Advice

Using computers to buy stuff with a phone or want some on-line safety help? Boost your phonebrain here…

Shopping on the internet, paying with your phone?

Always

• Keep your eyes open.
• Check out the price.
• Use the jargon buster to understand.
• Have you got enough credit? (If you don’t, it will come out of your next top-up.)
• Is your phone compatible? (Will the product you want to buy work on your phone?)
• Know what you’re getting. (Is it a subscription service?)
• Use your phonebrain to solve problems!
• For more info on mobiles, follow this link to the mobile section…

Be safe on-line…

Look at www.chatdanger.com or www.kidsmart.org.uk for tips about using the internet safely and if you have a serious problem then share it. If you can't speak to friends, family or a teacher then look at http://www.childline.org.uk/ or call Childline for free on 0800 1111

How old?

Not everything on the internet is for kids. You know you need to be old enough to see some films in the cinema, this is the same. If you are too young surf somewhere else - there are plenty of sites out there for you to enjoy!

If you are being sent texts with adult words or pictures?
This is not allowed and the company sending them to you will be investigated. Follow this link to report your problem.

Diallers…

Make sure you tell the person that pays your internet bill about diallers. You can install anti-virus and firewall security that can help protect your PC from dodgy diallers and if the bill payer receives an unusually high bill then suggest they check who the PC has been dialing. PhonepayPlus, the premium rate watchdog are helping to solve this problem so contact them if your household needs to report a dialler problem. Follow this link to report a complaint to PhonepayPlus