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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

Disney pays $10 million for allegedly violating childhood online privacy law  NBC10 Philadelphia
UI student files privacy lawsuit, boycotts class until school improves online security  Iowa City Press-Citizen
FTC enacts new protections to safeguard children online  apaservices.org
Relief for European Commission as court upholds EU Data Privacy Framework agreement with US  csoonline.com
Arkansas legislature passes first state version of COPPA 2.0, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act  Transparency Coalition
Want More Privacy Online? Change These Browser Settings  PCMag
The CNIL publishes a "manga" in English to raise awareness about data protection and online privacy  CNIL
Consumers lean on VPNs to pursue online privacy  eMarketer
How Far Do You Go for Online Privacy?  Lifehacker
Oregon's DOJ highlights a new Universal Opt-Out tool for online data privacy, announced by Attorney General Rayfield.

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