Child Safety Online
Preteens (13 and under)
Children under 13 should never give out their personal information online without their parent's permission. Often, kids will give sites their name, address, and email in order to participate in a chat or to enter a contest or for free samples, etc. The law states that parents of pre-teens must always be notified when a Web site wishes to collect or has collected personal information from their children. This is called official notice. Almost without exception, those Web sites should get your parental permission before they can use a child's personal information collected online. The law calls this "consent" and it's really the same as "permission."
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More Child Safety Tips
Along with the child safety tips below, we've included more specific topics for parents to read through to prevent child abduction as well as articles about teaching stranger danger and internet safety.
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- Surf along With Your Kids and Seek Out Privacy Policies: Surf with your children and proactively look for "Privacy Policies" on the Web sites that your kids visit most. The information contained in these Privacy Policies are truly empowering for parents and provide you with information you need to protect your child and safeguard their personal information.
- Look for Notice From Web Sites: Web sites will send parents a notice informing you that they wish to collect your child's personal information. Again, the Web site needs the parents' permission before they may collect and use a child's personal information.
- Parental Permission is Paramount: You, as a parent, are in control of your child's personal information! Learn how to evaluate whether to give permission, how to prove that you are the parent and whether your permission can be revoked at any time.
Click on the links for more information specific to preteens and teens.
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