Help children manage their online privacy
It's a culture of sharing Our children live in a culture of sharing that has changed the concept of privacy. In a world where everyone is connected and anything created can get copied, pasted and sent to thousands of people in a heartbeat, privacy starts to mean something different from simply guarding personal or private information. Each time your children fill in a profile without privacy controls, comment on something, post a video or text a picture to friends, they potentially reveal themselves to the world. Why privacy matters Digital life is public and permanent. Everything our children do online creates digital footprints that wander and persist. Something that happens on the spur of the moment - a funny picture, a certain post - can resurface years later. And if children aren't careful, their reputations can get away from them. Your children may think they only sent something to a friend. But that friend can send it to a friend's friend, who can send it to their friends' friends, and so on. That's how secrets become headlines and how false information spreads fast and furiously. Everything takes place in front of huge invisible audiences. Children's deepest secrets can be shared with thousands of people they've never even met. New technologies make controlling privacy more challenging. With GPS-enabled mobile phones and location-sharing programs, children can post their whereabouts. This information can go out to friends, strangers and companies that will show them ads targeted to their location. Common-sense advice Explain that nothing is really private. No matter what children think, privacy settings aren't infallible. It's up to children to protect themselves by thinking twice before they post something that could damage their reputation or that someone else could use to embarrass or hurt them. Teach children to keep personal information private. Help children define what information they should keep private when they're online. We recommend that children do not share their addresses, phone numbers or birth dates. Make sure they use privacy settings on their social network pages. Encourage children to think about their relationships (close friends, family, acquaintances, strangers) and adjust their privacy settings accordingly. Remind children to protect their friends' privacy. Passing along a rumour or identifying someone in a picture (called 'tagging') affects someone's privacy. If your children are tagged in friends' photos, they can ask to have the photos or the tags removed. But there's not much more they can do. Establish hard-and-fast rules about posting. No nude or semi-nude photos or videos — ever. Not online, not via mobile phone (known as 'sexting'). No pictures of taking drugs, drinking or having sex. Remind children that what goes around, comes around. If children spread a rumour or talk nastily about a teacher, they can't assume that what they post will stay private. Whatever they say can come back to haunt them in more ways than they can imagine. Help children think long term. Everything leaves a digital footprint. Whatever gets created may never go away. If they don't want to see it tomorrow, they'd better not post it today. rana Angregi khatam ho gayee Par Desi abhee baki hai |
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