by Lynette Owens | Jan 27, 2021 | For Parents, For Teachers
by Lynette Owens One year ago, many of us we went about our lives much like any other year, at the beginning of a new one, ready to take on the challenges we set for ourselves or whatever life brought our way. For most of us, a pandemic was nowhere on our minds. Now...
by Lynette Owens | Feb 6, 2020 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette Owens On the heels of Data Privacy Day last week, Facebook introduced the “Off-Facebook Activity” tool, which shows you all of the businesses and apps that give information about you to Facebook. This information seems to be collected by those 3rd parties...
by Lynette Owens | Dec 20, 2019 | For Parents, For Teachers
It’s been a busy time for our Internet Safety for Kids & Families (ISKF) team. Our outreach efforts at schools are gathering some great momentum, with our volunteers doing close to 80 events for parents and kids in the US over the past 3 months (and many more...
by Lynette Owens | Apr 23, 2019 | For Parents, For Teachers
by Lynette Owens Last month, the Washington Post published a surprising op-ed from Mark Zuckerberg. In it, the Facebook boss called for greater regulation of the internet to protect individuals’ online privacy, among other things. Although the goals he sets out are...
by Lynette Owens | Jan 26, 2018 | For Parents, For Teachers
by Lynette Owens January 28 is Data Privacy Day and we are doing our part to help raise awareness about this important day, especially in a year when concerns about, risks to, and legislation protecting our online privacy are at an all-time high. Every free online...