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Online technologies bring enormous benefits to our daily lives yet their
rapid development makes their privacy risks difficult to manage.
Parents and teachers should however not shy away from such risks
but learn and discuss with children the smart use of technologies and
their related risks.
Advice to Parents and Teachers
Getting Involved
STEP
1
1
Trying it out
The best way to learn technology is to try them. Parents and teachers
should be able to gain first-hand knowledge in online
platforms/systems by using them so that they can share their
experience and communicate with children on how to protect the
personal data privacy right.
Parents and teachers can experiment with online platforms/systems
by creating online accounts using separate email addresses and
pseudonyms. This should enable them to control what personal data
is required and accessible, and avoid over-disclosure.
2
Participating in children’s online activities
Parents and teachers are encouraged to find suitable ways to engage
with children in the online activities. If parents and teachers are
excluded from children’s online world, they cannot be there to share
experience and protect them.
3
Exploring parental controls
Some online platforms/systems offer parental controls (or
“dashboards”) that allow parents to monitor or configure the settings
to protect children from undesirable contents or contacts. For
younger children, parents could explore how these facilities may help.