Prevention Tips

• Don’t give out private information such as passwords, pins, name, address, phone number, school name, or family and friends’ names. This information can be used by bullies and other harmful people on the Internet. Don’t even reveal your password to your friends. They might reveal it or use it against you in a fight.
• Don’t exchange pictures or give out e-mail addresses to people you meet on the Internet. Ask permission from parents when it is necessary to give such information. 
• Don’t send a message when you are angry—it’s hard to undo things that are said in anger. 
• Delete messages from people you don’t know, or those from people who seem angry or mean.  
• When something doesn’t seem right, it probably isn’t. Get out of the site, chat, etc.  
• Realize that online conversations are not private. Others can copy, print, and share what you say or any pictures you send. Be careful!