Monday, November 2, 2009

Online Privacy and Security

Some of this course material will be valuable for patrons, friends and family. It is important for library patrons to remember online security, especially when using OPAC to pay online, and Pharos for printing private documents. My Info has contact details that could be used inappropriately by others.

We sometimes need to remind people about copyright and to let them know if they might be breaching the law. Netsafe's website and McAfee's brochure about security could be recommended.

Friends and family may need to be reminded to only place information on the web that they want to share, and to choose carefully who they share with, when using social networking sites. Keeping anti-virus software up to date, and using Netsafe to block some content are important for families.

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