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Dr. Peter Perinchief
Dr. Sylvanus Nawab
ALL PHYSICIANS
ARE ACCEPTING
NEW PATIENTS
The Gow School Summer Program is for students who have
been experiencing academic difficulties, or have been
diagnosed with dyslexia or specific learning disabilities. Five
weeks of learning and fun for ages 8-16. Come explore Gow.
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Morning Academics
Afternoon fun and games
Weekend Adventures
2491 Emery Rd, South Wales, NY 14139 • P 716.687.2001 • F 716.687.2003 • gow.org/summer
Dr. Richard Fulton
For Appointments
Call 295 8000
Nurse Bernie Wilson
www.facebook.com/EdgewoodPediatricsBDA
@EdgewoodPedsBDA
13 Richmond Road • Hamilton HM08 • Tel [phone]
w w w. e d g e w o o d p e d i a t r i c s . c o m
Internet Tips for Teens
When surfing the Internet stay as anonymous as possible and keep all of
your private information private.
• Never give out personal details that would
identify who you are, such as your name,
address, phone number, school, names of
family members.
Don’t be a Phishing Victim
Phishing is a form of fraud in which the attacker tries to capture your personal
information by masquerading as a reputable entity or person and contacting you,
commonly through email. The information they seek can be the login credentials
that you use when you do your banking online, or some account information such
as your credit card data. Millions of people lose money every year due to phishing
scams.
Here’s what you can do to protect yourself:
• Remember that your bank will never email you and ask that you “Click here” or
tell you to download an attachment. If there’s an issue with your account or if
they’ve updated their system, they will call and/or mail you.
• Never provide personal information over the Internet unless it is through a
secure site. Before you put your credit card details into an Internet page, make
sure that there’s a closed lock icon on the address bar or that the URL is green.
• If you see a fishy email, do not reply or click on any links or attachments: simply
delete it immediately.
• Change your passwords often and make sure that they are complex. They
should contain at least 8 alphanumeric characters (a combination of letters and
numbers) including at least one uppercase and one lower case letter.
• Never give out credit and debit card
information.
• Keep your passwords private and change
them often.
• Never participate in cyber bullying and
always report incidents of cyber bullying,
bad behaviour and inappropriate use
of mobile technology, Twitter, Facebook,
Instagram etc.
• Never reply to any messages or
bulletin board items that are upsetting,
suggestive, obscene or aggressive.
For a complete list of Internet Tips visit
www.ca.gov.bm
Remember, colleges and businesses do
online background checks and any bad behaviour or
suspicious activities can be discovered. Your actions today may one day
come back to haunt you.
A message from Consumer Affairs
GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA
Ministry of Home Affairs
www.bermudaparent.bm
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