digital safety

Be Smart Online!

First rule: Check your mood! Are you feeling upset or angry? Then it's not the time to be messaging or posting on a social media site. People don't always make good decisions or think straight when they're stressed out or upset. If you have to, call someone or go for a run instead before you start venting online.

Second rule: When you're on a website, try to remain as anonymous as possible. That means keeping all private information private. Private information that you should never allow the public to see includes:

• your full name

• any type of photograph (even of your pet!)

• your current location (some phones have automatic GPS apps built in that may need to be turned off)

• home or school address or the address of any of your family or friends

• phone numbers

• Social Security number

• passwords

• names of family members

• credit card numbers

This information came from Nemours Teen Health, if you would like to read the rest of this article, the link is below!