of Approval:

Does NOT certify that your site processes secure transactions.
Does NOT certify that your site collects and stores personal information of your visitors in a secure environment.

Terms of Service for The Cyber Top Cops Safety Stamp of Approval:

This service is supplied free of charge. Cyber Top Cops may change this at any time at its sole discretion. You will be notified if we decide to charge a fee for this service.
Your application will only be approved if your site is free from malicious software (viruses, spyware and adware), scams, hoaxes and fraudulent activities, spamming practices. Your site may not contain or promote pornography, hatred, racism, warez, piracy, nudity, hacking activities, violence, degradation, harm, slander or any content that's obscene, vulgar or indecent. You need to ensure and declare that your site has ONLY legal content and that your web site is Family Friendly & Child Safe.
You will need to observe the No Spam Policy by not making use of Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (UCE), or Unsolicited Bulk E-mail (UBE). You may not broadcast unsolicited E-mail for any purpose.
You must take all necessary precautions and ensure that your site stays free from the items mentioned above, otherwise we will revoke your safety status, whether it was your fault or not.
You need to have an updated version of Anti-Virus software installed on your PC, which is correctly installed, configured, activated, and updated with the latest version of virus definitions.
If any viruses, Trojans, Worms or any other forms of malicious code infect your PC, you shall disconnect your PC from the Internet until the problem is resolved. By doing so you will ensure that you will not spread any viruses to third parties through your e-mails, or through any files that you may upload to your web site.
You are required to have a Privacy Policy on your web site, confirming that your site is free from all the aforementioned items and that you apply this policy throughout your entire web site. If you don't have a Privacy Policy you can use the code supplied below the application form (Click here to jump to the Privacy Policy Template code). It is recommended that you place a link to your Privacy Policy on every page of your web site, but we require you to place a link to your Privacy Policy on every page where you use our banner, preferably close to the banner.
After approval, Cyber Top Cops may revoke the safety status of your site at any time at its sole discretion, with or without warning.
You are not allowed to use the Safety Stamp of Approval banner if your safety status has been revoked.
You may place this banner on a single page or on every page of the approved site.
You may NOT place this banner on any other site, unless we also approve it.
Once your site is approved we will supply you with the code of the banner. You are not allowed to change this code in anyway. The code will contain an image tag and a link back to Cyber Top Cops. The link back to Cyber Top Cops is for verification purposes and will take the user to a special certification page on cybertopcops.com where the Title, URL and Description of your site can be verified. This special certification page will then provide a link back to your site.
Cyber Top Cops may make changes to these Terms of Service at any time, with or without notification.

Click on the banner below for an illustration of how it will look when someone clicks on your banner. We used our own site in this example. The certification page for your site will contain your site logo and the information you enter in the application form below.

Please Note: This is a sample banner only. You will be able to choose from a range of exclusive banners once your application is approved.

Application Form:
*** Please Note: All fields are compulsory except the Web Site Logo URL. ***

If this form is not working send your request to: Cyber Top Cops Support

Privacy Policy Template Code
Copy the code below and paste it into your own Privacy Policy page. Replace the blank spaces with your company name, web site name or your own name, whichever seems the most appropriate. Feel free to change the template to suit the specific needs of your web site. Remove any clauses that are not applicable to your web site.

PLEASE NOTE: The Privacy Policy Templates listed below are subject to our Terms of Use. Please carefully review our Terms of Use before applying these Privacy Policies to your web site.

Privacy Policy (Plural)

