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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

First-of-Its-Kind: Teen Privacy Law Passes in Arkansas  NatLawReview.com
Bayhealth hospital system faces second class-action lawsuit over handling of patient data  Delawareonline.com
NCW on Vikram Misri Row: Panel slams online trolling, privacy breach  Deccan Herald
How to Protect Your Privacy Online: Avoid Hackers in 2025  Cloudwards.net
Most of us browse the internet the same way: we hop on our favorite web browser. However, as users have become more concerned about their privacy and what personal information ...
Modern privacy threats aren’t theoretical. The risks are real, and they’re actively shaping our kid’s futures.
To defend the company's bottom line, Google executives have made a face turn, hypocritically attempting to position themselves as defenders of online user privacy. The Trump administration shouldn ...
The internet is a battleground for user privacy. Websites are flooded with ad-sponsored content and tracking scripts, and marketers can scrape browsing histories to fingerprint you, creating ...
The Wikimedia Foundation is suing the U.K. government over the Online Safety Act, claiming it threatens the privacy and safety of Wikipedia’s volunteer editors.
SAN FRANCISCO — Google agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle claims brought by the Texas attorney general that the tech giant allegedly broke the law by deceptively tracking user data including ...

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