Online Safety

Online safety encompasses many different areas; one of these is the protection of your personal identity and your personal data.  Children and young people are especially vulnerable in this area as they may not be able to judge the risks associated with posting personal information. One of the risks that has been around for some […]

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Online safety is an ever-shifting tide; changes in technology, risks, law etc. can create a conundrum for schools to keep up with what can or can’t, should or shouldn’t be done to ensure that children are safeguarded and that the school has minimised any risk and therefore any liability. However there are always the fundamentals,

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Online safety is one of those topics which is always high on the agenda.  I suppose there are many reasons for this which are probably best left for another blog. For me technology has always been a very important part of my adult life professionally and personally.  I don’t really know why; when I left

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Whenever e-safety is discussed cyberbullying is always at or near the top of the agenda.  It is a hot topic with very good reason as you can see from some examples HERE. A recent Beatbullying survey showed that 28 percent of young people are bullied with a significant number of those bullied for a year

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There are thousands of e-safety and online safety resources on the internet ranging from one extreme to the other.  Some are fantastic, some are questionable.  I am continually asked for the best resource for this or that, and my work across the whole public sector allows me a good perspective of some of these resources.

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