4.2.1.1.1.44 Sex Education
This category includes sites with pictures or text advocating the proper use of contraceptives;
sites relating to discussion about the use of the pill, IUDs, and other types of contraceptives; and
discussion sites on how to talk to your partner about diseases, pregnancy, and respecting
boundaries.
Note: Not included in the category are commercial sites that sell sexual paraphernalia.These
sites are typically found in the Adult category.
4.2.1.1.1.45 Shopping
This category includes sites for department stores, retail stores, company catalogs, and other
sites that allow online consumer shopping, sites for online auctions, online downloadable product
warehouses, specialty items for sale, and freebies or merchandise giveaways.
4.2.1.1.1.46 Society and Culture
This category includes sites on home life and family-related topics, including weddings, births
and funerals; parenting tips and family planning; non-pornographic gay, lesbian, and bisexual
issues; foreign cultures and socio-cultural information; and non-explicit tattoo and piercing parlors.
4.2.1.1.1.47 Spam URLs
This category includes URLs found in spam, particularly on these topics: computing, finance and
stocks, entertainment, games, health and medicine, humor and novelties, personal and dating,
products and services, shopping, and travel.
4.2.1.1.1.48 Sports
This category includes sites for team or conference web sites; national, international, college,
professional scores and schedules; sports-related online magazines or newsletters; and fantasy
sports and virtual sports leagues that are free or low-cost.
4.2.1.1.1.49 Spyware
This category includes sites that provide or promote information gathering or tracking that is
unknown to, or done without the explicit consent of, the end user or the organization, including
sites that carry malicious executables or viruses, third party monitoring, and other unsolicited
commercial software, spyware, and malware "phone home" destinations.
Note: The technical definition of Spyware used for this category may not exactly match the
definition used elsewhere by Sophos.This category focuses on filtering malicious and tracking
content, not simply adware and cookies. For non-malicious adware filtering, please block the
Advertisements and Pop-ups category.
4.2.1.1.1.50 Streaming Media
This category includes sites for streaming media files or events (any live or archived audio or
video file), Internet TV and radio, non-explicit personal webcam sites, telephony sites that allow
users to make calls via the internet, and VoIP services
4.2.1.1.1.51 Tasteless and Offensive
This category includes sites that feature offensive or violent language, including through jokes,
comics, or satire, and excessive use of profanity or obscene gesticulation.
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