by Vickie Gaskill, CPM®, MPM®
Most of us are spending a lot more time than we ever have “surfing the web”. What we think are perfectly innocent websites turn out to be bogus misleading deceptive web attractions. Now that we have Facebook, Twitter, and all sorts of social networking sites, it’s becoming harder and harder to protect a lot of our personal information and that of our children. I did a bit of research and thanks to the help of MSN found some good online safety tips.
Online Safety Tips:
1. Keep your personal information private including your name, phone number, additional passwords and social security or credit card numbers.
2. Turn off the computer if you feel uncomfortable with what you are seeing on the screen.
3. Never agree to let children meet someone in person who they have met online.
4. Don’t share photos of yourself with strangers.
5. Keep the computer your child uses in a central location
6. Join children as they surf the Internet.
7. Install anti-virus software on your computer.
8. Remember, not everyone on the Web is who they say they are.
Helpful sites on the Internet:
GetNetWise – Internet resources for online safety information
StaySafeOnline.Info – Secure your home or small business computers. This site also has an animated interactive safety quiz designed just for kids hosted by Shaquille O’Neal and Tara Lipinski
SafeKids – tips, advice and suggestions to make your family’s online experience fun and productive
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) – Learn about ways to prevent abduction and to report missing children
Have fun, be safe, and enjoy the surf!
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