P&L E-Communications, LLC Receives SAFETY Act Certification

Source: Businesswire (12/06/06)

Rochester, N.Y. (Business Wire) ---December 06, 2006---P&L E-Communications, LLC, (PLE) today announced that its multi-layered video content analysis software systems have earned a certification of Developmental Testing and Evaluation designation as a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies (SAFETY) Act of 2002. PLE is now a certified provider of Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technologies, and therefore subject to legal liability protection from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The designation of PLE AVT234 unattended persistent video analytics systems as a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology means that the protections offered by PLE’s SAFETY Act approval extend to its customers. When a technology is designated as a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology, the seller of that technology is granted limited liability for all claims arising out of the deployment of the qualified technology with respect to an "act of terrorism."

"PLE is proud to be one of the few unattended video analytics software providers to receive full SAFETY Act approval," said Elizabeth Gruspier, Owner of P&L E-Communications, LLC. "The award of SAFETY Act coverage for our "Automated Scene Understanding" system is a great achievement for our company. Successfully passing through the rigorous SAFETY Act review process is a testament to the quality of our product and reflects the experience and training of our scientists and engineers."

The goal of the SAFETY Act is to encourage the development and deployment of new and innovative anti-terrorism products and services by providing liability protections. With this certification, both PLE and its customers will now enjoy significant liability protections. The SAFETY Act protections were created so that qualified companies such as PLE could offer their anti-terror products without fearing excessive liability for itself or its customers.

The SAFETY Act was created in response to the potentially crushing liability suits that were filed after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Congress, understanding that the existence of such lawsuits could keep important anti-terror services and technologies out of the hands of the Federal government, port authorities, commercial customers and others, created the system of liability protection offered by the SAFETY Act as a strong incentive for companies to buy and sell effective anti-terror goods and services.