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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

Digital Driver’s Licenses Threaten to Create a “Great Internet Lockdown”  American Civil Liberties Union
Privacy laws are playing their part in online safety regulation (via Passle)  Slaughter and May
The critical privacy tools everyone needs right now  Rolling Out
How to Strengthen Your Chromebook’s Online Privacy in 2026  About Chromebooks
ICO launches largest child online privacy campaign with support from Macclesfield design agency  Business Up North
The war on online privacy comes for VPNs  MSN
Draft Children’s Online Privacy Code released  Attorney-General's Department
Three in four parents fear their child cannot make safe choices about personal data online, the data watchdog finds.
Imagine a statute criminalizing the placement of curtains in home windows. After all, people regularly commit terrible crimes in the privacy of their own homes — perpetrating domestic violence, ...
Do we simply have to accept giving away our data in return for free online services? "In 2026 online privacy is a luxury, not a right," says Thomas Bunting, an analyst at the UK innovation think tank...

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...