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Everyday we all read and hear stories about people who have done serious damage to themselves, to their future, or to others online. It’s almost impossible to keep track of these daily horror stories.

This avalanche of negative press we see, are the result of people doing what people have always done, except now it’s being done in front of the entire digital world.

Here at the Institute for Internet Safety, we are working tirelessly to help you safeguard and enhance your online identity.

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Online Privacy Daily News Feed

Regulators say they have been checking whether websites and apps are protecting children's privacy. The Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner (JOIC) said it had been taking part in an ...
The privacy changes web browsers will be required to make under a new California law could set the de facto standard for the entire country, changing how Americans control their data when using the...
Kurt Knutsson's guide covers social media privacy protection through location settings, account privacy controls and two-factor authentication to prevent scams and data breaches.
As the New Year dawned in Louisiana, the U.S. state's 4.5 million residents woke to a new rule that restricts their access to the internet - a measure aimed at stopping children from viewing ...
California's new law, Assembly Bill 566, requires web browsers to offer an opt-out signal to stop websites from sharing personal data. Effective January 2027, it could set a national privacy standard...
Apple released iOS 26 in September, and the update introduced a handful of new features to your iPhone such as call screening and new ringtones. The update also included some improved privacy...
OpenAI’s new web browser has ChatGPT baked in. That’s raising some privacy questions  NPR
Child online privacy focus of fact-finding 'sweep' in Jersey  BBC
I tried Incogni and feel much more anonymous online as a result  PCWorld
Perez v. Romantix Online- Another Privacy Class Action Crashes on the Rocks of Consent  The National Law Review

Featured News Stories

At Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Me., admissions officers are still talking about the high school senior who attended a campus information session last year for prospective students. Throughout...
It's junior year and Ellie Likos is ready to start the college process. The first step: changing her name on Facebook. Since the explosion of social media just a few years ago, colleges across...
Facebook Will No Longer Protect Teens From Their Own Bad Judgment - Forbes
On Wednesday, Facebook announced a present for its teen users: the gift of greater publicity. Moving forward, Facebook’s many under-18 users will be able to kick their privacy to the curb just as...
Opinion Should parents be criminally liable for kids' cyberbullying - CNN.com
Two girls in Florida, 14 and 12, have been arrested and charged with aggravated stalking -- cyberbullying. They allegedly tormented a 12-year-old girl named Rebecca so relentlessly that last month...
The selfie syndrome Why teens use social media for validation and how parents can counteract it - TODAY.com
Young celebrities do it. So why are we surprised when a typical teen Instagram post goes something like this: Teen (girl or boy) posts a cool/pretty/pouty selfie. What follows is a watch to see how...
They share, like, everything. How they feel about a song, their maths homework, life (it sucks). Where they'll be next; who they're with now. Photos, of themselves and others, doing stuff they quite...