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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

Lawmakers are busy playing politics, and it’s getting in the way of creating safety guardrails for children’s privacy online.
On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) seeking to update the Children’s Online Privacy ...
State data privacy laws are migrating into disparate camps with varying protections, setting up a clash over federal legislation.
The FTC wants to hear from you about the protections the agency is considering when it comes to what information websites can collect from children and how they use and share that information.
Ad Tech & Universal Online Opt-Out Mechanisms One of the new fronts of data privacy that the U.S. state data protection laws are mostly all addressing are the use of cookies, online trackers, and...
FTC Publishes Long-Awaited Proposed Updates to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act | Daily Business Review  Law.com
New legislation aims to keep Vermont kids safe online  WCAX
In search of anonymity: how to ensure freedom of expression online  The Canary
On Jan. 16 the Ukrainian parliament adopted a bill that will provide for the digitalization of military registration and the ability to obtain a military service record online. The document still ...
Online anonymity, the practice of concealing one's true identity while engaging on the internet, is a complicated phenomenon.

Featured News Stories

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The selfie syndrome Why teens use social media for validation and how parents can counteract it - TODAY.com
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