<P><b>PRIVACY POLICY - COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY</b></P>
<P>This site is owned and operated by ____________. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At ____________, we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.</P>
<P>Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand our policy and the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it. It also discloses specific practices that we strongly condemn, have a strong policy against and never employ on our site.</P>
<P>____________ gathers two types of information about users:
<UL>
  <LI>Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions to receive our electronic newsletters, to participate in our message boards or forums, to email a friend, and from participation in polls and surveys.</LI>
  <LI>Information ____________ gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience. Because ____________ derives its revenue mainly from sponsorships and advertising, providing such aggregated demographic data is essential to keeping our service free to users. Under no circumstances does ____________ divulge any information about an individual user to a third party.</LI>
</UL>
</P>
<P><b>INFORMATION ____________ GATHERS AND TRACKS</b></P>
<P>____________ Gathers User Information In The Following Processes:</P>
<P><b>Optional Voluntary Information</b></P>
<P>We offer the following free services, which require some type of voluntary submission of personal information by users:
<P>1. Electronic newsletters policy (Dispatches)</P>
<P>We will offer a free electronic newsletter to users. ____________ gathers the email addresses of users who voluntarily subscribe. Users may remove themselves from this mailing list by following the link provided in every newsletter that points users to the subscription management page.</P>
<P>2. "E-mail this to a friend" policy</P>
<P>Our site may offer users the choice to electronically forward a link, page, or documents to someone else by clicking "e-mail this to a friend". The user must provide their email address, as well as that of the recipient. This information is used only in the case of transmission errors and, of course, to let the recipient know who sent the email. The information is not used for any other purpose.</P>
<P>3. Message boards/forums policy</P>
<P>Users of the site's Message Boards and Forums must register separately for these services (both are free of charge) in order to post messages, although they needn't register to visit the site. During registration the user is required to supply a username, password, and email address.</P>
<P>4. Polling</P>
<P>We may offer interactive polls to users so they can easily share their opinions with other users and see what our audience thinks about important issues. Opinions or other responses to polls are aggregated and are not identifiable to any particular user. ____________ may use a system to "tag" users after they have voted, so they can vote only once on a particular question. This tag is not correlated with information about individual users.</P>
<P>5. Surveys</P>
<P>____________ may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target our content to our audience. We sometimes share the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with our sponsors, advertisers and partners. We never share any of this information about specific individuals with any third party.</P>
<P><b>Children</b></P>
<P>Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never <b>knowingly</b> request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.</P>
<P><b>Usage tracking</b></P>
<P>____________ tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites. However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. ____________ does break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser).</P>
<P>____________ sometimes tracks and catalogs the search terms that users enter in our Search function, but this tracking is never associated with individual users. We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.</P>
<P><b>Cookies</b></P>
<P>We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. ____________ uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above). Our advertising system delivers a one-time cookie to better track ad impressions and click rates.</P>
<P>You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However, you do need cookies to participate actively in message boards, forums, polling and surveys.</P>
<P><b>USE OF INFORMATION</b></P>
<P>____________ uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our network of sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.</P>
<P>As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic newsletters and to enable users to participate in polls, surveys, message boards, and forums. We send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally send out special editions when we think subscribers might be particularly interested in something we are doing. ____________ never shares newsletter mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.</P>
<P>We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms entered in our Search function as one of many measures of what interests our users. But we don't track which terms a particular user enters.</P>
<P>____________ creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors and partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise more effectively, and allows our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent to their needs. Because we don't track the usage patterns of individual users, an advertiser or sponsor will never know that a specific user clicked their ad. We will not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.</P>
<P><b>SHARING OF THE INFORMATION</b></P>
<P>____________ uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit your needs and help our advertisers better understand our audience's demographics. This is essential to keeping our service free. We will not share information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.</P>
<P><b>SAFETY OF OUR VISITORS</b></P>
<P>____________ has a strong policy against malicious software (viruses, spyware, adware, etc.), scams, hoaxes and spamming activities. We shall keep our site free of these items and practices to the best of our abilities. Our site does not contain or promote pornography, hatred, racism, warez, piracy, nudity, hacking activities, violence, degradation, harm, slander or any content that's obscene, vulgar or indecent. We hereby declare that our site is Legal, Family Friendly and Child Safe.</P>
<P><b>OPT-OUT POLICY</b></P>
<P>We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include:</P>
<UL>
 <LI>Opting not to register to receive our electronic newsletters.</LI>
 <LI>Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely alleviate the need to gather any personally identifiable information from our users.</LI>
</UL></P>
<P><b>YOUR CONSENT</b></P>
<P>By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by ____________. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.</P>

Privacy Policy (Singular)

