Parents (or students themselves can use one or more of the popular search engines such as Google to check and see if any personal information has found its way onto the Web Parents can go to a search engine (e.g., Google) and type in the full name within quotation marks such as "John Snakenborg." All references (as well as others with the same ss and/or instant message screen name and newsgroup postings by clicking on "groups" above the search screen on Google. If there is unwanted information, parents can ask Google or other search engine sites to disable the information. If a youngster's information is posted online and he or she is younger than 13 years of age, parents should notify the Web site or the online service that they must remove the information because it violates the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. If they do not respond, parents can contact the Federal Trade Commission directly at http://www.ftc.gov/ [59]