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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Dont
tell other kids your screen name, user ID or password. |
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Look at a websites 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 arent available, talk to them about the
sites youre visiting. |
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Talk about the sites 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 parents 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
dont 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. |