The Covenant Eyes Accountability Report allows you to easily review your Internet activity or that of the person you hold accountable.

With the Covenant Eyes Accountability Service, you have the option of viewing Accountability Reports through your e-mail once every week, every 2 weeks, or every 3 days. You may also generate reports through the Member Center at any time.

Below is a description of each module found in the Accountability Report. Not every module will appear on every Report. If you want to modify your report settings, you can do so in the Member Center.

Report Rating

The text located at the top right of a Report is meant to be a guide and not an overall rating of the Report. Because no rating system can be perfect, it is important to use all of the data to help discern motivation, and ultimately to discuss the Accountability Report with your Partner. There are often valid explanations for sites with high ratings.

The rating is generated by looking at the user’s overall activity for a pattern of questionable sites, taking the Report Sensitivity Level into account. A large pattern of usage of sites at or above the Report Sensitivity Level will result in “Review Suggested” or “Close Review Recommended.”

For example, take a report with the Sensitivity Level of MT (Mature Teen). If a user has visited a large number of sites rated MT, even if he has not visited any rated M (Mature) or HM (Highly Mature), the report rating will say “Review Suggested.” If the same user also shows a pattern of visiting sites rated M or HM, the report rating will say “Close Review Recommended.”

Report Looks Good:

This rating indicates little to no pattern of objectionable or mature Internet use.

Review Suggested:

This rating indicates a fairly large pattern of use at or slightly above the Report Sensitivity Level.

Close Review Recommended:

This rating suggests a pattern of sites far above the Report Sensitivity Level, and requires reviewing the report in detail. The nature of visited sites, continuing trends over time, as well as the time that the sites were visited, should all be considered as you discuss high rated sites with the Accountability user.

Report Sensitivity Level

The Report Sensitivity Level is a rating you select. Only sites at that level or higher will appear on the report. For instance, a Report Sensitivity Level of M (Mature) will show only those sites rated M or HM (Highly Mature).

The higher you set the Report Sensitivity Level, the fewer the items that will show up on your report. Of course, you can always see the user’s full Internet activity in the Detailed Browsing Logs in the Member Center.

For more information, read: What are Report Sensitivity Levels? Which one should I choose?

Summary

The top of the Report lists a summary, which includes:

• the dates of Internet activity,
• the three sites with the most hits, and
• the top three times of the day when the Internet was used most.

The summary is meant to give a brief overview of the patterns of Internet activity so that you may discuss these patterns with your Partner.

Rating Legend:

The legend at the top of the report gives a breakdown of the ratings used to categorize the Internet activity found on the Report. These ratings are applied to each entry on the report so that you know where the website falls in relation to the Covenant Eyes rating system.

The Report Legend is simply meant to be a tool to remind you about the meanings of the ratings that you see on the Report.

Install Log

The Install Log gives an overview of when the Covenant Eyes software was installed or uninstalled so that you are able to have informed conversations with your Accountability Partner.

The Install Log module shows each time the Covenant Eyes software is installed on a computer or device.

The Install Log section also lists each time that an uninstall code is generated to uninstall the Covenant Eyes software. This information gives the method by which the code was generated, the reason that the code was generated (if applicable), and the day and time of the generation.

Uninstallation may have occurred for technical or other reasons, but nonetheless potentially indicates unmonitored Internet use for a period of time.

Web Searches

Many of the common Web search engines are included in this section. If a search term has a high rating, the terms and the search engine used are shown with a rating to indicate the level of possible mature content. The time and date in which the search occurred are also listed.

The Web Searches module is meant to help you understand what types of terms were searched for so that you can have meaningful conversations about the Internet activity.

Blocked Sites

This section applies to those who use both the Covenant Eyes Accountability and Filtering Services.

Sites blocked by the Covenant Eyes Filter are listed in this section. It should be noted that each user of the Filter has a specific sensitivity setting, so some sites which are blocked for one user may not be blocked for another user with a less sensitive setting.

Only the three highest rating URLs in each domain are shown in this module. If you click on “View More” at the bottom of the list, it will take you to the Detailed Log (you will need to log in using your username and password), and will show you a complete listing of all of the sites under that domain.

High-Rating Sites

This section will show the domains that contained high rated Web addresses (Read: “What do the ratings mean?“). The ratings listed next to each domain reflect the highest rating URL accessed from that website, not necessarily the whole domain itself.

Click on any of the domain names listed to bring up a Detailed Browsing Log for that website (you will need to log in with your username and password). This log will show all of the URLs recorded by Covenant Eyes, including the photos, stories, ads, etc. associated with the website, listed by the time and day they were viewed. Each of these URLs will receive a rating.

A rating of HM should offer an opportunity for conversation with an Accountability Partner. While generally these sites are considered inappropriate for all audiences, there may be good explanations for these ratings. Sites which were blocked by the Covenant Eyes Filter (if you use our Filter) do not show in this section, but are shown in the “Filtered Sites” section of the report.

High Ratings per Site

Sites with high ratings are listed in this section (Read: “What do the ratings mean?“). Ratings of M or HM should offer an opportunity for conversation with an Accountability Partner, as there may be good explanations for these ratings. (Read: “How do I talk to my friend about a high rating on his report?“)

Note: Only the three highest highest rated URLs in a domain are shown in this module. If you click on “View More” at the bottom of the list, it will take you to the Detailed Log (you will need to log in using your username and password), and it will show you a complete listing of all of the URL addresses (photos, stories, ads, etc.) viewed from that domain.

Sites which were blocked by the Covenant Eyes Filter (if you use our Filter) do not show in this section, but are shown in the “Filtered Sites” section of the report.

Average Hourly Usage

This graph show the times of day in percentages when the Internet was accessed. You can use this information to discuss the person’s online habits with them.

Site Report

The Site Report module gives an overview of a person’s Internet use. This section shows the top 20 most visited Web sites. It includes the domain name and the number of hits recorded for each domain. “Hits” include all of the photos, stories, ads and other items associated with a web site. One Web page may contain dozens or even hundreds of URLs. This portion of the report also provides a percentage of how the URLs are divided among all the Web domains visited by the person you hold accountable.

If you click on one of these domains, a Detailed Browsing Log will open (you will need to log in with your username and password). This log will show all of the URLs accessed in that domain, including the photos, stories, ads, etc. associated with each website, listed by the time and day they were viewed. Each of these URLs will receive a rating.

Daily Summary

This module shows all unique domain names visited each day. Each website is assigned a rating (Read: “What do the ratings mean?“). This module also shows the number of “hits” on each website visited.

The number of “hits” on a domain or a specific website may be misleading. Many, perhaps most, Web pages you view are actually made up of multiple URLs – all on one page view. A hit is not the number of times a person clicks on a website, rather it is the number of URLs that appear on a Web page.

Click on any one of these domain names to bring up a Detailed Browsing Log (you will need to log in using your username and password). This log will show all of the URLs recorded by viewing pages associated with the domain. It will show these URLs (photos, videos, stories, ads, etc.) listed by the time and day they were viewed, and each of these URLs will receive a rating.

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