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Staying SAFE ONLINE

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Staying Safe Online

Main section head

Creating strong passwords

Protecting Your Phone with Safety Settings

Keeping Private Information safe

Purchasing Things Online

Spotting Online Scams

How to Spot Fake Information

More Information

Staying Safe on Social Media

Notes and Ideas

• Using passwords can help keep your private information safe
• Setting up a recovery email can be a good idea, in case you ever forget a password

How to Stay Safe

• Create passwords that you'll be able to remember
• Never write your password down
• Try not to use the same passwords for all of your accounts
• Never give your password out to other people
• Try to create passwords other people won't be able to guess: you can try changing letters into numbers
• example : Us3r*Nam3, or IL0vePupp13s

Creating strong passwords

Getting Help

• If you're not sure, ask for guidance about help setting up strong and memorable passwords
• Ask for help setting up a recovery email address, which can help you create a new password if you ever forget it

For more information visit:https://www.internetmatters.org/digital-matters/lesson/introduction-to-protecting-personal-information-online/?section=activity&user_type=parent&step=1

Protecting Your Phone with Safety Settings

• Notes and Ideas
• Check you're one websites you can trust
• Don't share any of your private information online
• Don't share any of your private information with someone you don't know, both online or on the phone
• Don't share anything online you wouldn't want widely seen; once personal content is on the internet, it's there forever

How to Stay Safe

• Set up a memorable pin code or finger-print lock to keep your phone private
• Don't share this pin code with anyone
• Set up two-factor authentification to log into apps or websites (logging in with both your phone number and your email, or your email and a passcode)

Getting Help

• If you're unsure, ask for help on how to set up two-factor authentification
• Lock your phone when you're not using it
• Keep your phone on you at all times

For more information visit

Keeping Private Information safe

How Can it Help?

• Keeps your private information safe
• Stay safe from online or phone scams

What is private information?

• phone number
• address

• family names
• number plates
• credit card
• birthdate
• passwords

Notes and Ideas

• Check you're one websites you can trust
• Don't share any of your private information online
• Don't share any of your private information with someone you don't know, both online or on the phone
• Don't share anything online you wouldn't want widely seen; once personal content is on the internet, it's there forever

For more information visit internetmatters.org [hyperlink/url]

Spending Money Online Safely

For more information visit internetmatters.org [hyperlink/url]

Notes and Ideas

• Buying things from websites on the internet is very practical
• It's important to be careful- if private information is shared on an unsafe website, someone could steal your payment details
• Paypal? trusted payment platforms?

Staying Safe

• When using a website: check for the little symbol of a lock in the top left corner: if there is no lock, that could mean that the website isn't safe, and that your private information isn't safe
• Only buy from websites you know and trust
• Don't give your bank information to someone you don't know
• Never give your pin out online or on the phone

Getting Help

• If you're not sure. ask someone you trust for advice
• If you think someone has tried to scam you, you can report it [insert link or additional info]

Spotting Online Scams

Staying Safe

• Check if this is someone you know
• Check if the person, or the webpage is real
• If you're called or emailed by someone from an organisation, ask for their registration number
• Never give out bank details, passwords, pin numbers, or private information online, or on a phone call
• If you're not sure, hang-up/leave the website, and ask for advice
• If you're being contacted or bothered by someone you don't know: block them

For more information about how to stay safe, visit

Notes and Ideas

• Phishing is when someone sends you an email, or phones you, pretending to be someone you know, and asks for your personal information
• Phishing is a type of scam where someone pretends to be someone you know, or a someone from a company you know, to trick people into giving them money
• Phishing can happen on social media, emails from people you don't know, online dating sites, cold-calling (being called out of the blue by someone you don't know)

How to Spot Fake Information

Notes and Ideas

• The internet and social media are full of facts and opinions. Most are informative, but others could be misleading and harmful.
• Fake information can trick you into giving away private information
• You might think the information looks real when it really isn't
• Fake information is shared on websites, social media, emails from people you don't know

Staying Safe

• Don't believe everything you read, especially if something sounds unbelievable
• Think about where you're getting your information from
• Think about who wrote the information, and why it's being shared; sometimes people share information to make other people angry or make money
• Look out for bad grammar and spelling: typoes and other errors can be clues that the information could be false (official guidance will always have been carefully checked)

Getting Help

• Ask someone you trust, or visit other websites to see if the information is true
• You can use fact-checking services which are correcting false information about important issues every day (e.g. https://fullfact.org/)

For more information visitinternetmatters.org [hyperlink/url]https://sharechecklist.gov.uk/https://fullfact.org/

How to Spot Fake Information

Notes and Ideas

• The internet and social media are full of facts and opinions. Most are informative, but others could be misleading and harmful.
• Fake information can trick you into giving away private information
• You might think the information looks real when it really isn't
• Fake information is shared on websites, social media, emails from people you don't know

Staying Safe

• Don't believe everything you read, especially if something sounds unbelievable
• Think about where you're getting your information from
• Think about who wrote the information, and why it's being shared; sometimes people share information to make other people angry or make money
• Look out for bad grammar and spelling: typoes and other errors can be clues that the information could be false (official guidance will always have been carefully checked)

