Internet Safety

Here are some simple ways to protect yourself online. Be sure that you do all of these things so you can protect the your own safety and that of your family.

1. Never give out your last or family name, your home address or your phone number in chat rooms, on bulletin boards, or to online pen-pals.

2. Never tell anyone your password, not even a close friend.

3. Always look at a site’s privacy policy to see what they do with the information they collect from you - especially if asked for your email address and name.

4. Surf the internet with your parents or at least let your parents know what sites you visit so they can check them out and make sure they are safe.

5. If a site makes you uncomfortable or asks for something you don’t want to share, leave the site. There are most likely many more sites with the same thing you are looking for that won’t make you uncomfortable.