1. Using the Internet safely and becoming
responsible Digital Citizens.

3. NEVER:
• Tell ANYONE your password – except your parents.
• Talk to anyone online on any site that you do not know
personally.
• Reply to any email from a person you do not know. Show it
to your parents or teacher.
• Spam other people’s email (Send bulk nonsense mail / chain
letters)
• Try to hack into someone else’s email or User Account.
• Give out any personal details like real name, phone numbers,
address, school, etc.
• Subscribe to any Online Magazines or Newsletters or any
other site that asks for your personal information.
• Send / upload photographs of yourself or any of your friends
without your parents or your friends permission.

4. ALWAYS:
• Call your parents or your teacher if you receive any email
or any interaction online that makes you feel
uncomfortable or threatened. Do not reply or respond to
any of these email or online interactions. (This includes
Facebook, Mxit, Twitter, IM, Blogs, email, etc)
• Check your privacy setting for any online social media
platform and ensure that you only give your friends access
to your information.

5. Email / User Names
• Some platforms ask you for your email address
and a User Name. Here you enter your gmail
address and your “Made-Up” User Name.
Q: Why do they need your email address?
A: Because you may forget your password or they
may have updates and news about the site you
are using.
Q: Why do you use a Made Up User Name?
A: For your own safety and privacy.

6. Your User Name:
“Made up Name”
Your Gmail Password

8. • Pretending to be someone else
• Spreading rumours and lies about others
and yourself
• Teasing or making fun of others
• Using threatening and bad language
• Uploading photographs / video clips of
others without their permission

9. If you do keep a personal Blog, don’t:
• give your full name
• give your address
• give your phone number
• give the name of your school.