Why this exists
I want families and schools to feel more confident about online safety, without the scaremongering.
Our ethos
I'm Dale, and I run Cyber Safety Guy. I served 22 years in the RAF Police, and my last eight were in cyber, working in digital forensics and incident response. Part of that job was investigating cases involving images of children, with no counselling or support in place. I was medically discharged with C-PTSD in 2019, and today I work at Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42.
I spent eight years inside the evidence. Now I spend my time making sure children never become part of it.
Like everything designed for good, technology can be used for bad. From my perspective, most of the harm I saw was preventable. Children are often more tech-savvy than the adults around them, and if they want to hide something, they will. What protects them is open, honest, non-judgemental conversation, so that when something feels wrong they come to you.
So these packs are short, warm and practical. Think of me as the geek friend sitting beside you. The aim is that you finish a pack feeling more capable and knowing what to do next.
All subscription income from Cyber Safety Guy goes to Childline.
Privacy
There's nothing to sign up for. Nobody needs to give a name or an email.
No analytics scripts, no cookies, no advertising, and no third-party fonts or scripts. Cloudflare, which hosts the site, keeps a simple count of page visits so I can see which packs are helping. That count doesn't use cookies and doesn't tell me who you are.
Your progress through a pack is saved in your browser's local storage on that device only. We never receive it. Clearing your browser data removes it.
Once a page has loaded, it keeps working if your connection drops.
A safeguarding note
These packs are for learning. They are not a replacement for your school's safeguarding procedures or for professional advice. If a child tells you something worrying, stay calm, listen, thank them for telling you, and follow your setting's procedures. In school, that means talking to your safeguarding lead the same day.
If a child is in immediate danger, call the emergency services in your country.
Helplines and laws differ between countries. Each pack labels the country its helplines and legal references are for.
Spotted something wrong?
Laws, helplines and apps change, and I check every pack against the official sources. If you spot something that looks out of date or wrong, please tell me at cybersafetyguy@gmail.com and I'll look into it and put it right. The same address is the place to report a security problem with the site.
Whatever brought you here, you are not alone.