Leveraging Knowledge to Manage Your Data Risks
There have been numerous examples of how hackers can get hold of sensitive and deeply personal information and use it against individuals to embarrass and extort them into sending money or compromising pictures to the hackers to prevent the information from being posted on the web.
These examples include cyberbullying, online love scams, blackmail through…
We previously commended the Girl Scouts of the United States for encouraging girls to get involved in STEM, including cybersecurity by issuing a cybersecurity patch.
The Girl Scouts announced that it has partnered with the Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to develop a new patch that girl scouts will be able to obtain if they successfully…
I never knew that since 2006, October has been designated as National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month. According to the Department of Health and Human Service’s website, “This year’s Bullying Prevention Awareness Month marks the 10th anniversary of its initiation by PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center http://www.pacer.org/bullying/.
Since 2006, the event has grown to an entire month of education and awareness activities, and is being recognized by schools and communities throughout the world.
Bullying can be combated through education and awareness. In the context of data privacy and security, cyberbullying is a form of bullying which can be harmful and devastating, particularly to teens and young adults. Cyberbullying can be accomplished through online posts on Facebook, through emails, Twitter, Snapchat, and any other form of social media or online content.
Although somewhat dated, but still applicable, some practical tips on how to combat cyberbullying for teens are outlined in The Cyberbullying Research Center publication “Preventing Cyber Bullying: Top Ten Tips for Teens”
The 10 tips include:Continue Reading Privacy Tip #55 – October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
On February 9, 2012, Robert Bishop was arrested and charged with one count of cyberbullying under the North Carolina Cyberbullying statute, which states that it is “unlawful for any person to use a computer or computer network to…[p]ost or encourage others to post on the Internet private, personal, or sexual information pertaining to a minor””[w]ith…
