FAMILY-INTERNET CONTRACT

 

The following is an Internet contract suggested by the Calgary City Police Crime Prevention Unit, to assist your family in defining guidelines for Internet use and to encourage discussions of Internet safety.

 

Post it everywhere you have a computer

 

1 - We believe computer security is the business of everyone in this home.

2 - We do not fight, swear or gossip in our email. We never respond to inflammatory, obscene or insulting emails.

3 - We never swap software, games or files, unless we’re sure they don’t contain viruses. We never download pictures, freeware, shareware or text from an unknown source or websites we don’t trust.

4 - We never open email attachments from an unknown person or company.

5 - We respect our friends’ email privacy by deleting forwarded email addresses before sending these messages onward. We use the ’Bcc’ feature when sending messages from our address book to protect our contacts.

6 - We never respond to Spam or junk mail.

7 - We don’t give out identifying information such as our name, address, school, phone number or other personal information.

8 - We do not post personal pictures on the Internet of ourselves or other people or send photos of ourselves through email.

9 - We don’t shop at websites that don’t respect our security and privacy.

10 - We always use passwords and we change them often.

11 - We understand that whatever information is revealed in chat rooms may or may not be the truth.

12 - We make sure our computer and Internet security is always up to date.

13 - We never arrange a face-to-face meeting with someone we met on the Internet or in a chat room.

14 - As your parent/guardian, I will remain calm you when you tell me about any problems you are having on the Internet.

15 - I will support you in whatever way I can.

Parent or Guardian signature

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User signature

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Date

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