| Keep
it private on our site
Instructions for
Internet Explorer 5.0/5.5
Pages and links that you visit on the web are stored
in temporary folders on your hard drive. People may
be able to see which sites on the Internet you have
visited by viewing the files in these folders. In order
to 'keep it private' you can:
- Delete all Temporary Internet files from your hard
disk
- Delete all Links in your history folder
Steps to follow if you want too 'Keep
it Private'
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When in Internet
Explorer 5.0 or 5.5 go to the menu bar at the top
of the page. It looks like this: |
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Click on Tools. |
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Go to the bottom of the dropdown
menu and click on Internet options. This will open
a box with several choices along the top - General,
Security, Content... You will already be in General,
which is where you want to be. |
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In the middle is a section marked
Temporary Internet Files. Click on the button marked
Delete files. |
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When the box pops up, make sure
you tick Delete all offline content box and then
click OK. |
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Go back to the General Internet
Options box again. |
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Go to the bottom section marked
History. Click on the Clear History button. |
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A dialog box will ask you if
you want to delete all items in your history folder.
Click Yes |
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Click OK to close the Internet
Options box
You should now Restart or Shut down your computer. |
If you do this then you can keep your visit to sites
private
You will need to do this each time you visit our site.
Do's and don't's using our site
Young people visit many websites, use chat rooms and the
'Contact Us' pages maybe say what they think
about the site or ask specific questions. Remember please
that anyone especially web-weirdo's can use the
web and they could pretend to be a young person or someone
who wants to get in touch with YOU!!
Here are some ideas when using our site or when using
other websites. Try to remember these points and you should
be safe from those web-weirdo's. They know exactly
what to say to get you to trust them.
Remember
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Please try not to
use your own name or family name when you use our
'Ask the Team' bulletin board, or anywhere
else. Do use a nickname and a password you can easily
remember. |
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Don't ask for other peoples'
personal information. Do this and we could stop
you from using our site. |
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Definitely don't arrange
to meet anyone on the site. Remember the telephone
numbers and named contact details are all professional
organizations. |
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DON'T be rude, crude,
racist, use threatening language because we will
delete your question or information and then stop
you from using our site. |
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Don't speak English? Send
us your question in your language. We will need
to check out what you've asked or said before
we can reply to the bulletin board, your reply may
take longer than 24 hours. This is also incase your
trying to get around point 3. |
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Do keep your user name and password
safe. That means don't go telling it to ANYONE,
not even your bestest friend(s) or they could find
out what you've been asking. |
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Do respect other people when
you use the site. |
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Don't advertise on our
site. If you put a website address in your question
we may remove it if we don't think it is suitable. |
Thanks to www.there4me.com
NSPCC website for a source of information. They have not
endorsed this site. |
