The site OnGuardOnline.gov provides the following suggestions to protect your kids’ personal information and privacy online:

  • Check out sites your kids visit, and see what kind of information the sites ask for or allow kids to post.
  • Talk to your child about the risks and benefits of disclosing certain information, especially in a public forum.
  • Take a look at the privacy policy, which should say what the site does with the information it collects. Then you can decide how you feel about it.
  • Ask questions. If you’re not clear on a site’s practices or policies, ask about them.
  • Be selective with your permission. In many cases, websites need your okay before they’re allowed to collect personal information from your kids. 
  • Know your rights. For example, as a parent, you have the right to have a site delete any personal information it has about your child.
  • Report a website. If you think a site has collected or disclosed information from your kids or marketed to them in a way that violates the law, report it to the FTC.

Read more about these suggestions at OnGuardOnline.gov.

The Federal Trade Commission also has a page about protecting kids’ privacy.


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