Further, 35% limit the information that the child can post on social profiles, 36% allow internet access only in common household areas and 37% review and approve all apps before they are downloaded. The more common preventive measures are checking the child’s browser history (57%), allowing access to only certain websites (46%) and allowing internet access with parental supervision (48%).

Seven percent of parents fail to take any action to protect their children online. The study showed that countries who had the strictest preventive measures also had the lowest incidents of cyberbullying. There were also parental concerns around doing something online which would either embarrass (60%) or make the whole family vulnerable (62%) or being lured into illegal activities (61%). Some of the other key concerns the parents had were the children downloading a malicious program or software (71%), disclosing too much personal information to strangers (69%) and being lured into meeting a stranger in the physical world (65%).

Norton total security 2016