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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

15 Styles under $100 to beat the heat - GMA
15 Styles under $100 to beat the heat  GMAIt's the height of summer and it feels like everything in our closet is too heavy for the heat. Sometimes, finding pieces that are both comfortably...
Facebook's new currency plan is under scrutiny in Congress - ABC News
Facebook's new currency plan is under scrutiny in Congress  ABC NewsFacebook's ambitious plan to create a financial eco-system based on a digital currency faces questions from lawmakers, as...
Maine Passes Nation’s Strictest Internet Privacy Protection Law - U.S. News & World Report
Maine Passes Nation’s Strictest Internet Privacy Protection Law  U.S. News & World ReportMaine Gov. Janet Mills signed legislation Thursday that would establish the nation's strictest...
Big Internet Companies Can Expect Tougher Regulation, Even As User Privacy Concerns Decline, Analyst Says
Two of the big trends that will impact the largest Internet companies this year are increased scrutiny by U.S. regulators and reduced pressure over privacy. These topics were among 10 trends that ...
Top Republican Touts Blockchain Privacy as Alternative to Regulating Big Tech
With regulators not “nimble” enough to adapt to the fast changing world of technology, those concerned about maintaining their online privacy should consider turning to decentralized ...
OneTrust raises $200M at a $1.3B valuation to help organizations navigate online privacy rules
GDPR, and the newer California Consumer Privacy Act, have given a legal bite to ongoing developments in online privacy and data protection: it’s always good practice for companies with an online ...
Finn Myrstad: What Happens When We Sign Away Our Online Privacy?
Do you read the terms and conditions on your apps? Finn Myrstad explains that not only would it take you dozens of hours, but you would probably not agree with all the ways your data is being used...
FTC to fine Facebook about $5 billion for user-privacy violations, reports say
Report: Emails may prove Mark Zuckerberg knew about Facebook privacy issues Marc Rotenberg, president of the nonprofit online privacy advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center, said he was...
Google’s 4,000-Word Privacy Policy Is a Secret History of the Internet
The late 1990s was a simpler time for Google. The nascent company was merely a search engine, and Gmail, Android and YouTube were but glimmers in the startup’s eye. Google’s first privacy policy ...
Survey: Most People Believe Online Privacy Is Impossible
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It’s pretty impossible to avoid the internet. And now, a new survey shows many people think it’s impossible to protect your privacy online. A survey of adults in the U.S ...

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...