Netiquette and Internet Safety Rules prepared by Lana Š. for an eTwinning project.

1. Internet
SAFETY
Lana Sanic, SŠ Markantuna de Dominisa Rab,
9.11.2020

2. Internet and its use
• one of the best resources available to us.
• people use it for chatting, playing video
games, sharing pictures/videos, seeking
information, emailing…
• it connects people all over the world - you can
make new friends, socialize, feel connected
• it's also extremely dangerous if you aren't
aware of who and what lurks behind the
scenes
• learning to use technology for surfing the
internet is very important as well as
responsible behavior

3. SAFETY
RULES

4. 1. Keep Personal Information Professional and Limited
• Don’t give out your
-adress
-phone number
-city/where you live
• you virtually have no privacy on a social network
• by joining Facebook, you agree to their Terms of Use that
state that they have the right to use any, or all, of your
personal
• aanyone viewing your information can use it for:
-Advertising to you personally on www.facebook.com.
-Use your email to put you on mass emailing lists.
-Stalking, if your address or physical location is posted.

5. 2.Choose strong
passwords
• Use more than one password.
• Never use information that can be directly related to you in your
password; like your name, social security number, address, etc.
• Length is important- the longer your password is, the harder to
figure out
• Use the SUPR test.
Strong Is the password strong? (make sure it's long and looks like
random letters and numbers).
Unique Is the password unrelated to your other passwords?
Practical Can you remember it without having to write it down?
Recent Have you changed it recently?

6. 3. Be
Careful
What
You Post
the Internet does not have a delete key -
everything you post or do stays on the
Internet forever
don’t post embarrassing or provocative
pictures
always think before posting a status or
picture that might come back to haunt you.
disable GPS technology before taking
photos with a smartphone if you plan to
post the photos online

7. Social media and
its problems
• The best way on the internet to
stay connected with friends,
sharing pictures and memories,
and meet new people is by using a
social network
• What you put on your social
networking site defines you.
Anyone and everyone on the web
will be able to see what you put
up.

8. Cyber bullying
• "Cyber Bullying is the use of the Internet and related
technologies to harm other people in a deliberate,
repeated, and hostile manner.„
• Start inthe real world a.k.a schools and then transfer
into the virtual world
• Just a handful of the effects of Cyber Bullying include:
-Undermining confidence
-Causing stress and hurtful health effects
-Affecting performance and attendance in school
-Depression and a sense of loneliness
-Suicidal thoughts

9. 4.Keep your computer safe
• always be careful when downloading files off the internet and make sure
you're downloading files from a trusted source
• Some of these safe files include:
• The unsafe files that you do need to watch out for are as follows:
.

10. Quick tips
• Update your software frequently.
• Always be careful, even if you have
an anti-virus software
• Backup your computer regularly
• Be aware of everything you download
• Scan any new files you may
download.

11. 5. Be Careful Who You Meet Online
• Never Reveal Your Identity:
• Trust No One: It’s fine to chat with your
friends online, but know that people online
are sometimes not who they say they are,
so you should never meet anyone in
person who you only know online
• Do Not Tell People Where You Live:
• talk to your parents, friends or family
members anytime you get into trouble with
online chats

12. To sum up
• Be careful about what you put on the web.
• It's on there forever and can be used to trace back to
you at any time.
• Keep track of who you interact with on the internet.
• Some people may not be who they seem to be.
• Know that privacy is just an illusion.
• Even personal information on social networks can be
easily recovered by anyone.
• Don't open any links in emails or chat rooms that
look suspicious or unfamiliar.
• Also, never open any strange files that your
computer may have downloaded from an email or a
website.

13. Copyright©
• Copyright is the right of an author in respect of
his copyright work.
• It gives the exclusive right to use or approve
other uses of its work, it also includes the
system of protection of those rights
• CreativeCommons licenses are designed to
adapt copyrights to the Internet age
• Creative Commons licenses provide everyone
from individual creatives to large companies
with a simple, standardized way in which they
can give others permission to use their work.

14. Sources
• https://usa.kaspersky.com/resource-center/preemptive-safety/top-10-internet-safety-rules-
and-what-not-to-do-online
• https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/cyber-safety/
• https://www.slideshare.net/bogeybear/internet-safety4
• https://e-safeetwinning.blogspot.com/?view=flipcard
• https://www.google.com/search?q=cyberbullying&sxsrf=ALeKk019AvWsCy2lTJFds1auXK
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• https://www.google.com/search?q=password&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwik3JXuovDsAhU
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• https://www.google.com/search?q=social+media&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiCmM_7ovDs
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15. Thank you for your attention!