Dangers of Digital Piracy Infographic

• If your child streams illegal content online, it can expose them to cyber threats, disturbing pop-ups and harmful content
• It’s no longer just dodgy websites that pose these dangers, these risks can also take place on streaming devices, mobile apps and connected TVs

Exposure to inappropriate material

• Pirated content comes with no parental controls to protect your family
• Explicit adverts can pop-up unsolicited
• Fully-loaded streaming devices can come installed with porn apps

Personal security & devices

• Streaming pirated content puts your family devices at direct risk of malware infection
• Criminals behind online piracy make money by installing spam ads and viruses
• Malicious software on your devices puts you at risk of identity theft and fraud

Legal risks

• Families should understand the consequences of watching pirated content
• Streaming and downloading pirated content is illegal
• The viewer, the person sharing the stream or anyone sharing links to it are all breaking the law

Set parental controls

• Apply parental controls to any internet-connected device used to stream content. Like computers, your connected television should have the ability to restrict access to internet browsing

Understand streaming services

• The risks to children when they stream content online can be minimised if done safely
• Stick to legitimate services you trust on your TV and on the web and activate the required parental control

Set online boundaries

• Find out what your child likes to do online and agree which websites and apps are best for them to use
• Review these sites as they get older and let your child know they can talk to you if they come across anything that upsets them online