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Remind your kids never to give out personal information

Help kids remember that cybersecurity should always be a priority and not to share info such as name, home address, or telephone number, to anyone they don’t know through email, TikTok, Facebook, or other online forums. Talk with your children about the online risks of interacting with strangers through the computer and sending notes and […]

Tell your kids to use Kiddle while searching the web

Kiddle is powered by Google Safe Search, and it’s designed to be a secure environment for kids. The search results are organized so that articles written specifically for children appear first and all articles that appear are appropriate for young ones. It does not collect any personal information, and logs are automatically erased every 24 […]

Enable parental controls in the Play Store

Protecting your children online means ensuring that they can’t access potentially harmful apps. From the child’s Android phone or Chrome OS device, navigate to “Parental controls” under “User controls.” Set up a personal identification number (PIN) that your child won’t guess.

Use built-in content filtering

A list of “banned” internet sites is next to useless in an age when new unsafe sites appear daily. To better protect your network, select a Wi-Fi solution that promotes safe browsing by filtering by IP address, location or URL to help block access to unsafe sites and prevent contamination by malicious content.

How to shut down your computer properly: Important to-do’s before closing your computer

There are many benefits to shutting down your computer properly. If you simply close your laptop after each use, your computer could experience degraded performance over time. Also, if you don’t use features that lock access to your device, simply closing the notebook means that anybody nearby could quickly have access to your open documents […]

Use Microsoft Family Safety to help protect your children

Microsoft’s Family Groups allow you to connect multiple devices in a single group to set limits on screen time, apply filters and locate devices. Log into your Microsoft account. Then select the Family tab and follow the prompts on the screen.