7526 0 3 econsultancy_xml <p>The research, for online identity firm <a href="http://www.garlik.com">Garlik</a>, found that 30% of the children divulge personal details like their full name without their parents' consent, 12% give out their home address, 20% their mobile number, 10% their home phone number, 46% school details and 9% give out family photos.</p> <p>A fifth of kids has met in the offline world with someone they first met online, 5% of them regularly - but only seven percent of parents are aware of the practice. Meanwhile, 11% of children have suffered online bullying.</p> <p>The vast majority (90%) of parents said they monitor their children's internet habits, but over half of the children surveyed said they use the web when their parents did not know. </p> <p>Garlik was set up last year by the founders of the <a href="http://www.egg.com">Egg</a> bank and others to help protect UK consumers from identity theft. <a href="http://www.garlik.com/index1.php?page=who">Counting Tim Berners-Lee</a> as an advisor, it markets protects that purportedly help citizens assess the risk to their identity data.</p> <blockquote> <p> <em>"Our research is a shocking wake-up call to all parents in the UK to sit down with their children and talk about how to keep safe online,"</em> said chief executive Tom Llube.</p> </blockquote> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>The research, for online identity firm <Link URL="http://www.garlik.com" Window="New">Garlik</Link>, found that 30% of the children divulge personal details like their full name without their parents' consent, 12% give out their home address, 20% their mobile number, 10% their home phone number, 46% school details and 9% give out family photos.</Paragraph> <Paragraph>A fifth of kids has met in the offline world with someone they first met online, 5% of them regularly - but only seven percent of parents are aware of the practice. Meanwhile, 11% of children have suffered online bullying.</Paragraph> <Paragraph>The vast majority (90%) of parents said they monitor their children's internet habits, but over half of the children surveyed said they use the web when their parents did not know. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Garlik was set up last year by the founders of the <Link URL="http://www.egg.com" Window="New">Egg</Link> bank and others to help protect UK consumers from identity theft. <Link URL="http://www.garlik.com/index1.php?page=who" Window="New">Counting Tim Berners-Lee</Link> as an advisor, it markets protects that purportedly help citizens assess the risk to their identity data.</Paragraph> <Block> <Paragraph> <Quote>"Our research is a shocking wake-up call to all parents in the UK to sit down with their children and talk about how to keep safe online,"</Quote> said chief executive Tom Llube.</Paragraph> </Block> </FormattedContent> 2007-06-01T09:10:00+01:00 0 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Nearly half of British children frequently visit websites that are either forbidden by their parents or help them meet other people online, new research has found.</strong> </p> <p>According to a survey of 500 people aged eight to 15 and 500 adults, 40% of kids hit websites their parents have told them not to visit.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Nearly half of British children frequently visit websites that are either forbidden by their parents or help them meet other people online, new research has found.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>According to a survey of 500 people aged eight to 15 and 500 adults, 40% of kids hit websites their parents have told them not to visit.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 1285 363460 Kids duck parents' net rules, 'risk identity' false 2007-06-01T09:38:00+01:00 kids-duck-parents-net-rules-risk-identity 2009-04-28T22:50:33+01:00 2009-04-28T22:50:33+01:00 162