08/14/2023
It’s always fun to take special first-day-of-school pictures. Just be conscious of what personal information you post on social media that could be used to manipulate a child.
“Hi Mannie! Your mom is a friend of mine and she asked that I pick you up from school today. Your last name is Quin, right? Awesome! I have some maple bacon donuts in the car for you, you can try them on our way home, and then we can play cops and robbers!”
Back to school safety tips! 🚌😊
is coming to a close and kiddos are going . 🏫📝
We caution parents about what information they're sharing on social media. Sharing too much personal information about your child online can cause safety issues for your children and your internet security.
"Digital Kidnapping" or theft of a minor's photos, posing as them, or posing as their parents is a real issue. Digital kidnapping is a type of identity theft that targets children.
Protect your children by reviewing the security and visibility settings on posted images as well as not sharing personal protected information of a child online.
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, enacted by the Federal Trade Commission in 1998, Identifies Personal information of a child under the age of 13 as;
• Full name.
• Home or other physical address, including street name and city or town.
• Online contact information like an email address or other identifiers that permits someone to contact a person directly — for example, an IM identifier, VoIP identifier, or video chat identifier.
• Screen name or user name where it functions as online contact information.
• Telephone number.
• Social Security number.
• A persistent identifier that can be used to recognize a user over time and across different sites, including a cookie number, an IP address, a processor or device serial number, or a unique device identifier.
• A photo, video, or audio file containing a child’s image or voice.
• Geolocation information sufficient to identify a street name and city or town.
• Other information about the child or parent that is collected from the child and is combined with one of these identifiers.
We also caution against sharing your child's interests and favorite things as this could provide information to predators to lure children in, in-person or online.
Before sharing too much personal information in first day of school photos, forgetting to check parental control safety settings on your child's devices, or speeding through school zones, the Adams County Sheriff's Office is here to remind you to stay safe this 2023/2024 school year.
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