<p><span>These are some of the sites where your children spend literally hours of time. </span>Parental Control software will help you with internet safety for your kids including, internet security, preventing cyber-bullying and blocking age inappropriate content. Additionally, parental control software provides safe search and&nbsp;safe browsing - keeping kids safe online.</p>

<p>F-Secure Freedome VPN is a super-simple online privacy and internet security app - protecting&nbsp;you from hackers and harmful apps, while&nbsp;stopping&nbsp;advertising trackers.</p> <p>If you are out and about, travelling using free public WiFi in coffee shops and&nbsp;airports you need to be able to connect safely. This is a fact far too commonly ignored by most people as advertisers and WiFi machines scoop up your most personal details about you, all of your contacts including your mother&#39;s email address and other details.</p>

<p><span>The 2016 UK NSPCC/Office of the Children&rsquo;s Commissioner England study found that just over one in ten boys and girls (13%) had taken topless pictures of themselves (around one in four of those were girls) and 3% had taken full length naked pictures. 55% of the children had shared the images with others. What&#39;s more frightening&nbsp;is that&nbsp;31% of this group had also shared their image with someone that they did not know.</span></p>

<p>Preventing phishing requires more than common sense, it requires quality anti virus and&nbsp;anti malware software.</p> <p>Cybersecurity and internet safety&nbsp;is our business, but in 2017, common sense&nbsp;remains very important in maintaining internet safety in London, Manchester or Dublin.</p> <p>Today we update on phishing and the latest phishing trends and tricks.</p>

<p>Last Friday, we began e-mailing schools in Britain and Ireland, about our new E-Book for Parents, Teachers and Schools.&nbsp; The topic is the ever-important need for more internet security, e-safety awareness and the value of online reputation.</p>

<p><span open="" sans="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: ">Seniors Citizens spend a lot of time online for obviously. The internet has been fantastic for our elders. But unfortunately Seniors are twice as likely to get ripped off online. Upto 70% of active Seniors are banking, shopping, and looking after their business online.</span></p>

<p><span style="color: #333333;">At BeSecureOnline we provide a range of online security products to keep you safe online. Contact us for more details. The online world&#39;s a great place. With the right tools you can keep it that way for you</span></p>

<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-88357487-f668-e14a-c8b6-022eda10737e"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"><strong>Safer Internet Day</strong></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> takes place this year on February 7th.&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">BeSecureOnline</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> will be taking part alongside thousands of schools, youth groups, and families across the UK and Ireland.</span></span></p>

<p>As part of BeSecure Online&#39;s support for Safer Internet Day on February 7th we&#39;re inviting young people to test their online safety knowledge with the Safer Internet Day Quiz!</p>

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<p><font color="#000000" open="" sans="" style="font-family: ">YouTube are upping their game and hitting the social media live streaming bandwagon.&nbsp;</font><font color="#000000" open="" sans="" style="font-family: ">YouTube just rolled out some new functionality &ndash; the ability to stream live from your mobile phone. With hours of live, in-the-moment content available at their fingertips,&nbsp;</font></p>

<p>Recent proposals to ban under 14s from buying internet enabled phones is well intentioned but there is another way.</p>

<p>Phishing is essentially communication designed to get you to divulge information such as personal or bank details or credit card numbers. You may get an email purporting to be from a reputable source such as your bank or IT service provider.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Parents regularly tell us that they&#39;re not sure how much online time international students should have or whether they should be regulating what students look at.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The majority of senior citizens in developed countries use the internet to access critical services such as healthcare, stay in touch with family, browse news, stay active in the workforce and even earn a living or conduct business.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The received picture &amp; message then disappears with a matter a matter of seconds on the recipients phone. This is Snapchats most famous feature, the cause of all the trouble and the feature most copied by others like Facebook, Instagram.</p>

<p>Cyber bullying has been in the spotlight over the last decade due to individuals abusing the right to express themselves while affecting others in the process. The Sarahah app has given such individuals a platform in which they can target others by sending any type of message they wish without exposing their identity.</p>

<p>Just announced from Facebook who own Instagram and Whatsapp a new age limit of 16 for European Whatsapp users.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The online world&#39;s a great place. With the right tools you can keep it that way. But you need to develop a sixth sense for detecting the very real threat of scammers, phishing and fraud.</p>

