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Safety Tips

Our goal at POIfriend is to create a friendly and safe environment for those who want to create, share and use POI information. As such, please consider the following:

  • We will NEVER contact you requesting ANY type of personal information via e-mail. All of your account information can be accessed via the ‘MY POIfriend’ button on the home page. Do not be misled by ‘phishing’ scams. Phishing is used by scam artists to illegally obtain your personal information like usernames and passwords by pretending to be a website or e-mail from a resource you trust.
  • YOUR PRIVACY IS OUR PARAMOUNT CONCERN. See our privacy policy for more detail. If you are concerned about revealing your specific coordinates, enter an address or location that is NEAR to where you reside. This way, you will still benefit from viewing POIs that are close to you – without revealing your exact location.
  • Choose a user name that does not reveal your true identity. Choose nicknames or usernames that do specifically spell out your name. For example, if your name is John Smith – do not choose a user name of ‘johnsmith’ or ‘jsmith’ to protect your anonymity.
  • Parents and Guardians – talk to your children about safe use of the Internet. Ask them to be very careful about whom they add to their friend list. Remind them that what they say and do online could be documented forever.
  • POIfriend is a public space, so do not post any information you wouldn’t want the world community to be aware of. If the POI Groups you create are intended only for private use or for friends and family – please ensure they are categorized this way.
  • Flag inappropriate content so that the POIfriend community is a friendly and safe environment for those who use GPS-enabled devices. POIfriend will promptly follow-up on content flagged as ‘inappropriate’ (according to our terms of use agreement) and remove when warranted.
  • Once you’ve uploaded your POI Groups to GPS devices, don’t let these helpful devices distract you from your primary objective of safe driving, biking, walking, etc!