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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

Use either of these VPNs to help your business retain its privacy and security. For small businesses, the average cost for a data breach can start as low as $120,000 and reach as high as $1.24...
Like cash, privacy isn't perfect with most cryptocurrencies, but both are more private than transactions with debit or credit cards that are explicitly tied to an identity. Driving the news: Senators...
A number of recent state regulations address privacy rights for consumers of all ages, but there is no equivalent federal law protecting all consumer’s privacy rights. That being said, the ...
What Stricter Data Privacy Laws Mean for Your Cybersecurity Policies | Read more hacking news on The Hacker News cybersecurity news website and learn how to protect against cyberattacks and software...
State attorneys general will soon be at the helm of enforcing new consumer privacy rights for millions of Americans gaining more control over how companies collect and use their data in 2023.
Sen. Wicker Throws Fresh Wrench in Kids' Online Privacy Measure  Bloomberg Law
US senators urge action on children's privacy; Proposed Kids Online ...  International Association of Privacy Professionals
Governor Newsom Statement on Lawsuit Challenging California's ...  Office of Governor Gavin Newsom
UK Online Safety Bill Threatens to Torch Platforms  Center for European Policy Analysis
What Is Spyware? | U.S. News  U.S. News & World Report

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...