As many of you know, we’ve spent an enormous amount of time at loopt working to make sure our service is safe and secure. In addition to all the time we’ve spent creating features that ensure that our customers have complete control over who can see them and when, we’ve reached out to numerous organizations to get their ideas about safety and privacy.
In the last few months we’ve spent time with everyone from the EFF and the Ponemon Organization (digital and privacy rights advocates), to WebWiseKids, BlogSafety.org, and ICAC (online child safety organizations). The good news is that they’ve all been very happy with all the safeguards we’ve put in place for loopt users, and they’ve had terrific ideas to contribute as well. With their help we believe we’ve built an exceptionally safe service, and one that privacy and safety advocates can love as much as our users do.
One of our latest efforts has been to reach out to legislators and regulators in both Washington, DC and Sacramento, CA (we’re a California-based company) to educate them about loopt. Because while we know that loopt is not only fun and useful but also safe and secure, we want to make sure policy makers do as well.
As a result Sam and I spent last Monday in Washington meeting with everyone from senior officials at the FCC to senior staff members of in the Administration and in Congress. In addition to being a fascinating day (neither of us had spent much time doing business in Washington) it was productive as well. And the good news is everyone was enthusiastic about loopt, and not just our privacy controls – many of the folks we spoke with were genuinely excited to use the service when it launches more broadly. Now if only someone would schedule an inexpensive non-stop from San Francisco to Reagan National….
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