By Lynette Owens
Week of August 12, 2013
To help you keep up with what’s going on with kids, families, schools, and technology, we’ve compiled a list of stories, tips, and insights, we’ve found most useful over the past week. What have you been reading? Tell us below or Tweet @TrendISKF.
- NEW RESEARCH: According to this latest Pew Research report, teens care a lot and do a lot about their online privacy and reputation. 70% have sought out privacy advice. Encouraging!
- CYBERBULLYING: The debate on internet regulation in the UK continues with the father of Hannah Smith, a 14-year-old girl who took her own life after being bullied on ask.fm, speaking out against David Cameron’s latest actions – or lack thereof.
- SMARTPHONE PRIVACY: Are parents and kids at risk simply by taking pictures on smartphones? This old story on smartphone privacy gets new life this week due to heightened public awareness driven by National Security Agency (NSA) information released by Edward Snowden.
- TIPS: Have you talked to your teen or tween about smart technology use? Here are six pointers to get the conversation started and keep it going.
- FRIDAY FUN: Also making the rounds this week is a 1997 video introducing families to the internet and how it can be a family activity.
See you next week!
Lynette Owens is Vice President of Consumer Education & Marketing at Trend Micro and Founder of the company's signature Internet Safety for Kids and Families program. With 30+ years in the tech industry, Lynette oversees global initiatives to help deliver the technology tools and education that people of all ages need to keep themselves and their families safe online. She serves on the advisory boards of the Identity Theft Resource Center's Alliance for Identity Resilience, the Global Anti-Scam Alliance, and INHOPE.