<p>We&nbsp;are hearing from a lot of Customers, Parents, Teachers and Schools about kids on Roblox. Should parents ban it in the home? etc.</p>

<p>The rise and rise again of Fortnite has been extraordinary, hardly heard of a year ago, it&rsquo;s now on the lips of every child in the world. But is it really safe?</p>

<p>Between predators, malware, explicit content, and other less than well intended content, kids don&rsquo;t have much of a chance of escaping the worst the internet has to offer.&nbsp;</p>

<p>It&rsquo;s no longer a request, France is officially banning the use of phones in schools for children aged 6 &ndash; 15 from September 2018.</p> <p>Presidents Macron and especially his wife Brigitte, a former teacher herself are particularly eager to see this law enforced.</p> <p>The proposed ban was a key part of his presidential campaign. So there&rsquo;s a good chance it will receive international support when it comes into full force.</p>

<p>Parental control software is your right-hand man when it comes to internet safety. It allows you to monitor, control and limit your child&rsquo;s online activity, keeping them safe and secure online.</p> <p>Most devices come with parental controls, but these can be easily disabled.</p>

<p>VPNs are a must have for anyone using a device to access the Internet. They provide Internet security by extending a private network across a public network. This allows people online and branch offices to safely access, send and receive data across free public networks, who doesn&rsquo;t love free Wi-Fi &ndash; as if their device were directly connected to a private network.</p>

<p>Malware is malicious adware created by cybercriminals in an attempt to harm your computer and access your private information. Once your computer is infected with malware, cybercriminals are able to infiltrate your system &ndash; often without you even knowing.</p>

<p>It&rsquo;s all about building a real digital presence, an online reputation that embraces the best practices of internet safety - building an online presence that lets you take advantage of the internet and not let the internet take advantage of you.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s just like life, it requires discipline to build it properly and yet you can still have great&nbsp;fun.</p>

<p>A lot of people try going without an antivirus or they use a free antivirus such AVG Free. However there are several serious factors you need to consider before siding with free antivirus software or none at all.</p>

<p>China owns as much as 70% of free VPN providers available online. All data processed in China is by law subject to inspection by the Goverment. Don&#39;t use free VPNs.</p>

<p>London&#39;s Fraud Squad are warning Parents to be vigilant in regards to Battle Royale from Fortnite.&nbsp;The most successful online game ever.&nbsp;Kids are buying fake V Bucks currency using parents private details and innocently providing banking details. Parents are being warned tha&nbsp;children&nbsp;are being induced onto criminal sites from YouTube and Facebook.</p>

<p>Essentially, the best way to protect yourself on Facebook is to delete your account altogether.&nbsp;If that&rsquo;s a little extreme, then below are a few internet safety steps you can take in the meantime.</p>

<p>Social Media and the amount of time we spend online has a greater affect on our lives and mental health than we, as adults, can often comprehend.</p> <p>Our children have an even less understanding of the impact social media, online bullying and instant gratification has on their day to day lives and overall happiness.</p>

<p>Before we dive into our safety guidelines &ndash; we&rsquo;ll briefly explain what SnapChat is and how it works. Don&rsquo;t worry most parents haven&rsquo;t the faintest idea what or how it works.</p>

<p>Is it possible that the internet is being taken back by a silent majority who is finally making its voice heard, expressing its dismay about internet safety and the shocking content found on some platforms.</p> <p>Following some menacing threats from the British Government, Health Secretary Matt Hancock pressured Facebook into announcing that Instagram would intervene and take down self-harm content.&nbsp;</p> <p>Is this the start of something big or simply a cynical defense move?</p>

<p>At BeSecureOnline, we believe that knowledge is power and by informing both yourself and your children of the dangers of the internet &ndash; you can help make the internet a safer place.</p> <p>Internet safety for kids is at the heart of our business. We provide internet safety talks for kids and teens year round and have developed a realistic, fun approach to addressing issues and the dangers the internet often presents.</p>

<p>The internet has a huge influence in our day to day lives &ndash; impacting us both negatively and positively.</p> <p>Although it&rsquo;s hard to control internet usage, there are steps you can take to manage the amount of control it has over your household. Our internet safety talks for kids and parents being one of them.</p>