4. • E-safety is all about how to stay safe on technology, such as
mobile phones, games consoles, the internet and wireless
devices.
• This evening’s focus will be how you can help to protect your
daughters and show respect for others online:
– Social Networking Websites
– Sharing Pictures or Videos
– Online Security
– Emails
– Cyber Bullying
– Golden Rules
What is E-Safety?
5. • Popular social-networking sites include:
Key points to remember:
• Children need to be at least 13 years old to use social networking
sites
• They must not accept any friend requests from people they don’t
know
• Make sure they know about privacy settings to block people who
bother them and keep your profile limited to those you want to
share with.
• Make sure they know how to report people who are causing
problems online.
Social Networking Websites
Instagram Facebook Whatsapp
Snapchat Tumblr Twitter
6. Key messages for your daughters:
• Any pictures or videos that are shared could eventually be
seen by millions of people.
• When posting on a forum or a blog remember, if it’s shared by
others, anyone can read this post.
• Make sure they now how to remove posts altogether.
• If they have lost control of their post, log onto the site and
delete it straight away.
Remember:
Whatever goes on the internet, stays on the internet – unless
you do something about it.
Sharing Pictures or Videos
7. Key messages for your daughters:
• It is important to recognise that people can steal
online identities; this is called ‘identity theft’.
• Do not give away personal information - this
includes: full name, date of birth, home address and
school name.
• Have different passwords on all accounts
• Strong passwords have a mixture of capital and lower
case letters, numbers and symbols.
Online Security
8. Key messages for your daughters:
• Activate the account’s spam filter
• Do not share your email address unless it’s a trusted website
• Do not open any attachments or emails from people you do
not know as they could cause viruses in your device.
• Do not leave your email open; always logout once you have
finished.
To sum up…
• To prevent hacking, advise your daughters to set a strong
password, don’t click on links from people you don’t know, if
possible use antivirus software and lock or logout of all
accounts when you are finished using them.
Emails
9. Key messages for your daughters:
• Online bullying can be stopped
• Tell someone you trust
• Block the bullies
• Keep evidence of any emails, texts or web pages that
show what been happening.
• Don’t forget to report mean comments or pages to
the website.
Cyber Bullying
10. Golden Rules for your Daughter
S SAFE - Do not share personal information with people you
do not trust.
M MEET - Do not meet someone you have spoken to online
A ACCEPTING – Do not open any unknown emails or files,
pictures or texts from people you do not know
R RELIABLE – Check three or four websites before using
factual information, as it may not be true.
T TELL – If you are worried about something, someone is
bothering you or you know someone is being bullied
online, tell someone you trust, so it can be stopped.