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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

House Advances Children’s Privacy Bills  The National Law Review
Tor Project, Tails Join Forces to Boost Privacy, Fight Censorship Online  Hackster.io
More Kids Apps Could Be Breaking Federal Rules for Children's Data Privacy  CNET
Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s New Online Privacy Breach Reporting Forms  Clark Wilson LLP
The Huawei Cloud Privacy Protection Strategy  IT-Online
Whether you want to torrent files, protect yourself from malware or better secure your phone, the best VPNs can keep your online activity hidden and virus-free.
Even when laws exist to protect your privacy, Big Tech still decides whether it’s easy or hard to exercise your rights.
The Tor Project is merging operations with Tails, a portable Linux-based operating system focused on preserving user privacy and anonymity.
Bills to regulate children's online privacy cleared a key hurdle in the House, but differences between chambers could spell trouble for their chances to become law.
The Tor Project and Tails OS are merging operations to better collaborate for a free internet by protecting users from surveillance and censorship.

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