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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

Texas sued TikTok on Thursday, accusing the social media platform of violating children's privacy and state law by sharing children's personal identifying information without consent from their ...
Have you ever wondered if it's worth covering the camera on your laptop? This question is posed by many users who are concerned about their privacy. Surprisingly, the answer to this question is not...
Whether you want to torrent files, protect yourself from malware or better secure your phone, the best VPNs can keep your online activity hidden and virus-free.
The European Union’s top court has said that social media company Meta can’t use public information about a user’s sexual orientation obtained outside its platforms for personalized advertising under...
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues TikTok for not protecting minor users' privacy in violation of the SCOPE Act, seeking penalties and changes to their practices.
It's clear that Opera as a whole has its users' privacy at heart, and the "choice factor" plays into this in a big way. Really, Opera wants nothing to do with your private data, and the side-effect...
The BBC will collect your personal data for the purposes of collecting how you vote when participating in any online voting on the BBC website. The BBC uses your personal data to tally the votes and...
Have you ever wondered if it's worth covering the camera on your laptop? This question is posed by many users who are concerned about their privacy. Surprisingly, the answer to this question is not...
Safeguarding Your Online Privacy with Galaxy Security  samsung.com
Are you worried if your personal information is safe or not when you’re browsing online? Start using a reliable VPN if that’s the case. As we all know, cyberattacks are on the rise which is why it is...

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...
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...
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...