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• Setting your privacy settings so that only the people you know can see you and your
personal information.
• Only putting information online that is appropriate and posting pictures that are suitable. Not
everyone seeing your profile or pictures will be friendly.
• Always reporting anything that happens online which makes you feel uncomfortable or unhappy.
• Talking to trusted adults, like your parents and teachers, about your online experiences. is includes
both the good and the bad experiences.
2. Looking after others:
• Show you care by not flaming (sending hurtful or inflammatory messages) other people, or
forwarding messages that are unkind or inappropriate.
• By not getting involved in conversations that are unkind, mean or bullying.
• By reporting any conversations you see that are unkind, mean or bullying. Imagine if the things
being written were about you. If you would find them offensive, then they are inappropriate.
• Some websites are disrespectful because they show people behaving inappropriately or illegally or
are racist, bigoted or unkind. Show your respect for others by avoiding these sites. If you visit one by
accident, close it and tell your teacher or an adult.
• Show respect for others' privacy by not trying to get into their online spaces without invitation, by not
stalking them or copying their pictures.
3. Looking after property:
• By referencing and giving people credit for their work (digital articles, books, magazines, pictures,
videos, art, blogs, etc.).
• By not plagiarizing: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own, to use without
crediting the source, to commit literary theft or to present as new and original an idea or product
derived from an existing source.
• By not stealing other people's property. It's easy to download music, videos, games and movies, but
piracy (downloading media that you have not bought) is just the name given to stealing online.
• By not sharing the music, movies, games and other software that you own with other people.
• By checking that the information you are using is correct. Anyone can say anything on the web, so
you need to check that the research is correct by using reliable sites. When in doubt, ask your teacher
or parents.
• By looking after other people's websites, acting appropriately when visiting them, not making changes
or vandalizing them, and reporting any damage that you find.
