08.02.2008
Common Internet sense will again be the theme of the Safer Internet Day
The Safer Internet Day project promotes the safe and sensible use of the Internet in Finland. The annual Safer Internet Day will be held this year on Tuesday 12 February 2008, on the same day as in the rest of Europe. The entire week commencing Monday 11 February will be Information Security Week.Consumers and comprehensive school children are the particular target group of the theme day. The theme of the Safer Internet Day 2008 is to encourage ordinary Internet users in the home to use services on the Net in a more versatile and daring way. At the same time, users will be reminded of how their own actions can make using the Internet safer.
A new Checklist for smart Internet use on the Tietotuvaopas.fi Internet site
The Tietoturvaopas.fi Internet site is the online service of the Safer Internet Day, providing information to consumers in a clear way to help them get to grips with information security. The new Checklist for smart Internet use has been published on the site. The concise checklist aimed at consumers helps explain what issues should be borne in mind when conducting business on the Internet. The guidelines highlight:
· what kind of issues should be borne in mind when dealing with money or confidential information on the Net
· what to do with suspicious attachments, e-mails offering products/services and circulars
· that copyrights are also valid on the Internet, and
· that the computer’s operating system, virus protection program and firewall must be up to date.
The checklist is a summary of matters about which users can find out more on the renewed Tietoturvaopas.fi site.
Online gamers: a card game on the rules of the Internet
The Tietoturvakoulu.fi site is the Safer Internet Day project’s support site on media education and education on information security aimed at school children, teachers and parents.
The Tietoturvakoulu site has released a new game for online gamers. With the help of the game, children and young people can get to know about the rules for using the Net, protecting their own data, carrying out business online and respecting copyright. At the end of the game, users can take part in a competition, and the winners will receive their prizes in April. The prizes include a laptop computer and games console.
Schools can still request an "information security godparent" free of charge via the Tietoturvakoulu.fi site, for example for lessons or parents' evenings. Comprehensive schools have been supplied with information and material relating to the Safer Internet Day as before.
Events
The inaugural event of the Information Security Week will be held in the Kämp hotel on Monday 11 February, starting at 5.30 p.m. The opening seminar is for invited guests, and representatives of the media are also welcome.
A public event will be held in Helsinki on Safer Internet Day on 12 February. Members of the public in the Kamppi shopping centre will have the opportunity to talk with experts about using the Internet safely, on matters such as technical protection for computers, questions relating to the use of the Internet by children, and the security of Internet services. The event will be held from 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m., and will be hosted by Arttu Harkki, the well-known radio and TV personality. Mariko, the well-known musician and dancer, will make an appearance at 4.00 p.m.
Chat sessions on information security themes will be held on the IRC Gallery and Habbo online services on February 12. The Safer Internet Day will otherwise be featured on the Habbo Hotel site.
The seminar series on Information Technology as a Success Factor organised by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy will be making a stop in Kuopio on 13 February. The seminars provide small and medium-sized entrepreneurs an excellent opportunity to take a closer look at the opportunities that using IT can bring to businesses. At the same time, SME entrepreneurs will be reminded of information security issues. Further information is available at www.tem.fi/time.
The Children and the Information Society seminar of Tampere Summer University will be held in Tampere on 14–15 February. The seminar is aimed at professionals in early childhood education, comprehensive school teachers and those involved in youth work. The themes of the event include the teachers’ role online, everyday Internet use of young people, privacy and public access, and virtual bullying and means of intervention. Further information is available at www.uta.fi/kesayliopisto/lapsetjatietoyhteiskunta.
The Safer Internet Day will also be featured in the usual way in various media, in the form of adverts, magazine articles and radio and Web-TV stories.
For further information, please contact:
Anna Lauttamus-Kauppila, Chairperson of the project, Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority, tel. +358 (0)50 563 5724
Marko Eriksson, Project coordinator, Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority, tel. +358 (0)40 354 9290
Nora Elers, Finnish Federation for Communications and Teleinformatics, FiCom, tel. (0)50 574 6977 (especially with regard to the Tietoturvaopas.fi site)
Sari Salmela, Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority, tel. +358 (0)40 505 8677 (especially the Tietoturvakoulu.fi site)
The following are involved in the Safer Internet Day 2008: D-Fence Oy, DNA Oy, Elisa Corporation, Enter ry, F-Secure Corporation, fiMUG, the Federation of Finnish Financial Services, Finnet Association, the National Emergency Supply Agency, the Central Chamber of Commerce, the Consumer Agency, the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, the Media Education Centre, Microsoft Corporation, the National Board of Education, the Ministry of Education, Save the Children Finland, Sulake Corporation Oy, the Federation of Finnish Municipalities, the Federation of Finnish Enterprises, TeliaSonera Finland Oyj, TIEKE - the Finnish Information Society Development Centre, FiCom - the Finnish Federation for Communications and Teleinformatics, the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman, the Finnish Information Security Association, the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, VTT, the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority, and the Population Register Centre.
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