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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

Our advice to government on potential changes to online advertising rules  Information Commissioner's Office
Cookies Study: 1 in 4 Americans Blindly Accept Internet Cookies, But Most Don't Know What They Do  All About Cookies
The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do.  Electronic Frontier Foundation
A Canadian company providing online privacy and security tools says it would leave the country over a federal bill that could require electronic service providers to store its clients’ data.
Cindy Cohn, a pioneer in protecting digital privacy, discusses growing up Jewish and her decades with the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
It's a choice you may face multiple times a day—and, at this point, your reaction is probably reflexive. Are you going to accept those internet cookies, reject them, or spend a little time...
A landmark trial against Meta and YouTube is underway, as the companies face claims that their platforms harm children’s mental health. This comes as lawmakers around the world are advancing new...
Why More Users Want Greater Privacy Online  The Good Men Project
Privacy Sandbox: the future of privacy - Think with Google  Google Business Profile
Banks Give Customers Online Controls for Privacy & Marketing Preferences, Streamline Account Opening and Renew Omnichannel Banking Focus  Yahoo Finance

Featured News Stories

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Facebook Will No Longer Protect Teens From Their Own Bad Judgment - Forbes
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Opinion Should parents be criminally liable for kids' cyberbullying - CNN.com
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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...