SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Securly, the Silicon-Valley based student safety company, today announced the release of its "Pause Button" for school-issued 1:1 Chromebooks served by Securly's flagship Filter product. With this feature, parents of school districts served by Securly, will now be able to pause their child's Internet on 1:1 devices with the company's mobile SecurlyHome app, at any time of day – at home or anywhere off campus.
Securly introduced the Pause feature in September of last year on their parent web filtering solution, Hub by Securly. With the purchase of the Hub, parents have been able to pause any of their child's home devices connected to and filtered by the Hub. However, until today, this functionality wasn't available to parents for kids' school 1:1 devices not protected by the Hub. With today's announcement, parents will not only be able to pause their child's home device through the Hub, but also their school-issued 1:1 Chromebook with the free SecurlyHome app.
"So many parents face a daily battle to get kids off of their screens in order to make time for family time, focused homework windows, bedtime – or just non-screen play activities," says Linsly Donnelly, VP of Consumer Marketing. "Now, with a simple tap inside our SecurlyHome app, no matter where a parent is, they can pause their child's school device while it's at home or anywhere off school campus. We're so excited to partner with our schools and help make raising kids in the digital age easier."
This feature is currently available to all school districts who utilize Chromebooks. The company is actively working on implementing this functionality for all school device types in the near future.
About Securly
Securly is a Silicon Valley-based student safety company that provides EdTech safety solutions. The only company to cater exclusively to K-12, student safety has been Securly's mission since the very beginning. Currently, over 7M students use Securly's free and paid filtering solutions worldwide, and thousands of districts use Auditor, Securly's AI-based tool for cyberbullying and self-harm detection on Gmail. In addition to Filter and Auditor, Securly has expanded their product suite to include Classroom, 24, Hub by Securly, and many more.
For more information, visit http://www.securly.com.
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