Jack McArtney has overseen the development and roll-out of innovative parental controls available through Verizon Wireless, which allow parents to set usage controls on calls and text messages, and age-appropriate content filters for a host of wireless multimedia services, from messaging to the mobile web and V CAST video, music and TV. McArtney’s work has become the basis for tools across Verizon’s wireless and wireline services including Verizon FiOS TV. McArtney ensured that Chaperone, the child locater service from Verizon Wireless using global positioning satellite (GPS) technology, was built from the ground-up with privacy and security safeguards in place. McArtney was a key contributor to the CTIA Content Classification and Location Based Services Best Practices activities which resulted in customer-focused industry standards. McArtney was a recipient of The Family Online Safety Institute Award for Outstanding Achievement, which is awarded to those individuals who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to advancing the goal of a safer Internet.
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