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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 Incoming Children’s Online Privacy Code: What Online Service Providers Need to Know - Russell Kennedy
The Incoming Children’s Online Privacy Code: What Online Service Providers Need to Know  Russell Kennedy
Polymarket’s VPN Crackdown Exposes the New Reality of Online Privacy in Dozens of Countries - Yahoo Tech
Polymarket’s VPN Crackdown Exposes the New Reality of Online Privacy in Dozens of Countries  Yahoo Tech
Do you care about online privacy? - Behind The News - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Do you care about online privacy? - Behind The News  Australian Broadcasting Corporation
America needs a strong privacy law. The SECURE Data Act isn’t it. - EPIC – Electronic Privacy Information Center
America needs a strong privacy law. The SECURE Data Act isn’t it.  EPIC – Electronic Privacy Information Center
Children's Online Privacy Code
The government has just released a draft of their new privacy code aimed at helping protect kids' online data. They are seeking feedback from young Aussies across the country about the draft code and...
Polymarket's VPN crackdown exposes the new reality of online privacy in dozens of countries
Polymarket's VPN crackdown signals the end of anonymous crypto trading as platforms treat privacy tools as compliance violations.
Online privacy: Can Massachusetts lead the way?
Every now and then, I write a story about how little privacy we have, thanks to the computers on our desks and the phones in our pockets. I warn that Internet companies large and small vacuum up the...
Age-verification requirements for social media spark new privacy concerns
A landmark trial against Meta and YouTube is underway, as the companies face claims that their platforms harm children’s mental health. This comes as lawmakers around the world are advancing new...
Major Canadian online privacy company plans to leave country if lawful access bill passes
A Canadian company providing online privacy and security tools says it would leave the country over a federal bill that could require electronic service providers to store its clients’ data.
Top Strategies to Protect Your Online Privacy from AI Tracking and Data Collection
In the age of AI-driven tracking, protecting personal information online is more important than ever. Online privacy tips can help you safeguard sensitive data, reduce your digital footprint, and ...

Featured News Stories

They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets. - NYTimes.com
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...
Colleges looking at applicants' social media in admissions process
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...
Are teenagers really careless about online privacy Technology The Guardian
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...