Safety and security

FIXME - this needs to be written

Preparation

FIXME - these are non-comprehensive notes of what should be written

Safety

• pictures of youth should not go on the web * pictures of youth shouldn’t be posted online without permission

  from their guardian

  • drop the resolution so that youth are unidentifyable blobs
  • block youth’s faces out in any images
  • make sure other adults and youth who are taking pictures of children know the policy (pictures cannot be posted online)

• adults and youth shouldn’t be friending each other on social networks

• don’t post confidential or private information about anyone without their consent

http://newmedia.blogs.uua.org/2009/09/22/q-does-the-uua-have-a-sample-new-media-policy-for-congregations/

http://www.uua.org/leaders/safecongregations/index.shtml

http://newmedia.blogs.uua.org/2009/10/07/q-what-about-new-media-guidelines-for-religious-education/

Security

• When using social media make sure you’re using the latest version for the browser you’re using.
• When your browser asks you to update, do it as soon as you can.
• Make sure you use secure passwords on all sites you use.