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Parent Online Safety Tips May 1st

Alan Mackenzie Online Safety Weekly Update

Every week e-safety adviser Alan Mackenzie sends me weekly updates. They are useful teaching resources but also parent guides to keep you up to date with current trends.

Here is this week’s tip:

For Parents – Your Child’s Digital Footprint

Parent Online Support - Know Your Child's Digital Footprint

What is a digital footprint? Basically it’s the trail we all create online whenever we visit a web page, buy something, scroll social media and everything else we do online. It’s a really important aspect to understand for lots of reasons such as privacy, reputation, advertising, risks of harm and much more.

Internet Matters have a really good explainer article covering what a digital footprint is, what we mean by an active footprint, why it matters and much more.

Link: Internet Matters – What you need to know about your child’s digital footprint.

Louise Plummer, Digital Marketing and Social Media Manager