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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

Nine Important Tips To Protect Your Online Privacy And Security
Patrick Ambron is the CEO of BrandYourself.com, which helps you clean up and protect your online reputation and privacy. Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin With just a little bit of...
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Space startups, lunar rovers, geeky women, online privacy, and more
Apollo 16 astronaut John Young collects samples near the mission’s lunar rover in 1972. (NASA Photo) — Geeks (and some non-geeks as well) seem to have a never-ending fascination with space. That love...
GUEST COMMENT: Riding the internet privacy wave — what to know
While proposed improvements to the security of every citizen’s PII is a positive development, the challenge is that the many new and proposed state-level privacy laws will make it tougher for ...
Two Silicon Valley congresswomen propose a new federal agency to enforce online privacy rights
Democratic Reps. Anna Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren announced the Online Privacy Act as Congress has struggled to agree on specifics of online privacy laws. The bill creates a new Digital Privacy Agency that...
Democrats’ new online privacy bill heralded as chance to build ‘alternative road to a digital future’
The Online Privacy Act of 2019, H.R. 4978 (pdf), is sponsored by Reps. Anna Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren. “Our country urgently needs a legal framework to protect consumers from the ever-growing ...
These congresswomen want a new federal agency to start protecting online privacy
Two California lawmakers announced a legislative proposal on Tuesday that would create a new federal agency to enforce privacy rights online. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif...
Stop Putting Your Online Privacy and Security at Risk And Get a VPN
A VPN, or virtual private network, is the online security equivalent of putting a lock on the front door of your house. There are two main reasons why everyone needs one. First, a VPN protects you ...
Protect your online privacy using Winston
Protecting your online privacy is becoming a part of everyday life, one system designed to take the hard work out of protecting your home network and family from advertising, intrusive third-party ...
The Internet of Things asks: comfort or privacy?
The Internet of Things, the vast collection of internet-connected devices talking to each other and completing a wide range of tasks, is getting bigger and more connected by the day.
Microsoft to extend California privacy protections across U.S.
Microsoft Corp. said it will extend the “core rights” in California’s new privacy law to customers across the U.S. and called for legislators ... concessions that other companies have resisted -- ...

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...