How To stay Safe Online

There are many things to do online and some of these things include chatting to friends or searching on the internet, however the internet can be a dangerous place if you don't know how to stay safe. A lot of people have now worked out ways to scam people whether it's for bank details, money, your phone number, address or even what you look like.

When online it can be fun to share pictures of you on holiday or at home but you have to be careful that these photos are only seen by people that you know and are not seen by strangers. If you post pictures of you on holiday where you are in you swimming costume or are not fully clothed, you should be careful that these pictures do not attract unwanted attention. When posting pictures you should also be careful that the photos do not give away any clues suv=ch as your house number or the fact that you have something new or you are not in your house. This could alert people that you have something that could be valuable or that your house is unattended.

When chatting online with people that you do not know you must make sure that you do not give out any personal information, as ths person may not be who he or she says he is.The internet can be adangerous place but if you know how to use it safely then you can avoid getting into troub;e on the internet. If you do chat online and someone says something mean or inappropriate that you tell a trusted adult, block the person you are chatting to and if you can report them to the website.

When on the internet it is important that you are oware of scams, on the internet there are pop up adverts that ask for your personal information: bank details,phone number, full name or email address. Some of these adverts are scams (especially the ones that claim you have won something or claim you need to pay out money). It is important that you do not give out this information as it could be used for the wrong purposes.

On some websites it asks for aprofile picture, if you do not want to put one on then that's fine but if you do put one on then you need to make sure that the picture is appropriate. On your profile picture you should not have anyone else visible that does not wish to be on the internet, you should be fully clothed and not wearing revealing clothes as this could attract the wrong type of attention. Always be careful when adding your profile picture.