Protecting Your kids Privacy

Protecting your children’s privacy is perhaps the most important

reason for being familiar with the steps necessary to prevent
privacy invasion that could lead to Identity Theft..

While children are not necessarily targets of identity theft, they are overwhelmingly susceptible to becoming targets of more insidious crimes which start with the perpetrator learning the identity of your child.

Parents,

Does your child understand that listing their real name, address, telephone number or information like the school they attend can be potentially dangerous if the wrong person decides to get in contact with them? Understanding how chat rooms and email work can help parents teach children to behave safely online. While there are many programs and procedures you can use to track the activity of your children it is most important to educate them about the dangers of chatting online when you don’t know who they are talking to or who is reading what they say.

Take similar precautions when your child has a cell phone or text messaging service.