SEATTLE, Oct. 30, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- QueCentral.com is a new website service for everyday Web users that provides free and convenient security for internet browsing, searching and shopping. It is the brainchild of local internet-security professional Tony Luque. By entering the Worldwide Web through QueCentral's website internet portal, users can access trusted online stores and merchants, safeguard their families, and discover fun and interesting websites -- all from one place. Additionally, use of the QueCentral.com safe shopping links supports a variety of charitable causes. Use of QueCentral.com is free and requires no user registration.
How does this happen? QueCentral's founder, Tony Luque, created an ad-free website -- an Internet portal -- that provides access to pre-screened, safe shopping sites and a steady stream of information to protect users, families, and personal data. Purchases made through the no-cost-added, safe shopping links provide the operating revenue and funds for an evolving mix of charitable causes.
QueCentral uses a mix of twenty metrics to evaluate internet e-commerce sites before they are designated as trusted, safe shopping sites. Currently, less than half of the online merchants evaluated meet the criteria for approval. The evaluations are ongoing; when approved, new merchants are added to QueCentral.com.
"Our motto is 'Explore with confidence, shop with confidence,'" states Tony Luque. "Even in our internet savvy world, many people are intimidated by security issues and are concerned with safety when exploring and shopping on the Web. They want protection, especially for their children, from inappropriate content, scams and websites with malicious intentions." QueCentral.com minimizes these issues when accessing the Web via the QueCentral portal. "We encourage everyone concerned about internet safety to make QueCentral.com their homepage and thus their portal to the Web," states Luque.
"Giving back is a founding principle of QueCentral. We have structured QueCentral.com so that use of our safe shopping links supports worthwhile charitable causes. People appreciate this aspect of our internet portal," states Luque. Currently, QueCentral has designated Susan G. Komen for the Cure and its fight against breast cancer as the recipient of 50 percent of its profits.
New and frequently updated information plus an expanding library of articles, tools, and trusted online stores will keep the website interesting and current.
About Tony Luque and QueCentral.com
Tony Luque is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP(r)), accredited by The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium Inc. (ISC). Luque became aware of a "subculture" of computer users who limit their use of the internet because of security concerns. He wanted to share his knowledge with and improve the Web experiences of this "subculture" of users. Thus the basis for action and QueCentral.com.
With 15 years of information technology and security experience, Luque has the unique background to conduct in-depth evaluations of e-commerce websites and to determine how well these merchants protect shoppers from internet security lapses.
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