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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

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Maintaining your privacy online and while using your tech devices is crucial, especially in this day and age in which hacking is becoming more ubiquitous. Luckily, there’s a setting for that. In fact...
By preparing now for data privacy, companies will be in a better position to demonstrate compliance with streamlined audit processes.
LOKKER, provider of online data privacy and compliance solutions for enterprises, today released its LOKKER Web Privacy Risk Score™. The assessment tool provides businesses with a clear, numeric ...
TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew did not have a successful appearance before the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week. He did not assuage skeptical members of Congress that his enormously...
A provision in the bill though is causing alarm online, with users believing the RESTRICT Act would ... and how the U.S. does not have nationwide data and privacy protections. Congress, she said, ...
Response rates to federal surveys have been dropping in recent years due to growing public concern about privacy and online scams.
Marketers’ excitement over the metaverse has been, in large part, a demographic-driven story. Gen Z and Gen Alpha have flocked to multiplayer online games including Fortnite, Minecraft and Roblox for...
but preliminary insight into the code suggests that computer interactions and online privacy will be threatened. With lawful interception of communication regulations already in the kitty of ...
Aliyah Boston recalls her parents prodding her to be more active on social media, to extend her brand as her basketball prowess began to draw national attention. She said she would be more active...

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...