First and the foremost rule: Remain as anonymous as possible which means keeping your information's private. There are certain things which you must not give out on the internet:
- Full name
- Home Address
- Phone number
- Social security number
- Passwords
- Names of family members
- Credit card numbers
Just pause for a second and ask your mind,whether people and the companies who ask for these information's are credible? Definitely no.
Think before you create a web address and the emails. Because web experts recommend that creating these information need to combine both the letters and the numbers, where the opponent cannot identify whether you are male or female.
Coming to chat rooms, always have a nickname other than the screen name. So, it will be easy for you to exit if the conversations goes uncomfortable. There are people where within the friends circle, they will create a separate chat room and chat. That's actually a good idea.
It is OK, if you have online friendships in this virtual world. But taking a step further and meeting them will involve higher risks. Because, the people who are on the next side can pretend and project themselves with a different image than they actually have. That always happens.
If at all you get involved in a chat room, with a conversation that makes you uncomfortable. This can be reported to the website of National Center for Missing and Exploited Children i.e www.missingkids.com. This type of incident is called as CyberTipline, a dedicated form is available for this type of incident. This form is reviewed and submitted to the law enforcement officials for the investigation.
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Think before you create a web address and the emails. Because web experts recommend that creating these information need to combine both the letters and the numbers, where the opponent cannot identify whether you are male or female.
Coming to chat rooms, always have a nickname other than the screen name. So, it will be easy for you to exit if the conversations goes uncomfortable. There are people where within the friends circle, they will create a separate chat room and chat. That's actually a good idea.
It is OK, if you have online friendships in this virtual world. But taking a step further and meeting them will involve higher risks. Because, the people who are on the next side can pretend and project themselves with a different image than they actually have. That always happens.
If at all you get involved in a chat room, with a conversation that makes you uncomfortable. This can be reported to the website of National Center for Missing and Exploited Children i.e www.missingkids.com. This type of incident is called as CyberTipline, a dedicated form is available for this type of incident. This form is reviewed and submitted to the law enforcement officials for the investigation.
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Internet Safety - A Common Sense Approach (Protect your child)
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