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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.

The Institute for Internet Safety: Catching Mistakes Before Mistakes Catch You!

Online Privacy Daily News Feed

The 118th session of the U.S. Congress is drawing to a close and the legislators have again failed to pass a national data privacy law. This means marketers will soon have to comply with the ...
Under Senate Bill 255, the NH Data Privacy Act, consumers will gain a number of rights on Jan. 1 to protect their personal information.
A lifetime subscription to AdGuard's Family Plan is on sale is just $18.97 (reg. $79) through September 3 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Don't miss this opportunity to safeguard your online browsing. Hyundai...
The government should enforce traceability and user privacy rules on WhatsApp, Telegram, Google Meet as well as other calling and messaging apps along with telecom operators as such platforms provide...
Columnist Trey Price writes that Kids Online Safety Act and Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act are aimed at protecting kids' data, mental health ...
The word “private” isn’t there just for laughs and giggles. It indicates you’re using a service meant to protect your online privacy. Why are so many people looking for the best VPN for privacy?
A U.S. appeals court said Google must face a revived lawsuit by Google Chrome users who said the company collected their personal information without permission, after they chose not to synchronize...
A man was arrested and charged with three counts of sexual assault of a child after detectives say he made arrangements to meet with juveniles through social media.
But online advertisers have taken their spending ... The amount users have to pay for privacy may be taken into account. Another factor considered will be the size of the company and if there ...
Klobuchar Statement on Senate Passage of Children’s Online Privacy Legislation  Senator Amy Klobuchar

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...