Best Free Parental Filter OpenDNS is a web-based service that replaces your ISP’s DNS servers. You will usually have no software to install but you will have to register with OpenDNS and change the DNS settings for your router or PC. The online instructions are clear and easy to follow: select the router or PC & operating system, configure the settings, and test the new setup. If you are not confident about this then walk through the instructions without signing up. OpenDNS works very simply. In order to enable content protection you will need to register for a free account with OpenDNS. OpenDNS Family Shield is the easiest to setup as it is designed to be real simple. OpenDNS Basic is more work to setup but that is because it is more customizable: you can block or unblock any of 54 categories of sites; block and unblock individual sites; produce reports on sites visited which can then be downloaded or printed; customize the block page; and create URL shortcuts, such as "tsa" for TechSupportAlert.
(ICO) - Information for Education Good information handling provides a range of benefits as well as helping you to comply with the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Acts. Our information rights checklist lists the benefits and risks, along with practical suggestions for how to be open and responsible. And it shows you how to get it right first time. Education resources We have produced a set of lesson plans for primary and secondary schools, developed by teachers and tailored to the national curriculum. Data protection – looking after the information you hold about pupils and students If you handle and store information about identifiable, living people – for example, about school pupils – you are legally obliged to protect that information. only collect information that you need for a specific purpose; keep it secure; ensure it is relevant and up to date; only hold as much as you need, and only for as long as you need it; and allow the subject of the information to see it on request. Registering with the ICO
10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know We’ve updated this guide with the new privacy settings just launched by Facebook. You can get the new Facebook privacy guide now. Everyday I receive an email from somebody about how their account was hacked, how a friend tagged them in the photo and they want a way to avoid it, as well as a number of other complications related to their privacy on Facebook. Over the weekend one individual contacted me to let me know that he would be removing me as a friend from Facebook because he was “going to make a shift with my Facebook use – going to just mostly family stuff.” Perhaps he was tired of receiving my status updates or perhaps he didn’t want me to view photos from his personal life. Whatever the reason for ending our Facebook friendship, I figured that many people would benefit from a thorough overview on how to protect your privacy on Facebook. 1. I can’t tell you how many people are not aware of their friend lists. There are a few very important things to remember about friend lists:
Agenda 16 September 2009 11-17 rue de l'amiral Hamelin, 75783 Paris Conference Proceedings will be in English only 8.50am Registration & Breakfast See Video 9.25am Welcome - Natasha Jackson, Head of Content Policy, GSMA & Chair, FOSI9.30am Opening Remarks - Marc Fossier, Executive VP & Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, France Telecom9.35am FOSI - An EMEA Perspective - David Miles, European Director, FOSI 9.45am Keynote SpeakerGiuseppe de Martino, SVP, General Counsel & Head of Public Affairs, DailyMotion 10.00am Plenary Panel Discussion - Negotiating a Digital World See Video Moderator – Ambassador David Gross, Partner, WileyReinDorothy Attwood, Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Chief Privacy Officer, AT&TDeborah Taylor Tate, 2009 ITU Laureate for Child Online Protection, Former Federal Communications CommissionerLars Kindervater, Senior Manager of Public Affairs, Deutsche TelekomDr. 11.00am 10-Minute Coffee Break See Video 12.10pm Lunch at the Aeroclub, 6, Rue Galilee, 75116 Paris
Google Buzz poses a major privacy risk for kids, analyst (and pa Should parents worry about Google Buzz? Technology analyst Charlene Li thinks so. She says she has counseled her children on how to stay safe online, including not sharing personal information. But the other day she logged into her Google Buzz account only to discover that her 9-year-old daughter had posted a conversation with friends to Buzz without understanding the post was public. "I saw it because Buzz conveniently made me a follower of hers. The blog post's most frightening line: “Imagine parents (and kids) checking out their Buzz accounts to find that 'iorgyinbathrooms' is following them, which is exactly what happened with my child’s account." Li, founder of Altimeter Group, turned off Google Buzz, alerted the parents of her daughter's friends and went into full analyst mode. “First, I discovered that buried in Google’s terms of service somewhere is that children under the age of 13 are not allowed to have Gmail accounts. “Does your child have a Gmail account? [Updated at 1:50 p.m.
Tips for Online Safety Set a filter to keep inappropriate content out If you’d prefer not to see mature or age-restricted content as you browse YouTube, scroll to the bottom of any YouTube page and enable Safety Mode. Safety Mode helps filter out potentially objectionable content from search, related videos, playlists, shows and films. Learn more Scroll to the bottom of any YouTube page and click the drop-down menu in the “Safety” section. Select the On or Off option to enable or disable Safety Mode. To lock this setting, sign in to your Google Account. Once you've signed in, you will have the option to lock this setting.
How to Set Up Safety Mode on YouTube | Yoursphere for Parents Like Google SafeSearch, which you can learn to enable here, YouTube’s Safety Mode does a great job of filtering out videos that some parents may consider inappropriate for their children. Thankfully, YouTube already does a fairly good job of removing any inappropriate content on the site. But with the millions of videos being uploaded and viewed every day, it can be difficult to cover all their grounds when it comes to safety. Below is a video guide that you can follow to set it up. However, keep in mind, though setting up YouTube Safety Mode is a simple process, if it’s not done right it can easily be undone. 1. 2. Please note: This should be YOUR Gmail account, not one that you share with your child. Also, if your username and password automatically fill into the username and password fields (autofill), you’ll want to disable that by following this quick and easy guide. 3. 4. Setting up YouTube Safety Mode on Your Child’s Smartphone -
Best Educational Sites Top Educational Websites For Children That Are Fun There’s something about the phrase “top educational websites for children” that makes my stomach feel ill. It may be because I imagine parents plopping their children in front of a PC and only allowing them to play games that involve solving math problems or answering science questions. The torture! However, I was from a generation where even though I was an “A” student, when I returned home I’d immediately race to the computer and fire up the game Ultima for an evening of medieval adventure. With that said, I do feel that today parents have a far greater selection of fun games or sites that are also educational and won’t bore your poor kid to death. A Brief List of The Top Educational Websites For Children In order to produce a quality list, I started at KidSites, which is sort of the “Google” of children’s websites. #1: The Best Kids Art Website – Metro Museum of Art #2: Top Science Website – NASA #3: Top Website About Nature and Animals #4: Top Website for Early Childhood Development