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Cyber Safety

The Oak Bay Police Department offers a variety of on-line safety resources (courtesy of the Calgary Police Service) for individuals and families.

Please see our Internet Safety page for information about:

  • Meeting On-line Friends
  • Internet Fraud
  • On-line Transactions
  • A series of videos about Internet Safety, featuring Calgary Police Service A/Sgt. Kathy MacDonald (Shaw Communications)

On-line Safety Tips

Family Cyber Security Policy

We understand that these rules apply to everyone in our household including parents and kids. These rules apply to all technology including laptops, personal computers and cell phones. These rules apply whether we are at school, at work, at our friend's house or even at our grandparent's house.

Post this Family Cyber Security Policy near your computer (printer friendly version, pdf);

  1. We believe computer security is the business of everyone in this home. We keep our firewall, anti-virus, spam blocker and anti-spyware technology up to date.
  2. We do not fight, swear or gossip in our email or instant messaging. We never respond to inflammatory, obscene or insulting emails.
  3. We never download pictures, freeware, shareware or text from an unknown source or from websites we don't trust. We understand that plagiarism is cheating and pirating music, movies and games is stealing.
  4. We never open e-mail attachments from an unknown person or company. We don't follow links to websites through e-mail or click on pop-ups.
  5. We respect our friends' e-mail privacy by deleting forwarded email addresses before sending these messages onward. We use the "Bcc" feature when sending messages from our address book to others to protect our e-mail list and contacts.
  6. We never respond to spam or junk mail. We keep our primary e-mail address only for use by our friends and family.
  7. We don't give out identifying information such as our name, address, date of birth, school name, phone number or other personal information.
  8. We do not post personal pictures on the internet of ourselves or other people. We respect privacy and don't send personal or credit card information through email.
  9. We always use passwords. We don't tell anyone our passwords and we change them often.
  10. We only shop at websites that are respectful of our security and privacy.
  11. We understand that people may not be who they say they are in chat rooms and in social networking sites. We never arrange a face-to-face meeting with someone we met on the internet or in a chat room without notifying a parent or guardian.
  12. We speak up and tell someone if we see something on the internet that is wrong, inappropriate or criminal in nature.
 


 


 
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