Information Privacy

Are you in control of what you post online? Do you know who read it, and who sees it?

Many people put out very much information about themselves online. They post photos, information about where they are, what they do and who they are with.
Who has the responsibility to explain what consequences this may have, to children and teenagers?
How can we get kids to understand how wide the internet is and how many people it can reach, and explain what the consequences might be?

As it is today, you can do almost everything over the internet. You can shop, sell, date, flirt, transfer money via online banking, book travel, communicate, and so on ..

Much of what we post about ourselves are often intended for family, friends and colleagues, but such information can easily be intercepted by others. Information we post about ourselves can easily be distributed by others without our consent.

What is about you online?
Over 1000 people in several European countries participated in the survey. Only four out of ten thouht that their home addresses could be found on the web,according to this site . According to Symantec experts can effortlessly find a person's full name, birth date, address, and even pictures of people's houses on the web.

Studies show that young peoples websense seems to improve, according to this site and this book, for teachers in primary and secondary schools. It seems like consciousness is getting better, when it comes to posting photos and personal information is increasing, while other studies according to this book shows an increasing numbers when it comes to random chat with strangers. It is important that parents and teachers continue to focus on this.

It is one thing what they put out about themselves, but many defy the rules and is posting information and pictures of others. Some resources that should be actively used in schools are sites like dubestemmer.no, which is a Norwegian site, ho is a collaboration between the Technology Council, the Norwegian Data Inspectorate and the Centre for ICT in education. The goal is to increase young people's knowledge about privacy and raise their awareness of the choices they make when they are using digital media like internet and mobile phones.
It is through the project made ​​a number of films that will help to stimulate debate and generate interest in the topics.
There is great emphasis on not raising a moralizing finger. The aim of the teaching program is to generate reflection and discussion. The program pops open questions, so that the individual can set limits. If you have knowledge of the consequences of possible choices, one can also take responsibility.

This was a good example on what kind of information anybody can find on the internet!
Other sites that can be very useful, is this site which is about internet sense, ho can help bouth parents, kids and schools. Also this site, ho can answer young people on many different questions.




Read more about how we can protect private information here !