sgrouples press kit - march.2014

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THE WORLDS SAFEST SOCIAL NETWORK

Media Information Kit

MARCH 2014

PRACTICE SAFE SHARING!

Mark Weinstein, CEO & Foundermobile: (408) 502-0827

office: (408) 530-9092

[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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About Sgrouples

The Worlds Safest Social Network

Sgrouples is the multi-platform, privacy-centric, all-in-one social network that lets

individuals and organizations connect and share with the people and communities in their

lives. We call it "The Worlds Safest Social Network." Sgrouples is simple: We provide our

users with the worlds most powerful social experience and peace-of-mind with ourPrivacy

Bill of Rights.

Sgrouples pioneers "privacy by design." At Sgrouples, you own your content. Your personal

information is privateit is yours; its not our business. There is no spying, no tracking, and

no stalking within our site. Permissions and privacy are your rights, and we make it easy for

you to allow or deny access to any content you post. Advertising is non-invasive and our

revenue model is expansive.

Our user agreement clearly outlines exactly how we choose not to use our customers data.

If we ever change our policy, we promise to email all Sgrouples users and tell them exactly

what we changed and give them the option, in the email, to delete their account.

Sgrouples makes it simple to Practice Safe Sharing.

Your Real Life, Online.

Sgrouples is about keeping it real. In real life you dont have a thousand friends, and you

dont talk in 140 characters. You dont interact with your family the same way you do with

your friends, and you dont share the same things with your fraternity or sorority that you

do with your co-workers.

Sgrouples connects you to your real relationships in the real world. You really may have a

thousand or more contacts, and you want to control who sees what and how you interact

with those different people. At Sgrouples, invite your friends, family, and anyone in your life

to become your Contacts and then share what you want with exactly who you want, just

like in real life. Its social media for the real world.

Sgrouples keeps it simple, revolutionary, and intuitive. Create private groups and shareselectively with the different people in your life. Or with one click, share one-to-one or one-

to-many with your Contacts through private messages. Share simultaneously with your

other social networks through our central hub. You can even store, share, and print photos,

or create and collaborate on documents. Store everything in your free, private cloud! Plan

events. Have great discussions. It is natural, integrated, and easy; Sgrouples is the Web 3.0

of social media.Watch our short video to learn more!
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2012 Honor Role Recipient Online Trust Alliance

Ambassador Privacy By Design, Information and Privacy Commissioner Ontario, Canada

Champion National Cyber Security Alliance

Steering Committee Member National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, White

House Initiative

Key Features

Sgrouples combines the unique advantages of many different Web-based services, all in

one place, and protects its users with an unprecedented level of privacy:

Sgrouples Privacy Bill of Rights-no tracking, no profiling, no sharing of personal

information

Sort and share with your friends, family, and communities through Contacts

Private, custom user groups

Stay up to date with your personalized News Stream

Patent-pending permission tool (GroupAuthTM) lets users control their privacy settings

Send messages, and have real-time individual/group chats, privately

Cloud storage with My CloudTM(8 GB free at sign-up, up to 10 GB free with sharing)

Social network aggregation in one easy-to-use dashboard

View tweets from members in your group, even if you are not a Twitter member, with our

Groups Tweets feature

Participate in powerful Discussions and collaborate/create Documents

Create and share Event calendars

Seamless Sgrouples Mobile experience

Upcoming features: from encryption to photo finishing to apps and games

Learn more about Sgrouples Watch our Video!

Revenue Sources

White labeling, data storage, user-selected advertising, coupons, and the Sgrouples App

Store.

Sgrouples Enterprise

Sgrouples offers enterprises and partners/resellers a dedicated and secure private label

Social Network/Intranet. This addresses the need to offer employees a fun, interactive and

productive work environment while constraining their external use of social media.
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Sgrouples Privacy Bill of Rights

Sgrouples is committed to providing its users with the most private experience on the Web.

We stand by the following statements, as outlined by our Privacy Bill of Rights:

You own your personal information and content. It is explicitly not ours.

Permissions and privacy are your rights. You control them.

You control who can access your content.

You control what, if anything, others can see in public searches.

We're a private network. That means we do not track or profile you.

Your privacy means we do not share your personal information with anyone.

Your "likes" and "loves" are for you and your friends. We do not monitor or mine your

data.

Your face is your business. We do not use facial recognition technology.

They're your friends not ours. We do not spy on your contact list.

You have the right to delete your account and all of your information at any time.

Items for Press

Sgrouples logo

Desktop screenshots

Headshot of Mark Weinstein, CEO and founder

Headshot of Jonathan Wolfe, Co-founder and Chief Scientist
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Press Highlights

National

USA TODAY:How Facebook Gets Rich Leveraging Personas

ABC NEWS:Mark talks about Snowden at SXSW and Sgrouples

CNET:Tim Berners-Lee: 25 years on, the Web still needs work (Q&A)

FOX NEWS:Mark Weinstein on Fox News

FORBES:Privacy Isn't Dead With Millennials, It's Thriving

Facebook's New Graph Search: Boon or Privacy Concern?

