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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

Google Could Have Made the Internet Respect Your Privacy. Then It Realized No One Really Cared
The thing is, Google was the only company that could have forced the web to change. More specifically, it’s the only company that could have forced the internet to respect your privacy. If Google ...
.Privacy Announces Intent to Officially enter the ICANN Application Process with Unstoppable Domains
Sydney, Australia, Oct. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The future of the internet depends on privacy by design. Today, the .privacy team announced its official intent to enter the ICANN application ...
California just passed three bills to boost internet privacy
California has passed three new bills designed to boost privacy for internet users, governor Gavin Newsom's office announced. The biggest one, AB 566, builds on a 2018 law by requiring web browsers...
What the Tech? Protect your online privacy with Google's free tool for hiding personal data
If you have ever Googled your own name, you may have been surprised by what turned up. Entire websites publish details such as your address, phone number, email, relatives’ names, and even photos of...
Surfshark launches privacy-first web content blocker - Tom's Guide
Surfshark launches privacy-first web content blocker  Tom's Guide
Simple ways to guide your online privacy - Punch Newspapers
Simple ways to guide your online privacy  Punch Newspapers
Surfshark adds a web content blocker to prioritize privacy over monitoring – here's how it can keep your kids safe - TechRadar
Surfshark adds a web content blocker to prioritize privacy over monitoring – here's how it can keep your kids safe  TechRadar
Malaysia's online identity checks spark privacy concerns - The Straits Times
Malaysia's online identity checks spark privacy concerns  The Straits Times
Children’s Privacy: Sendit accused of violating COPPA, duping kids - CDP Institute
Children’s Privacy: Sendit accused of violating COPPA, duping kids  CDP Institute
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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...