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Staying safe online
There is loads of fun to be had on the internet but sadly just as many people out there are ready to take advantage of people, especially those who are young.
Spyware, trojans, worms, phishing, hackers and the most creepy, grooming, are some of the dangers in the online world.
While we're usually more IT savvy than many adults, we need to make sure we're doing all we can to stay safe on the net.
Sorted: designed by young people for young people, this site contains lots of useful information about protecting privacy online.
The Surgery has ideas for keeping safe with Bebo/MySpace/Facebook, keeping bank details safe and as they say protecting yourself against the ‘pervy old git’ in chat rooms...
Thinkuknow has information about specific kinds of technology including IM, chat, mobiles, social networking and blogs.
Directgov provides information about protecting yourself and your computer against online threats and identity fraud.
The Internet Watch Foundation is somewhere to report any illegal stuff you come across.
