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		<title>One in three new customers using HomeSafe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today the Independent Parliamentary Inquiry into Online Child Protection, chaired by Claire Perry MP, has published its final report which included a number of recommendations for Government and ISPs about how child internet safety could be improved.
It is good to see the continued Parliamentary and Government focus in this area. I’ve always believed that as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2012/04/18/were-leading-the-way-as-one-in-three-of-our-new-customers-are-using-homesafe-to-make-the-internet-safer-for-their-children/</link>
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		<title>HomeSafe wins innovation award at the uSwitch Broadband Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year we launched our ground breaking, network level security product HomeSafe and since then, over 200,000 of our customers have activated it.  We are all extremely proud of HomeSafe so we were delighted to be awarded the Broadband Innovation award at the uSwitch awards in London last night.
More and more of you are seeing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2012/01/18/homesafe-wins-innovation-award-at-the-uswitch-broadband-awards/</link>
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		<title>5 holiday online safety tips from TalkTalk and F-Secure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the Christmas season nearly upon us, there’s a good chance that you’ll be going away for at least a couple of days. And whether its visiting friends and family nearby, or heading off on holiday to another country, you’ll probably still be connected to the internet in some way.
To help make sure that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/12/09/5-holiday-online-safety-tips-from-talktalk-and-f-secure/</link>
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		<title>Silver surfers catching up with younger generations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite not having grown up with computers or internet access, new research conducted by TalkTalk and F-Secure has found that the older generations are catching up when it comes to their internet use.
Nine out of ten UK residents over the age of 60 who use the internet go online every day, with 68 per cent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/11/24/silver-surfers-catching-up-with-younger-generations/</link>
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		<title>Child internet safety in the news</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Child internet safety has been in the news again this week following a spam attack of indecent images on a social network.  While this instance was due to malicious hacking, our Life Online research has shown that the risks of exposing children to inappropriate content is very real:
•	17% of six year olds and 39% [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/11/17/child-internet-saftey-in-the-news/</link>
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		<title>We’re committed to being the UK’s safest broadband provider</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s been a lot of discussion recently about the Government’s work to protect children online. Indeed, we announced a few weeks ago that we fully support the recommendation of the Bailey Review that parents should be helped to block inappropriate content on the internet and be offered an ‘Active Choice’ about whether to use controls.
Along [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/10/28/we%e2%80%99re-committed-to-being-the-uk%e2%80%99s-safest-broadband-provider/</link>
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		<title>HomeSafe blocks 1 million web pages at TalkTalk customers&#8217; request</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today the Government announced a range of measures to protect children online following the recommendations of the Bailey Review. We specifically welcomed the Bailey recommendation that parents should be offered an ‘active choice’ about whether to use parental controls.
Along with other ISPs, we will be offering all new customers an ‘active choice’ about whether or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/10/11/homesafe-blocks-1-million-web-pages-at-talktalk-customers-request/</link>
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		<title>8.5 million homes victim of a cyber attack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The internet is ultimately a wonderful thing that helps us communicate with friends, access a world of information and even save money. But there are some risks we need to be aware of, just like in the real world.
 

Well over eight million homes in the UK experienced some form of cyber-attack in the first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/09/20/8-5-million-homes-victim-of-a-cyber-attack/</link>
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		<title>Protect yourself from the dark side of the net</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While the internet is ultimately a great tool, most of our customers will know about the nuisances posed by viruses or spam. And unfortunately the web is now a growing opportunity for serious crime.
By 2015 it is predicted that there will be more than 2 connections to the internet for each person on the Earth, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/09/14/protect-yourself-from-the-dark-side-of-the-net/</link>
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		<title>Guardian roundtable: how to make the net safe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently attended a roundtable debate hosted by the Guardian, which looked at the very topical issue of protecting children online and was written up in today’s Guardian Society pages. There were a range of organisations and viewpoints represented, including Childnet, Mother’s Union and CEOP, while Claire Perry MP and Dr Linda Papadopoulos contributed too.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/07/13/guardian-roundtable-how-to-make-the-net-safe/</link>
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