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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

Sex workers at the forefront of the erosion of online privacy rights  Rabble.ca
Attitudes about identity theft worldwide 2023  Statista
What a VPN hides (and what it doesn’t)  Surfshark
Lachie and Jules Neale, and the cost of living your life online revealed  The Australian
Parents Should Have Control Over Their Kids’ Privacy Online. A Congressional Proposal Risks Their Data.  NetChoice
Kids Online Privacy, Safety Bills Advance in House (Dec 12, 2025)  VitalLaw.com
The Best VPNs We've Tested (March 2026)  PCMag
Lawsuit Investigation: Costco Pharmacy Privacy Violations?  ClassAction.org
HDecentralized Identity: The Key to a Privacy-First Internet  MEXC
"In 2026 online privacy is a luxury, not a right," says Thomas Bunting, an analyst at the UK innovation think tank Nesta. He was talking about advertising, and he described a dystopian potential ...

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