Our children shouldn’t have their childhood/teen escapades and embarrassing moments haunt them for the rest of their days due to their youthful indiscretions being stored on social media and being found through online search. We’d like to think that our kids can mess up a little and start their adult lives with a clean slate… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Privacy Online
How Effective Is Parental Supervision Online?
How Can Parents Supervise Kids To Keep Them Safe From Harm? There is a belief by some parents that they can allow their underage child access to adult and teen social media and messaging apps, as long as they supervise their child’s accounts and have educational talks with them. Many mobile apps used on iPods… Continue Reading
Facebook’s New Data Use Policy Wants To Use Your Name & Photo In Advertising
Facebook have just announced proposals for new changes to their terms of service. Facebook have allowed objections and comments from their users for 7 days until they decide if they go ahead with this. You can make your comments under the announcement here along with the hundreds of others so far. As I’m not a… Continue Reading
Digital Reputation So Important For Teens
I like this video, it shows perfectly what happens when you combine a lack of understanding around digital reputation, cyber bullying accountability and lack of privacy settings. All are very very important for all of us. Be sure that you educate your teens how to behave online, what the consequences of being a cyber bully… Continue Reading
Parents And Children Need To Watch This. Safety Online
Video from The Child Exploitation & Online Protection Agency. ” CEOPs Thinkuknow education programme that helps children to understand what constitutes personal information. The assembly enables children to understand that they need to be just as protective of their personal information online, as they are in the real world. It also directs where to go and… Continue Reading
How To Share Family Photo’s On Social Media With Better Privacy
Many families love to share personal photos on Facebook, but sharing a personal photo of the family to your Facebook timeline or wall, might be a privacy issue if your private photos are then shared beyond your intended circle of friends and family by friends of friends. Sharing personal family photos on Facebook can also… Continue Reading
How To Hide Your Posts From A Facebook Friend Without Them Knowing
Add A Facebook Friend To The Restricted List If you have a Facebook Friend that you would rather was not seeing your regular “to friends” posts, but you can’t block them or de-friend them without causing an issue…There is a neat trick you can do with Facebook lists, to prevent them seeing any posts, other… Continue Reading
Facebook Is NOT For Kids!
An 8 year old boy saw porn on Facebook…. With more and more parents allowing their underaged kids to have Facebook accounts, this type of exposure will probably be occurring thousands upon thousands times a day. Most parents I speak to who allow their underage children access to adult apps either simply… Continue Reading
How To Permanently Delete Your Facebook Account
Last night an audience member at my Cyber Safety talk was concerned with how she might permanently delete her Facebook Account. I advised her that there is a method but you have to submit a special form to Facebook to do it. “Deactivating” your account only puts it in suspension and can be… Continue Reading