- Remain as anonymous as possible. Do not publish your full name, your school's name, your age, your address, or your phone number. You should also not give this information out to anyone contacting you over the internet. Anyone who needs this information would be able to ask you in person.
- Do not give details regarding your routine or your location. Do not post schedules for your classes, or announce where you will be after school or on a weekend. Do not post about vacations or trips you are going to take (although you can post about them afterward).
- Verify and modify your Friends list and/or your Followers. These should be people you know. If you do not know them, delete them.
- Check your privacy settings. These can be modified by the website administrator from time to time, so check every few months to be sure they are still what you think they should be.
- Notify a teacher and/or a parent if you are experiencing bullying online. Bullying can occur in person or on the internet. If you are being bullied on a blog or in any other internet-based way, tell an adult. No one deserves to be bullied in any way.
(Some of this information was derived from the article Privacy: 8 New Year’s Resolutions for Protecting Your Privacy Online, by Tammy Blythe Goodman)
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