Campus Cards, College and University Identification and Security

Site offers college students security items to protect themselves and property

Monday, July 6, 2009

An online store geared towards helping college students find products that can better secure the thousands of dollars in valuables they often bring to school has been launched. Called SecureOnCampus.com, it purports to be the first online destination catering to the security needs of college students and their parents.

The site, offers items that can help protect a student’s digital camera, laptop, MP3 player, cell phone, ID, passports, cash and credit cards. This includes dorm safes, pepper sprays, personal alarms, back up hard drives and laptop locks. LoJack for Laptops, tracking software designed to find stolen computers with the help of local law enforcement, is also available.

SecureOnCampus.com is owned by marketing consultant and e-commerce brand development company Act Three Marketing LLC, and is the creation of Rob Pellizzi, formally senior vice president of marketing at MTV Networks. [end] 

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