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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

Snap decisions: protecting your child's privacy online  Mainstreet Daily News Gainesville
David Deluise, a familiar face from the hit Disney show, “Wizards of Waverly Place”, finds himself amidst a privacy violation scandal as explicit photos of him emerge online. The images first...
The FTC’s new COPPA amendments would bolster children's privacy by further restricting how companies can collect, use and monetize the data of underage users, shifting a greater deal of...
An internet freedom trade association has asked a federal court to block Ohio’s social media parental consent law from going into effect. NetChoice, an ...
Xfinity is the only wired internet provider in York, but there are several good wireless options worth considering, too.
Health care industry groups urged a Texas federal judge to make an early ruling favoring their legal challenge against the US government’s enforcement of tracking tools to monitor users’ visits to ...
FTC Proposal Looks to Bolster Children's Privacy Online With Stronger Restrictions on Personal Information Monetization  CPO Magazine
How to Protect Your Privacy Online  Security Boulevard
Mastering Online Privacy: A Professional Guide to Achieving Anonymity on the Internet  AppleMagazine
Hospital Groups Seek Fast End to Online Tracking Enforcement (1)  Bloomberg Law

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...