| Here
are some important things to know about surfing, privacy and your
personal information: |
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Never
give out your last or family name, your home address or your phone
number in chat rooms, on bulletin boards, or to online pen-pals. |
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Don't
tell other kids your screen name, user ID or password. |
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Look at a website's
Privacy Policy to see how the site uses the information you give
them. |
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Surf
the Internet with your parents. If they aren't available, talk
to them about the sites you're visiting. |
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Talk about the site's
Privacy Policy with your parents so that you and your parents
will know what information the site collects about you and what
it does with the information. |
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Websites
must get your parent's permission before they collect many kinds
of information from you. |
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If a website has information
about you that you and your parents don't want it to have, your
parents can ask to see the information – and they can ask
the website to delete or erase the information. |
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Sites
are not supposed to collect more information than they need about
you for the activity you want to participate in. You should be able
to participate in many activities online without having to give
any information about yourself. |
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If
a site makes you uncomfortable or asks for more information than
you want to share, leave the site. |
