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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

‘Invasion of privacy’: Alia Bhatt slams videos of her Mumbai house being circulated online - Tribune India
‘Invasion of privacy’: Alia Bhatt slams videos of her Mumbai house being circulated online  Tribune India
'Clear invasion of privacy': Alia Bhatt fumes as videos of under construction home gets circulated online sans consent - Mint
'Clear invasion of privacy': Alia Bhatt fumes as videos of under construction home gets circulated online sans consent  Mint
Alia Bhatt Condemns 'Invasion Of Privacy' As Videos Of Her New House Surfaces On Internet: 'A Serious Security Issue' - news24online.com
Alia Bhatt Condemns 'Invasion Of Privacy' As Videos Of Her New House Surfaces On Internet: 'A Serious Security Issue'  news24online.com
Levine testifies before U.S. Senate on online consumer privacy - UC Berkeley Law
Levine testifies before U.S. Senate on online consumer privacy  UC Berkeley Law
Data privacy and customer service the top barriers to online shopping in Australia - Mediaweek
Data privacy and customer service the top barriers to online shopping in Australia  Mediaweek
How Blockchain Technology Is Changing Online Privacy and Gaming
Blockchain technology, originally designed to power cryptocurrencies, offers a fundamentally different model. Its decentralized ledger allows for anonymous and verifiable transactions. Every ...
China's New Internet Law Raises Privacy Fears for 1 Billion Users
The internet in China is already tightly controlled and censored. The "Great Firewall" blocks the country's more than 1 billion users from accessing international sites and services without a ...
Online Privacy Is Under Threat in the UK and US. Policy Expert Freddie New Advises How To Protect Yourself
Freddie New, head of policy at Bitcoin Policy UK, a UK-based Bitcoin think tank and advocacy group, speaks to what’s in our immediate power when it comes to preserving our privacy online, including...
Cybersecurity Tools to Protect Your Online Privacy in 2025
NordVPN features next-generation performance for a speedy, secure browsing experience, with powerful encryption. Bitdefender Total Secu ...
What the Tech? Protect your online privacy with Google's free tool for hiding personal data
The good news is that Google has created a free tool to help you hide some of this information from search results. It does not remove your data from the internet entirely, but it makes it more ...

Featured News Stories

They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets. - NYTimes.com
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...
Colleges looking at applicants' social media in admissions process
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...
Are teenagers really careless about online privacy Technology The Guardian
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...