How can I guard my family's privacy when online?
AOL provides many features to protect your and your family's privacy when online.
- Using Parental Controls, parents can customise their children's online experience, limiting it as appropriate for the child. For more information, go to http://parentalcontrols.aol.co.uk or sign-on to AOL and go to AOL Keyword: Parental Controls.
- For everyone, AOL also allows you to control who sees you online, block instant messages and ignore chat from someone in a chat room, and filter the email that you receive.
- To learn how to control who can see you online and how to block instant messages, see How do I set up my privacy preferences?
- To learn the rules for participating in chat rooms, see What are the basic rules of chat?
- To learn how to ignore a message from individuals in a chat room, see How to ignore distractions in chat
- To learn how to use Email Controls, sign-on to AOL and go to AOL Keyword: Email Controls.