CALVERTON, N.Y., Jan. 18, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- AdZone Research, Inc. (OTCBB:ADZR) today reported that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Web Wise Kids, Inc. to form a strategic alliance. Under terms of the one year agreement, to be finalized in 30 days, both organizations will work together to expand awareness and marketing of the company's OPPS online predator profiling system.
Web Wise Kids is a nonprofit organization located in Southern California. Since 2002, it has been teaching children and their youth leaders strategies for safe Internet use, including methods of detecting and deterring online predators. Its programs are currently in use in 49 states. Through the help of a vast team of community partners, including teachers, law enforcement officers, and community youth leaders, more than one million children in the critical 11 to 14 year age range have received its safety training.
"We are tremendously proud to be entering into this mutual partnership with Web Wise Kids, which will give our OPPS program greatly increased visibility," said John A. Cardona, President & COO of AdZone. "This is a perfect match: AdZone and its advanced technology working with an organization committed to preparing children, teens, and adults to make wise choices when using the Internet.
"Web Wise Kids is the only national not-for-profit targeted towards protecting children from online predators both in their technique, which has been proven successful with youth in this critical age group, and in being pro-active rather than reactive when it comes to addressing this menace," Cardona continued. "In only three years, the phenomenal success of its approach to protecting our children is a direct result of the endorsement of Web Wise Kids by more than 2,000 police forces and 5,000 schools across North America."
"Our board and staff are looking forward to working with AdZone and creating a mutually beneficial partnership," said Monique Nelson, Executive Vice President of Web Wise Kids. "We thank AdZone Research for its efforts to make the Internet a safer place for today's youth."
"The scope of work done by Web Wise Kids is extraordinary," said AdZone Executive Vice President Dan Wasserman. "The organization works in partnership with educators, law enforcement officers and after-school program leaders to provide guidance to children in computer labs across the United States. It is truly dedicated to making the Web a safer place for our children, and with AdZone's involvement together we intend to ensure that objective."
Terms of the proposed alliance call for Web Wise Kids to provide a written endorsement of the use of OPPS by law enforcement agencies, and grant AdZone the right to promote this endorsement in AdZone's advertising and sales efforts for OPPS.
Web Wise Kids also will grant AdZone the right to state in all OPPS-related advertising that "AdZone is a Sponsor of Web Wise Kids," and that a portion of the sales price of each license of OPPS will be donated to Web Wise Kids. Web Wise Kids will include, on its website, www.webwisekids.org , a brief discussion of its endorsement of OPPS, as well as a hyperlink to the AdZone-OPPS website.
The organization also will agree to allow distribution of marketing material about the OPPS program at any conventions or events attended by Web Wise Kids where law enforcement personnel may also be in attendance. It also will provide introductions to its law enforcement community partners.
As part of its commitment, AdZone agrees to donate $3.00 to Web Wise Kids for every OPPS license that it sells or renews during the term of the alliance.
It also will include, on its website, a brief discussion of its sponsorship of Web Wise Kids, as well as a hyperlink to the Web Wise Kids website.
At only $999 a year for a single license, AdZone has priced OPPS so that every police force in America can afford it, and hopes OPPS becomes a standard for police forces around the country. Furthermore, AdZone's community sponsorship program is an effective option for police forces to receive their OPPS licenses by having community-based sponsors cover the cost. For additional information on AdZone Research, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.adzoneresearch.com.
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