Get Safe Online is a United Kingdom-based campaign and national initiative to teach citizens about basic computer security and internet privacy. It was launched in October 2005 with the backing of several government departments, and the support and sponsorship of many companies, listed below.
The campaign's centre point is its website where people can go to get information about internet safety, how to protect themselves online, and practical advice. The site offers a 10-minute guide for beginners, as well as more technical information and guidance for businesses as well as home users.
Get Safe Online has gained significance, with the front page of eBay UK featuring the campaign logo, linking to eBay's safety centre with information from the Get Safe Online campaign. Links are given to the official website for users wanting to find out more.
Read more about Get Safe Online: Impact and Findings, Get Safe Online Week
Famous quotes containing the word safe:
“When we walk the streets at night in safety, it does not strike us that this might be otherwise. This habit of feeling safe has become second nature, and we do not reflect on just how this is due solely to the working of special institutions. Commonplace thinking often has the impression that force holds the state together, but in fact its only bond is the fundamental sense of order which everybody possesses.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)