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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.

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Online Privacy Daily News Feed

This is what they never told you about online privacy
Understanding the language of the internet can help you protect your personal information from bad actors. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson explains.
CNET Survey: 43% of Americans Use VPNs, Citing Privacy as the Primary Reason. Experts Expect That Number to Rise
Men tend to use a VPN more than women. Half of the men surveyed have used or currently use a VPN, compared to 36% of women. Younger generations tend to use VPNs more, with 50% of both Gen Zers and ...
Curious about DeepSeek but worried about privacy? These apps let you use an LLM without the internet
The desktop apps LM Studio and GPT4All allow users to run various LLM models directly on their computers.
Critics say online privacy bill concerning minors actually undermines parents
An online privacy bill that critics contend undermines parental rights is set for executive session Friday in the Senate Ways & Means Committee. Senate Bill 5708, sponsored by Sen. Noel Frame, ...
Tor vs VPN: Which Tool Is Right for Your Online Privacy?
What are the differences between Tor and a VPN? Here is a Tor vs VPN comparison outlining the strengths and weaknesses of both.
Youth Online Privacy in 2024 and Beyond
As we look back at 2024 and what the new year might bring in the data privacy space, one particular aspect stands out as a focus: youth online ...
A new idea to protect kids online
This week, a new policy paper from a group close to the Trump administration proposed a high tech solution to the knotty problem of making the internet safe for kids without disrupting the adult ...
California’s radical idea for data privacy: Enforce the law
Privacy advocates say the state shows the way to stop data brokers from mining your personal information. California this week sued to fine a data-harvesting company, in a rare step to put muscle ...
The Internet Is Probably Telling You That Filing A Specific Privacy Complaint Can Wipe Out Your Student Loans. Here's What You Need To Know
It seems like suddenly everyone is an "expert" on FERPA, an obscure privacy law that most of us had never heard of a week ago. View Entire Post › ...
Critics say new Google rules put profits over privacy
Privacy campaigners have called Google's new rules on tracking people online "a blatant disregard for user privacy." Changes which come in on Sunday permit so-called "fingerprinting", which allows ...

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...