Ten Safety Tips for Children: We recommend the following
rules for safe surfing. Talk with your parents about these ten tips for
you!
1. I will not give out any personal information online without my
parents' permission. This includes my name, phone number, address,
e-mail, location of my school, my parents' work address/ telephone
numbers and credit card numbers, and my picture. This goes for anywhere
on the Internet, including e-mail, chat rooms, newsgroups - even Web
sites that promise me free stuff or prizes, or on Web pages that I make
myself.
2. When using the Internet, I will always use a pretend name or nickname
that doesn't reveal whether I'm a boy or a girl.
3. When creating a password, I will make one up that is hard to guess but
easy for me to remember. To avoid having it stolen, I will never reveal
it to anyone (except my parents) - not even my best friend.
4. I will not respond to any message that makes me uncomfortable. I will
show an adult right away.
5. I will not arrange to meet a friend I have made on the Internet UNLESS
one of my parents has been informed and will be present.
6. I will not send an insulting or rude message to anyone online. This is
called "flaming" and it is not good Netiquette.
7. I will not disable any filtering software my parents have put on the
computer.
8. I will not open e-mail, files, links, pictures or games from people
that I don't know or trust. I will always ask an adult first.
9. I will not take words, pictures or sounds from someone else's Web site
without their permission.
10. I will not believe everything I read on the Internet I will always
check the source of the information and confirm it with my teacher,
parent or librarian.