by Melissa Hull | May 9, 2022 | Data Security, Internet safety
Whose interest is in mind when communicating via Social Media Apps? A recent report by the children’s commissioner has found that 1-in-5 internet users in the UK are children. The internet is deeply embedded in the fabric of children’s lives, but most online platforms...
by Yvonne Anderson | Dec 11, 2020 | Data Security
Report by the children’s commissioner A new report by the children’s commissioner has found that 60% of 8-year olds and 90% of 12-year olds use some sort of social media messaging service, such as Facebook and WhatsApp, despite in the main such apps having an...
by Yvonne Anderson | May 4, 2020 | Covid-19 coronavirus, data, Data Security, Internet safety
3 minute read The third and final in this series of blog posts looks at some of the risks and benefits of working in new ways with children and young people. Read the previous posts here: phishing, videoconferencing. Connecting digitally Face to face meetings across...
by Yvonne Anderson | May 1, 2020 | Covid-19 coronavirus, Data Security, Internet safety
3 minute read This is the second information security post in a series of three; the first looked at the rise of phishing emails. Attacks on videoconferencing Another increase in cyber crime involves attacks on videoconferencing. The reason for this is simply that...
by Yvonne Anderson | Apr 30, 2020 | Covid-19 coronavirus, Data Security, Internet safety
5 minute read This is the first of three blogs to highlight the main current and continuing risks and offer some straightforward preventive and mitigating actions. Cyber criminals have upped their activity Yes, it’s a fact that cyber criminals have increased some of...
by Yvonne Anderson | Apr 16, 2019 | Data Security, Internet safety, Mind Of My Own
Not to be missed by anyone working with children and young people, our final blog in the trilogy on internet safety is by guest author Dave Miles from Parentzone. Digital resilience Digital technologies are present in most areas of life. People will encounter risks...
