It makes us proud that our kids do well in school. It also feel good to boast about it, hence, you often see social media posts from certain parents flaunting their kids' achievement.
But do you know that posting it in social media is not recommended by experts? Find out why.
But do you know that posting it in social media is not recommended by experts? Find out why.
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Parents and students are warned and urged by the Department of Education (DepEd)to refrain from posting the entire photo of school IDs, Report Card or Certificate of our children on Facebook or in any social networking site platforms. Though it is definitely something to be proud of, it also contains vital and sensitive informations that could be use by other people to victimized and scam other people including the person who owns the information and their families, friends and relatives.
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1. The child's full name, the name and location of the school could be used to track where the kid is. It is now very easy for them to locate your kids just by looking into their social media accounts and google maps.
2. The Learner Reference Number (LRN)which is unique to every student can be found here also. the LRN is associated with the students school historical records including their grades and other personal information like date of birth, address, name of parents, race, ethnicity, and others which was made by the government in preparation to the National ID system. it could be a tool for identity theft. Mother's maiden name and birth date could be also use to determine passwords in their accounts.
3. It also contains the signature of the school administrators, principals as well as the logos and headers of the schools. It could be edited and maliciously use to extort money or to ask for donations.
4. The whole photo of the certificate or Diploma could be copied and used maliciously as well.
So, before posting anything on social media, parents need to control themselves for security reasons.
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