Some Potential Online Risks

• Your child meets with a stranger he or she met online.
• You, your child, your child's child's and fellow students, or your family are put in danger because your child gives out personal information while communicating with strangers, or posts it on the Internet.
• Your child engages in or is the object of rude, threatening, or harassing online conduct.
• Your child receives, or distributes, illegal or offensive files.
• Your child receives email messages containing illicit or illegal materials or links to web sites designed to capture personal information without the visitor's knowledge.
• Your child views inappropriate web sites, or receives inappropriate email or chat communications from others.
• An Internet user posts false personal information about your child online. Or, your child posts the personal identifying information of another person with the intent to harass.
• You or your child's computer is hacked, and the intruder steals information that can identify your or your family or be used to commit identity theft.