HUFFINGTON POST:These Terms and Conditions Shouldn't Apply to Anyone

Terms and Conditions May Apply: A Must See Horror Film

How the Fate of your Privacy Rests in the Hands of Snowden and

Assange

How Far Will You Go To Protect Your Emails?

Freedom from Unauthorized Intrusion

Conscious Capitalism and the Privacy Revolution

Facebook Fatique or Facebook Fracture

Is Privacy Dead?

Be Careful Sexting With SnapchatEntertainment Snafu: PATH Becomes An Intruder

BUSINESS INSIDER: Check Out Sgrouples, The Truly Private Social Network

Your Online Privacy Is Even More Important Today

ALLPARENTING: Should You Leave Facebook For These Family-Friendly Social Media Sites?

DARK READING:What Would Judge Leon Say About The Big 8?

Leaked NSA Hacking Tools, Tactics, In Focus

KING 5:New Social Network Touts Privacy in Wake of Hacks, NSA StoriesSILICON VALLEY BUSINESS JOURNAL:Sgrouples Offers Social Network Alternative in wake

of NSA/PRISM

ZDNET:Will Sgrouples End Social Networking's Attack on Privacy?

A to Z of Cool Startups, Apps, Fundings and Acquisitions in 2013

INC:Keep Your Data Safe on Social Media
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Executive Biographies

Mark is a visionary social networking pioneer, leading privacy advocate, award-winningauthor, and the founder ofSgrouples.com, the privacy-centric social platform. He is a USA

Today and Huffington Post technology blogger, as well as a Steering Committee Member of

National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), a White House initiative to

improve the privacy, security, and convenience of sensitive online transactions. Sgrouples

has been given "Honor Roll" status by the Online Trust Alliance for its dedication to user

safety, and Mark was named Ambassador of Privacy by Design by the Information and

Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Canada.

As a visionary social networking pioneer, Mark founded SuperFamily.com and

SuperFriends.com, which were PC Magazine"Top 100" sites and precursors to todays socialnetworks.

Mark and Sgrouples have been featured on Fox News and inHuffington Post, Forbes, Business

Insider, ZDNET, INC, and other media outlets in the USA and abroad.

A successful athlete, Mark was a silver medalist in the 2005 USOC State Games of America

(tennis) and has climbed Kala Patthar, an 18,500 foot Nepalese peak. He is also an expert

on individual and organizational greatness and is the author of the award-winning

HABITUALLY GREATbook series, endorsed by Stephen Covey. Mark received his BA from the

University of California, Santa Cruz; and his MBA from the Anderson School ofManagement at UCLA. He currently resides in the heart of Silicon Valley.

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Jonathan Wolfe is the Chief Scientist atSgrouples.com,the worlds safest social network. As

Chief Scientist, Jonathan leads the design of Sgrouples groundbreaking interface and

manages an amazing global team of developers responsible for building a world-class web

and mobile experience. His design philosophies are grounded in a deep understanding of

human behavior and cognitive brain function, as well as his studies of the neurophysiology

of the visual system and precognitive perception.

A pioneer in using the Internet to foster communication and collaboration, Jonathan built

his first webpage in 1995 and co-founded SuperFamily.com and SuperFriends.com with

Mark, which were PC Magazine"Top 100" sites and precursors to todays social networks.

Jonathan has been programming for over thirty years, starting in 1981 on an Apple II+. He

is a veteran of a wide array of programming languages and design philosophies, from Basic

and C programming all the way to Scala and Lift. Jonathan has actively studied user design,human factors engineering, and information architecture, and is an expert on the

challenges of complex web interaction. While many programmers build designs that are

only understood by other programmers, Jonathan is highly focused on making his

interfaces clear, simple, and highly intuitive.

Jonathan received his B.A. in biophysics from Johns Hopkins in 1990, and his Ph.D. in

neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. He went on to found the Fractal

Foundation in 2003, a nonprofit that uses the beauty of fractals to inspire interest in

science, math, and art. Since 2003, he has taught over 50,000 children about fractals. An

artist as well as a scientist, his neurophysiology studies of the visual system were inspiredby his love of color, form, and motion. He is passionate about sharing the beauty of math

and science, and has inspired and enthralled audiences all over the world, from the London

Museum to Rio de Janeiro.

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Contact InformationFor all media inquiries or to schedule an interview, contact:

Mark Weinstein, CEO & Founder

mobile: (408) 502-0827

office: (408) 530-9092

[email protected]

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