1. Further information: BeSMART...WorkSMART...
Keep safe by being careful not to give out
1. Kidsmart personal information – such as your full
name, e-mail address, passwords, phone
http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/ number, home address, photos or school
name – either to people you are chatting
2. Think U Know
with online or by posting it online where
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/ other people can see it.
2. Digizen Meeting someone you have only been in
touch with online can be dangerous. Only
http://www.digizen.org/ do so with your parents’ or carers’
permission and even then only when they
3. ChatDanger can be present.
http://www.chatdanger.com/
Accepting e-mails, Instant Messenger
4. Sorted (IM) messages, or opening files, pictures
or texts from people you don’t know or
http://www.childnet-int.org/sorted/ trust can lead to problems – they may
contain viruses or nasty messages!
BeSmart
Information you find on the internet may
not be true, or someone online may be lying
about who they are. WorkSmart,
Tell your parent, carer or a trusted adult Keep it fun!
if someone or something makes you feel
uncomfortable or worried, or if you or
someone you know is being bullied online.
©Childnet International
This brochure gives some tips on
E-safety brochure how to use Internet and Social
by Koula Charitonos 2010-2011 Keep it fun! Networking Sites with safety.

2. The internet offers great Top Tips
opportunities to interact and
communicate with friends and people
• Treat your online space with respect
from all over the world. Several sites
– only allow your real life friends to
allow us to be incredibly creative
link to you.
online, keep in touch with our friends However, it’s important to • Keep your passwords to yourself.
and express ourselves using a whole recognise that while these • Use a nickname online (not your real
range of different media and sites are fun and offer name) and a nickname that is not
applications such as video, photos, great possibilities for going to attract the wrong type of
music, and chat. everyone, there are attention!
• ALWAYS have a good look at the
potential risks.
privacy settings of any spaces you
post personal information on and
make sure you know who can see or
How much do you know? copy your stuff!
• Think before you post anything
online - you may regret later.
• Let an adult know if anything you
How to have fun online? read or see makes you feel worried
or upset.
• Meeting up with an online friend can
How to stay in control?
be dangerous – if you really have to
meet up with them speak to an adult
and make sure that they go with you.
How to report? • Always remember to logoff when you
have finished with an online service.
Remember: Respect yourself and
others online!