Posting Back to School photos on Social Media
Planning to post back to school photos of your children? The Australia Federal Police advise to watch this video first.
While incidents are rare, the AFP has seen offenders use information from photos, such as school uniforms, to identify and groom children.
This video shows you how to easily hide personal information in photos using an iPhone.
You can use similar techniques with any phone.
If you’re posting images of your child online, consider what information you're sharing. See below some Top Tips as recommended by the Australian Federal Police.
Top tips:
• Don’t share images that show personal information. This could be your child’s name, age, school logo, street number or street name
• Choose strong privacy settings for your social media accounts
• Only share images of your child with people you know and trust
• Review your ‘friends’ or ‘followers’ on all social media accounts and remove anyone you don’t know.