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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

The total value of the refund per consumer? Just under $10 -- a fraction of the $260 to $400 average monthly cost of care through BetterHelp.
Education technology company IXL Learning is facing a class action lawsuit over allegations that it improperly collected and sold children’s personal information without their knowledge or consent.
A company selling beauty products online faces the prospect of an expensive trial after a federal judge Wednesday refused to dismiss a claim its “virtual try-on” feature violates a landmark Illinois...
Dozens of plaintiffs filed a complaint against Google on April 9 in the Santa Clara County Superior Court of California. They alleged that Google violated the California Consumer Privacy Act by using...
It's a lot easier to shop online during the workday when you're sitting in the privacy of home — where your boss can't catch glimpses of your computer screen. Other aspects of remote work, like that...
The Energy and Commerce subcommittee on innovation will markup a new draft of the American Privacy Rights Act on Thursday. | Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers' American Privacy Rights Act discussion draft...
Protecting Kids Online with a National Data Privacy Standard  Energy and Commerce Committee
States are protecting children’s online privacy, but Congress still needs to act  The Hill
Chair Rodgers Joins “Scrolling 2 Death” Podcast to Discuss the American Privacy Rights Act and Protecting Kids Online  Energy and Commerce Committee
Maryland Enacts Comprehensive Online Data Privacy Act  The National Law Review

Featured News Stories

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...
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...
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...