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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

The United States, a major country without a national privacy protection law, is now catching up with nearly 140 other nations. After years of congressional apathy and delays, the American Privacy ...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., visited East Syracuse Tuesday to demand the House of Representatives move forward with a vote on a pair of bills aimed at protecting children online.
On July 15, 2024, the Office of the New York State Attorney General (OAG) announced new guidance regarding the use of cookies, tags, and other ...
There are many downsides to living in the current age of technical enlightenment. On the one hand, most of us now have access to virtually all the informat ...
Join Us in Person or Online, Sept. 12 Cato Conference: "Financial Privacy under Fire: Protecting and Restoring Americans’ Rights"  Cato Institute
Sen. Bill Cassidy: The Senate passed my bill to protect children online. Now we must make it law.  The Advocate
You have options to click one box to order companies not to blab your personal data. California might soon require it by law.
The Senate took a massive step toward protecting our children online by passing my Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act — or COPPA 2.0 — last month. It’s rare that the Senate votes 91-3...
Sidestepping online trackers and protecting your personal information might seem like a hopeless task, but these top privacy apps can really make a difference.

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...