<P><b>PRIVACY POLICY - COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY</b></P>
<P>This site is owned and operated by ____________. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to me. At ____________, I want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.</P>
<P>Because I gather certain types of information about my users, I feel you should fully understand my policy and the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information I gather and how I use it. It also discloses specific practices that I strongly condemn, have a strong policy against and never employ on my site.</P>
<P>____________ gathers two types of information about users:
<UL>
  <LI>Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions to receive my electronic newsletters, to participate in my message boards or forums, to email a friend, and from participation in polls and surveys.</LI>
  <LI>Information ____________ gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout my sites. This information allows me to better tailor my content to readers' needs and to help my advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of my audience. Because ____________ derives its revenue mainly from sponsorships and advertising, providing such aggregated demographic data is essential to keeping my service free to users. Under no circumstances does ____________ divulge any information about an individual user to a third party.</LI>
</UL>
</P>
<P><b>INFORMATION ____________ GATHERS AND TRACKS</b></P>
<P>____________ Gathers User Information In The Following Processes:</P>
<P><b>Optional Voluntary Information</b></P>
<P>I offer the following free services, which require some type of voluntary submission of personal information by users:
<P>1. Electronic newsletters policy (Dispatches)</P>
<P>I will offer a free electronic newsletter to users. ____________ gathers the email addresses of users who voluntarily subscribe. Users may remove themselves from this mailing list by following the link provided in every newsletter that points users to the subscription management page.</P>
<P>2. "E-mail this to a friend" policy</P>
<P>My site may offer users the choice to electronically forward a link, page, or documents to someone else by clicking "e-mail this to a friend". The user must provide their email address, as well as that of the recipient. This information is used only in the case of transmission errors and, of course, to let the recipient know who sent the email. The information is not used for any other purpose.</P>
<P>3. Message boards/forums policy</P>
<P>Users of the site's Message Boards and Forums must register separately for these services (both are free of charge) in order to post messages, although they needn't register to visit the site. During registration the user is required to supply a username, password, and email address.</P>
<P>4. Polling</P>
<P>I may offer interactive polls to users so they can easily share their opinions with other users and see what my audience thinks about important issues. Opinions or other responses to polls are aggregated and are not identifiable to any particular user. ____________ may use a system to "tag" users after they have voted, so they can vote only once on a particular question. This tag is not correlated with information about individual users.</P>
<P>5. Surveys</P>
<P>____________ may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target my content to my audience. I sometimes share the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with my sponsors, advertisers and partners. I never share any of this information about specific individuals with any third party.</P>
<P><b>Children</b></P>
<P>Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), I will never <b>knowingly</b> request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.</P>
<P><b>Usage tracking</b></P>
<P>____________ tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of my sites. However, I do not correlate this information with data about individual users. ____________ does break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser).</P>
<P>____________ sometimes tracks and catalogs the search terms that users enter in my Search function, but this tracking is never associated with individual users. I use tracking information to determine which areas of my sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. I do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps me continue to build a better service for you.</P>
<P><b>Cookies</b></P>
<P>I may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable me to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. ____________ uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above). My advertising system delivers a one-time cookie to better track ad impressions and click rates.</P>
<P>You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However, you do need cookies to participate actively in message boards, forums, polling and surveys.</P>
<P><b>USE OF INFORMATION</b></P>
<P>____________ uses any information voluntarily given by my users to enhance their experience in my network of sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests of my users.</P>
<P>As stated above, I use information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic newsletters and to enable users to participate in polls, surveys, message boards, and forums. I send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally send out special editions when I think subscribers might be particularly interested in something I am doing. ____________ never shares newsletter mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.</P>
<P>I use tracking information to determine which areas of my sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. I do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps me continue to build a better service for you. I track search terms entered in my Search function as one of many measures of what interests my users. But I don't track which terms a particular user enters.</P>
<P>____________ creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors and partners. This allows my advertisers to advertise more effectively, and allows my users to receive advertisements that are pertinent to their needs. Because I don't track the usage patterns of individual users, an advertiser or sponsor will never know that a specific user clicked their ad. I will not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of my users or the public.</P>
<P><b>SHARING OF THE INFORMATION</b></P>
<P>____________ uses the above-described information to tailor my content to suit your needs and help my advertisers better understand my audience's demographics. This is essential to keeping my service free. I will not share information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of my users or the public.</P>
<P><b>SAFETY OF MY VISITORS</b></P>
<P>____________ has a strong policy against malicious software (viruses, spyware, adware, etc.), scams, hoaxes and spamming activities. I shall keep my site free of these items and practices to the best of my abilities. My site does not contain or promote pornography, hatred, racism, warez, piracy, nudity, hacking activities, violence, degradation, harm, slander or any content that's obscene, vulgar or indecent. I hereby declare that my site is Legal, Family Friendly and Child Safe.</P>
<P><b>OPT-OUT POLICY</b></P>
<P>I give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include:</P>
<UL>
 <LI>Opting not to register to receive my electronic newsletters.</LI>
 <LI>Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely alleviate the need to gather any personally identifiable information from my users.</LI>
</UL></P>
<P><b>YOUR CONSENT</b></P>
<P>By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by ____________. If I decide to change my privacy policy, I will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information I collect, how I use it, and under what circumstances I disclose it.</P>