- Use a strong password (a combination of upper and lower case letters, symbols and numbers).
- Don’t believe everything you read – make sure you know it’s coming from a reliable source.
- Don’t give out any private information over the internet or through mobile phones about you, your family, friends or other people that you know.
- Think before you send! You have to think about what you are saying and how the recipient/s may feel.
- Don’t hide behind a computer screen, if you wouldn’t say it to their face, don’t say it at all!
- Don’t post inappropriate or illegal content anywhere on the internet.
- Make sure your social networking profile is set to private (check your security settings).
- Only accept friend requests from people you actually know – even if it is a friend of a friend it’s not a good idea to add them unless you actually know them.
- Tell your friends to ask for your permission before uploading and/or tagging a photo of you on their social networking profiles.