Check out these resources for helpful safety tips and information to keep your online programming safe for campers:
- Stay Safe Online powered by the National Cyber Security Alliance
- Organization for Social Media Safety
- Internet Safety Tips for Kids, a video from YMCA Camp Kitaki and Stomping Ground
- iKeepSafe COPPA Safe Harbor Certification
- The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s “Preventing Eavesdropping and Protecting Privacy in Virtual Meetings”
- The Federal Trade Commission
- Discovery Ed and the National AfterSchool Association Virtual Learning Response Fund
- Future of Privacy Forum
- Children at Increased Risk of Harm Online During Global COVID-19 Pandemic — UNICEF
- Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and Its Implications for Protecting Children Online — UNICEF
- Free Online Training for Camp Staff — Redwoods Group
- Guidelines for Virtual Youth Programs — Redwoods Group
- Managing the Risks of Virtual Summer Camps — Gallagher
- FERPA|Sherpa
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule ("COPPA")
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Further, ACA, Inc., hereby disclaims any responsibility, liability, or duty to persons or organizations using these resources for any such liability arising out of use of these materials.