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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

Data drive to erase kids’ digital footprints - The Australian
Data drive to erase kids’ digital footprints  The Australian
AI and privacy: how machine learning is revolutionizing online security
Contributor Content In 2025, integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) into cybersecurity is no longer a futuristic ideal but a functional reality. As cyberattacks grow more...
Why online privacy is vital: Insights from messaging app Signal’s president
The president of Signal, a secure messaging app, spoke to FRANCE 24 about the urgent need to protect personal data. Meredith Whittaker highlighted how a handful of big tech companies collect vast ...
Pixels, Privacy, and Precedent: The Shifting Legal Landscape of Web Tracking Class Actions
The authors explore the intersection of market manipulation regulations and the increased use of AI in trading.
Best email services for security and privacy - ConsumerAffairs
Best email services for security and privacy  ConsumerAffairs
AI and privacy: how machine learning is revolutionizing online security
Contributor Content In 2025, integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) into cybersecurity is no longer a futuristic ideal but a functional reality. As cyberattacks grow more...
Reclaim Your Privacy: New Google Tool Helps Remove Your Private Information Online
Protecting your privacy just got easier with Google's enhanced "Results about you" tool. The system proactively scans for your phone number, address, and other personal data across the web.
A Starter Guide to Protecting Your Data From Hackers and Corporations - WIRED
A Starter Guide to Protecting Your Data From Hackers and Corporations  WIRED
Reclaim Your Privacy: New Google Tool Helps Remove Your Private Information Online
Protecting your privacy just got easier with Google's enhanced "Results about you" tool. The system proactively scans for your phone number, address, and other personal data across the web.
Internet cookies – what they are and how they affect online privacy - Scroll.in
Internet cookies – what they are and how they affect online privacy  Scroll.in

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...