OPC helps families protect online privacy

GATINEAU – Canadian families have a new interactive tool that will help parents manage the online risks facing their children.House Rules, relaunched by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), enables parents to assess how their children spend time and interact online through games, mobile applications and social networking sites as a means of starting a dialogue on safe and responsible digital citizenship.The tool also offers simple tips parents and children can customize into their very own ‘House Rules’ that can be printed off and posted in a common area as a reminder of how to protect privacy online.Some...