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Privacy and SecurityOur Commitment to Privacy The privacy of skoool.co.za users is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personal data is requested or accessed.
On some areas of skoool.co.za, whether you are uploading content, sending us a story, or joining our mailing list, we will ask you for personal data relevant to fulfilling your request. We only collect as much personal data as needed to fulfill your request. This information may include your name and email address. In rare cases, we may request your school address or phone number, usually for competitions. As our main audience is school learners, we often ask a user's level of education or age range. As you browse through our website, our web server collects certain information about your visit and the visits of others. This information collected is not personal data. The information that we gather is for statistical purposes so that we can monitor the number of visitors to the website, the time and date of visits, the pages reviewed and the amount of time spent by visitors on the site. This information is anonymous and will not be matched with specific visitors.
The skoool.co.za site may make discussion forums, message boards and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose any personal data. We take reasonable steps to monitor areas on the skoool.co.za site where users post communications, including but not limited to bulletin boards, discussion or other user forums, and the content of any such communications. We, however, will have no liability related to the content of any such communications, whether or not arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy, data protection, obscenity, or otherwise. Through its moderation, skoool.co.za ensures that only first names or pseudonyms will be published on these postings. Any personal data which may identify a user will be edited to remove the personal data. Any personal data that is removed will not be retained by skoool.co.za.
We use this information only to correspond directly with you about skoool.co.za and skoool.co.za related activities. We do not share personal data with outside parties. We use e-mail addresses only to answer the e-mail we receive. E-mail addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not given to any other parties. School addresses and phone numbers are only used for the specific purpose for which they were requested and this information is never available on the site. skoool.co.za does not sell, rent, or share your personal data with any third parties unless required to do so by law or unless we receive your consent to release your information to third parties.
To prevent unauthorised access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we have online.
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skoool.co.za retains personal data for as long as we have a current business need to retain it, as defined by the Irish Data Protection Act 1988. If you would like your personal data removed from the database, please contact us at webmaster@skoool.co.uk.
As skoool.co.za is a site aimed primarily at users under the age of 18, we do all we can to ensure that the material accessible is appropriate for our audience. When linking to other sites we check the material but cannot be held responsible for any new or modified links leading from these sites. Children should obtain their parents' permission before accessing skoool.co.za from home.
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that skoool.co.za is not responsible for the privacy practices of other such sites. You should always read Website privacy policies before deciding if you are going to share your personal data. If you do come across a linked site that you feel contains content that is inappropriate for children, or if the site has invasive privacy practices, please let us know by contacting us at webmaster@skoool.co.uk.
skoool.co.za may occasionally update this Privacy Statement. skoool.co.za encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how skoool.co.za is protecting your information. However, we will not use previously collected personal data in any new way without first obtaining your consent to do so.
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Safe Surfing: A User's Guide According to new research presented by the Internet Advisory Board (IAB) at its recent annual conference, the risks and issues perceived by parents are largely associated with internet access through computers, despite access to new technologies. Factors such as the growing number of children and teenagers who have access to the internet, the low teacher/pupil ratio and the increasing ease of access to the internet through cyber cafés and library facilities have raised a new and vital dilemma: How can we let our children have access to this vast resource, without compromising their mental or moral safety? The principal concerns for parents are:
Using these simple guidelines, your children should be safe surfing, learning and having fun online!
There are a lot of interesting and educational sites for children and teenagers to surf on the internet, however there is also a lot of undesirable content, so you do need to be careful. Talk with your children or teenagers so that you can set up rules for going online. Discuss your concerns with them and establish general rules for internet use. This will help heighten their awareness, let them to understand the reasons for the rules, and allow them to use the PC in the safest possible manner. Decide with your kids when they can be online, the length of time they can be online, appropriate sites for them to visit and reasons to be online. Establish what is acceptable and unacceptable, and let them know why the guidelines are there and that they are not there to stop them having fun. Sharing your home computer If your child is using a computer at home, which you also use for office or personal use, remember that a lot of information can be contained on the computer that can easily be accidentally deleted, changed or accessed by the wrong eyes. Establish what is accessible and inaccessible. If you have only one password for e-mail accounts, make sure that the wrong hands do not open your e-mails if they are expected to be of a sensitive nature! If they receive e-mail, make sure they do not to click on any links that are contained in e-mails received from anyone they don't know. Such links could lead to them to accessing inappropriate websites or the attachments that could contain viruses.
The internet can be a great source of free software, images and games. While this can be a great money saver, it can also cause problems in relation to viruses, and can eat into the memory available on your PC if too many are downloaded. If your children are using your computer, consider your approach in relation to this, and think about installing an anti-virus programme or a putting a partial ban on unofficial downloads.
Consider whether you want your child to use chat rooms and discussion groups. These can be fun to use, encourage interactivity and be a great source of companionship and shared resources. Unfortunately, they also have the potential to cause concern. The following rules are suggested for children and teenagers when dealing with chat rooms:
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