FOX VALLEY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – In just a day or two many students will head back to school.
Proud parents might want to share those first day of school photos on social media.
You’ve likely seen the popular shots of kids posing with a sign, showing what grade they’re in, their teacher, and what school they go to.
But Grand Chute Police Department Community Recourse Officer Travis Waas has a message for parents before they click share.
“What’s also online is scammers, but also predators. And when you’re sharing a similar post, a back to school post of your child, you’re also sharing with predators, potentially.”
So far, this is just a warning; there have been no incidents in the Fox Valley.
The Grand Chute Police Department’s latest Facebook post urges parents to not to share school names, ages, and features like height and weight.
Waas tells FOX 11 the back to school signs can contain answers to your account security questions — and the same goes for other posts.
“Those viral social media quizzes where it had the seemingly innocent questions, where did you grow up, what street did you live on, what was the make of your first car?”
Waas says when you post online, it’s online forever.
Overall, the department wants people to be careful and have a safe start to the year ahead.
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