Keeping Safe Online
Tell a safe adult or Childline if:
- someone is mean to you online
- someone sends you a message that makes you feel uncomfortable
- you see something online that upsets you.
Never meet up with anybody you’ve met online. People aren’t always who they say they are.
Create passwords that are hard for other people to guess - try using number or symbols like &, *, !. Don’t share your passwords with anyone.
Anything you post online or any messages you send can shared with other people. They may also stay online forever. Think before you post – is this something you’re happy for everyone to know?
Never share anything online that means someone can find out who you are in the real world.
This means don’t share:
- your full name
- your address
- the name of the school you go to
- your phone number
- your location - so where you are or places you are going to.
- photos and videos that contain personal details, like:
- the street where you live
- your school, or your school uniform, or your school badge.
Ask a safe adult to help you make your online accounts as private as possible, so only your friends can see what you share. They can also check your settings to make sure that the website or app you’re using isn’t recording your location or sharing that with anyone else.