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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

Windscribe unveils new Anti-Fingerprinting tool, putting trackers on notice  TechRadar
Transform Iran launches secure VPN to protect online privacy for Iranian believers  Mission Network News
Online Gaming Act to Take Effect From Oct 1; Govt to Roll Out Data Privacy Rules by Sep 28  The Logical Indian
Windscribe takes Chrome and Edge privacy to the next level with an Anti-Fingerprinting tool that limits online tracking by spoofing browser identifiers.
Though experts broadly agreed blurring or obscuring a child's face should not be the only privacy measure parents considered when posting pictures online, Joanne Orlando, a digital wellbeing ...
A tool called “Your activity off Meta technologies” helps you manage how Facebook and Instagram look at your online activities.
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Online dating safety varies by state, and Mississippi is a mix, according to a survey by PrivacyJournal. The online privacy and security website ranked each state based on how safe it is for people...
Newsom to decide on health care proposals targeting insulin prices, privacy rights and more  Palo Alto Online
I Tried Breaking the Best VPNs. Here Are the 5 That Survived  WIRED

Featured News Stories

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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...