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Background and Format:Parent Zone is a website that helps children and the people who look after them cope with the challenges of internet safety in the digital age. The website provides advice and information on internet safety, as well as, a reviews section to feature family-friendly gadgets, apps and online entertainment, including games and video on demand services. Audience and Readership:This publication is aimed at institutions and carers whose duty involves them looking after children (e.g. parents, schools, carers).Monthly Unique Users:This figure is not available.Supplements and Sections: Advice (Education, Family Life, Health & Well-being, Parent Guides, Sex & Relationships, Social Media Apps, Special Needs, The Digital World) Training (Digital Parenting Training, Online Courses, Sessions for Schools, Training for Family Professionals)Ad Rates:There is no advertising on this website.Other Information:For reviews and content, please contact eleanor@parentzone.org.uk or www.twitter.com/EJLeditorialParent Zone also release a 'Digital Parenting' magazine in print which is distributed free of charge throughout schools in the UK. One million copies have been distributed (Source: Publisher). The team also produces Parent Info, a free service featuring articles from Parent Zone, CEOP and experts in childcare and internet safety. It’s a standalone website (ParentInfo.org) accessible to anyone, but the content is also available free to schools to run on their own websites. Gorkana UK Consumer Alert: Wednesday 3rd February 2016Parent Zone has relaunched its website at parentzone.org.uk and is introducing a new reviews section to feature family-friendly gadgets, apps and online entertainment, including games and video on demand services. Parent Zone helps children and the people who look after them cope with the challenges of internet safety and the digital age. The team also works with CEOP to produce Parent Info, a free service for schools to promote safe internet use. It’s a standalone website (ParentInfo.org) accessible to anyone, but the content is also available free to schools to run on their own websites.The content team is as follows:CEO Vicki Shotbolt is on the executive board of the UK Council on Child Internet Safety. She regularly speaks to schools and parents on internet safety issues and has blogged on the subject on The Huffington Post. Vicki can be reached at vicki@parentzone.org.ukEditorial Director Geraldine Bedell, author and journalist, was the founding Editor of Gransnet. She has worked for The Observer, The Independent and FT, and is an expert on the impact of the internet on families. Geraldine can be reached at geraldine@parentzone.org.ukEditor Eleanor Levy has been an Editor, Deputy Editor and Writer on women’s magazines and pre-teen titles, including marie claire, Bella and M Magazine at the Mirror. She will be looking after the