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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

Your W-Fi router is responsible for conveying nearly 100% of your internet traffic. That's a lot of data -- enough to make privacy a reasonable concern when picking one out.
A Pennsylvania House committee approved a consumer data privacy bill Tuesday that would set rules for how companies collect, store and sell individualized information from people’s online activities.
Austin Manes and Nicholas Tonckens of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP discuss privacy and cybersecurity policy under the Trump administration, looking at new leadership of key agencies.
Trio of online privacy bills see mixed success in Legislature  Vermont Biz
How K-pop Fans and the 13-Year-Old Daughter of Baidu VP Sparked a Debate on Online Privacy  What's on Weibo
Imagine proving something without showing any evidence — that’s the promise behind zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), a cryptographic breakthrough now gaining traction in the blockchain world. ZKPs are ...
O'Melveny & Myers LLP has stepped in to defend TikTok in one of a barrage of children's online privacy class actions filed this year against the short-form video platform and its Chinese parent...
Everyone has different security concerns, and the best privacy browsers offer various levels of tracking protection to accommodate your preferences. For example, Firefox's default ...
We'll break down five essential tech terms that directly affect your online privacy, from the secretive Dark Web to the nuances of email etiquette. Learning these concepts will equip you to ...
Your W-Fi router is responsible for conveying nearly 100% of your internet traffic. That's a lot of data -- enough to make privacy a reasonable concern when picking one out.

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...
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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...