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The risks for safety are the same everywhere – at school and at home, in shopping centres, in the playground and on the Internet. In case of the Internet or other online communication technologies it is even more complicated, because we do not see the person with whom we communicate. Therefore, it is necessary to improve other skills for compensating this “blindman's buff” and these skills are known as information skills.

Funnily enough, there are many people who never forget to close windows and lock the door of their house. However, in the Internet environment this caution vanishes into thin air. Many people act irresponsibly and carelessly, because they believe that all their activities are anonymous; most of us do not have the faintest idea that it is possible to track every single activity on the Internet.

Social networks are websites, where it is possible to register and create an individual profile and then contact and communicate with other people (friends, relatives, schoolmates, acquaintances). There are several ways of communicating within the network: in diaries and blogs a person can express his or her opinion; it is possible to create interest groups, exchange photos, upload audio and video files, send letters, etc. Read more >>>

Network etiquette means unofficial rules of conduct on the Internet. As  As in everyday life, there are certain rules of interaction in the Internet environment. Read more>>>
 
80% of children and adolescents use computers at home and 15% of parents do not know what their children are doing on the Internet, whereas 10% of parents do not have any computer skills, but parents should be aware of what their children are doing on the Internet, as well as of the risks that are connected with the use of the Internet. Read more >>>
 
Internet addiction (Internet Addiction Disorder) – a mental condition that is featured by an obsessive desire to use the Internet and inability to stop doing it. The concept of Internet addiction was first introduced in 1990 in order to describe a pathologic compulsion to use the Internet. Read more>>>
 
Cyber-bullying is use of information and communication technologies, e.g. e-mail, mobile phone, bleeper text messages, instant messaging (IM), someone’s private web site or private survey websites, that defame someone in order to support deliberate, repeated and hostile behaviour by an individual or a group, that is intended to harm others. Read more >>>
 
Parents have a limited amount of time that they can spend supervising what their children are doing online. And most definitely, it is not possible to control the millions of websites that exist on the Internet. Therefore there are different computer technologies developed that help to protect children. By installing Internet security software solutions on the computer, You provide your family with additional protection from the risks and threats connected with use of the Internet. Read more >>>