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SAFETY GUIDELINES FOR MINORS
The library urges minors to keep in mind the following safety guidelines:

• Never give out identifying information such as home address, school name or telephone number.

• Let parents or guardians decide whether personal information such as age, marital status or financial information should be revealed.

• Never arrange a face-to-face meeting with someone via the computer without parents’ or guardians’ approval.

• Never respond to messages that are suggestive, obscene, threatening, or make one uncomfortable.

• Have parents or guardians report an incident to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678 if one becomes aware of the transmission of child pornography. Please inform the librarian immediately so that local police can be contacted.

• Remember that people online may not be who they say they are.

• Remember that everything one reads may not be true.
 

Excerpted from
LEOMINSTER PUBLIC LIBRARY
PUBLIC COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS POLICY
Approved by the Board of Trustees
6/10/02