Getting Help

• Ask someone you trust, or visit other websites to see if the information is true
• You can use fact-checking services which are correcting false information about important issues every day (e.g. https://fullfact.org/)

For more information visitinternetmatters.org [hyperlink/url]https://sharechecklist.gov.uk/https://fullfact.org/

Staying Safe on Downloaded Apps and Gaming Apps

Notes and Ideas

• Apps downloaded from unsafe websites can contain "malware", software that can disrupt or damage your device, or steal your information, or lock you out of your device
• Pop-up adds on gaming apps can link you to unsafe websites
• Gaming apps make money with something called "micro-transactions", in-game purchases made electronically while playing a game

Staying Safe

• Download apps from official and trusted providers
• Don't open pop-up adds
• Micro-transactions can seem like a small amount of money at first, but they can quickly add up
• Be aware if you feel you are becoming addicted to a game, try and set yourself limits on the time and money you spend on a certain game

For more information about how to stay safe, visit:And the section on Apps, in the Gaming section of the Get Connected App (under Entertainment and Learning)

Staying Safe on Social Media : Facebook

Getting Help

• If you have come across harmful, threatening, bullying, or disturbing content, or have experienced unwanted behaviours online, you can report it: https://reportharmfulcontent.com/
• For more advice on how to stay safe and fix your privacy settings on Facebook: https://swgfl.org.uk/assets/documents/facebook-checklist.pdf

Notes and Ideas

• Social media is a great way to stay in touch with friends, and even meet new people
• Social media is also a way to share interests and content
• However, sometimes our information or content we post can be shared by others in ways which escapes our control

Staying Safe on Facebook

• Do you know your Facebook friends?
• Do you know who can see your content on Facebook?
• Have you checked your privacy settings?
• Consider only letting your Facebook Friends see your content

• Think carefully about what you post and who can see it: once something is on the internet or social media, it can be hard to remove entirely, especially if others have seen it

For more information about how to report harmful content on Facebook, you can visit the following websites:

• http://www.facebook.com/safety/bullying
• http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/
• http://www.facebook.com/help

Staying Safe on Social Media : Instagram

Getting Help

• If you have come across harmful, threatening, bullying, or disturbing content, or have experienced unwanted behaviours online, you can report it: https://reportharmfulcontent.com/
• For more advice on how to stay safe and fix your privacy settings on Instagram: https://swgfl.org.uk/assets/documents/instagram-checklist.pdf
• or enquiries@saferinternet.org.uk

Notes and Ideas

• Social media is a great way to stay in touch with friends, and even meet new people
• Social media is also a way to share interests and content
• However, sometimes our information or content we post can be shared by others in ways which escapes our control

Staying Safe on Instagram

• Do you know who your followers are?
• Do you know if your account is Private or Public?
• Do you know how to report a post or block an account?

• Think carefully about what you post and who can see it: once something is on the internet or social media, it can be hard to remove entirely, especially if others have seen it

For more information about how to report harmful content on Facebook, you can visit the following websites:

• https://help.instagram.com/
• http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/

Staying Safe on Social Media : X (previously Twitter)

Getting Help

• If you have come across harmful, threatening, bullying, or disturbing content, or have experienced unwanted behaviours online, you can report it: https://reportharmfulcontent.com/
• For more advice on how to stay safe and fix your privacy settings on Facebook: https://swgfl.org.uk/assets/documents/facebook-checklist.pdf

Notes and Ideas

• Social media is a great way to stay in touch with friends, and even meet new people
• Social media is also a way to share interests and content
• However, sometimes our information or content we post can be shared by others in ways which escapes our control

Staying Safe on Facebook

• Do you know your Facebook friends?
• Do you know who can see your content on Facebook?
• Have you checked your privacy settings?
• Consider only letting your Facebook Friends see your content

• Think carefully about what you post and who can see it: once something is on the internet or social media, it can be hard to remove entirely, especially if others have seen it

For more information about how to report harmful content on Facebook, you can visit the following websites:

• http://www.facebook.com/safety/bullying
• http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/
• http://www.facebook.com/help

Common and Current Scams

Getting Help

• If you have entered bank details in a website you think is suspicious, you should contact your bank immediately. You can also contact the Police on 101.

Notes and Ideas

• HMRC: HMRC scams texts can say something like 'HMRC have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 228.37 GDP'. The text may include a link which takes you to a fake website, which looks the same as the UK Government website
• WhatsApp- WhatsApp scam texts can pretend they're someone in your contact list, asking for money
• Royal Mail- email claiming they have someone's package, and request payment information

Staying Safe on Facebook

• Be cautious when reading certain emails: scamming and phishing emails are getting smarter, and can look very convincing. Official emails should always have a company registration number at the bottom of their emails. If you're not sure, don't respond.
• Hang up- and look up the company online, and phone them on their official number to check whether there really is an issue
• Don't respond if you don't know the person; you can block the person from contacting you again

For more information about how to stay safe, check the following website:

• http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/
• https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/scotland/consumer/scams/common-scams-s1/

To find out whether your email and password have been compromised in a data leak or breach, you can check via the website:

• https://haveibeenpwned.com/