{"id":4043,"date":"2024-05-14T08:49:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T08:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/?p=4043"},"modified":"2024-05-14T08:50:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T08:50:45","slug":"get-safe-online-today-launches-a-new-free-self-help-tool-centre-designed-to-save-thousands-from-online-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/2024\/05\/14\/get-safe-online-today-launches-a-new-free-self-help-tool-centre-designed-to-save-thousands-from-online-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Safe Online today launches a new, free &#8216;Self Help Tool Centre&#8217;, designed to save thousands from online scams.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getsafeonline.org\/selfhelptoolcentre\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4044\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/2024\/05\/14\/get-safe-online-today-launches-a-new-free-self-help-tool-centre-designed-to-save-thousands-from-online-scams\/general_self-help_tools_sm_animated\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2024\/05\/14084924\/General_Self-help_tools_SM_Animated.gif\" data-orig-size=\"640,335\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"General_Self-help_tools_SM_Animated\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2024\/05\/14084924\/General_Self-help_tools_SM_Animated-300x157.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2024\/05\/14084924\/General_Self-help_tools_SM_Animated.gif\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4044\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2024\/05\/14084924\/General_Self-help_tools_SM_Animated.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">Get Safe Online today launches a new, free &#8216;Self Help Tool Centre&#8217;, designed to save thousands from online scams.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Created for the public and small businesses, Get Safe Online\u2019s Self Help Tool Centre <\/span><span class=\"\">enables anyone to access, in an instant,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"\">nine easy-to-use,\u00a0<b class=\"\">free<\/b>\u00a0tools to protect themselves, their family, finances, devices and workplace from fraud and other online harms. It is recommended that they are used in conjunction with the information and advice found elsewhere on the Get Safe Online website \u2013 with the primary aim of helping people use the internet safely, securely and with confidence.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The tools include ways to check whether a photo has been cloned or not, if a company is genuine and if you have been a victim of a data breach, as well as guidance on how to store passwords effectively and a brand new way to investigate whether you are at risk of oversharing on social media.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"\"> Get Safe Online\u2019s Self Help Tool Centre \u2013 located at<\/span><span class=\"\"><u class=\"\"> <a id=\"LPlnkOWA90376f8a-91ad-171c-1e20-1b31982791e3\" class=\"x_x_x_x_OWAAutoLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.getsafeonline.org\/selfhelptoolcentre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">www.getsafeonline.org\/selfhelptoolcentre<\/a><\/u><\/span><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get Safe Online today launches a new, free &#8216;Self Help Tool Centre&#8217;, designed to save thousands from online scams.\u00a0 Created for the public and small businesses, Get Safe Online\u2019s Self Help Tool Centre enables anyone to access, in an instant,\u00a0nine easy-to-use,\u00a0free\u00a0tools to protect themselves, their family, finances, devices and workplace from fraud and other online &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/2024\/05\/14\/get-safe-online-today-launches-a-new-free-self-help-tool-centre-designed-to-save-thousands-from-online-scams\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get Safe Online today launches a new, free &#8216;Self Help Tool Centre&#8217;, designed to save thousands from online scams.\u00a0<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62640,53955,53952,53959,16028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parent-zone","category-post-16","category-lower-primary","category-secondary-2","category-whole-school-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4293"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4043"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4046,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4043\/revisions\/4046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}