This week many people in the UK are thinking of the two slain Manchester policewomen, as the two murder victims, PC Fiona Bone and her colleague PC Nicola Hughes were laid to rest. Their funeral cortèges on Wednesday and Thursday in Manchester made a path amongst crowds of the public standing side by side [...]
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Vodafone Digital Parenting magazine When my friends finally get their head around what it is that I actually do (and I’ve yet to find a way to explain it to my mother), many of them ask me for advice about online child safety issues. What they are looking for is a one-stop-shop which will tell [...]
Last month I wrote about the proposed changes to the US COPPA legislation (To quickly remind you: new rules to better protect children against the collection of their personal data online are being proposed by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), including changes to the definition of personally identifiable information.) These much-needed changes will have [...]
Remember the proposed changes to COPPA legislation which we blogged on way back last Autumn? To quickly remind you: new rules to better protect children against the collection of their personal data online are being proposed by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), including changes to the definition of personally identifiable information. What is COPPA? [...]
According to The Telegraph, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are currently meeting with the European Commission to discuss child internet safety and the topical issue of what kind of ‘pornography ISP filter’ would work best. ISPs have long been in talks with the British Government over the issue: recently a 10-week consultation on the plans for [...]
Last month I was invited to speak on a panel at the Digital Kids Conference, held this year in Pasadena, California. Now in its sixth year (and previously known as “Engage! Expo”), Digital Kids focuses on youth online and digital entertainment, and draws industry leaders worldwide, from such brands as Disney, LEGO Group, National [...]
Organised by the campaigning charity Beatbullying, The Big March 2012 is the world’s first virtual global march for children’s right to be safe. Tens of thousands of virtual marchers will cross the websites of the world’s biggest brands, and call on the United Nations to enshrine explicitly in the UN Convention for the Rights of [...]
As you may already know, today is Safer Internet Day (SID) and this year’s theme is ‘Connecting generations and educating each other’, with the slogan “Discover the digital World together…safely!” As a parent of primary school children, I’m very aware that we have a responsibility to not only keep our children safe online, but to ensure that they become [...]