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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

Every time you visit a website, your personal data is likely being collected, tracked, and stored without you realizing it. In this video, I break down how websites collect your information, what...
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Across California, from busy metro areas to suburbs like those in the Santa Clarita Valley, people are relying on the internet for nearly every part of daily life. Work, school assignments, medical...
Maryland’s Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA): What Business Owners Need to Know  JD Supra
Midnight and Spacecoin partner to secure online conversations against censorship, surveillance, and privacy threats  Satellite Evolution
FTC commissioner says online age verification ‘offers a better way’ to protect kids  The Record from Recorded Future News
CA Notice  Valley City Times-Record
$3.1M Inova Health privacy class action settlement  Class Action Lawsuits
How direct-to-consumer health tests could impact insurance, mortgages, and employment  statnews.com
A New Era of Comprehensive Privacy Laws and the Surge in Data Privacy Litigation: Important Updates for 2026  Stinson LLP

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...
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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...