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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

FTC to ask about disabling YouTube ads for kids’ privacy - Livemint
FTC to ask about disabling YouTube ads for kids’ privacy  LivemintFTC is investigating YouTube for potential violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.Video creators would...
FaceApp is a privacy nightmare, but so is almost everything else you do online
Internet phenomena have a tendency to come on strong and totally take over our social feeds, seemingly out of nowhere. The current meme dominating just about every platform involves an app called ...
Here Are the Biggest Online Privacy Threats Facing Companies and Consumers (and Covering Your Webcam Won't Solve Them All)
In light of recent news that your webcam could potentially record you without you even knowing, it's not surprising that people are worried about being spied on online. In fact, according to a new ...
Report: FTC approves a fine for Google over YouTube kids privacy probe
The agency reportedly found that YouTube violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Google has to pay the FTC a multimillion dollar fine to settle a probe into YouTube's shortcomings when...
Federal regulators eye update to rules governing children’s privacy and the Internet
Federal regulators this week began considering ways to update and potentially expand enforcement of the country’s online children’s-privacy law, questioning whether swift advances in technology have...
OneTrust raises $200M at a $1.3B valuation to help organizations navigate online privacy rules
GDPR, and the newer California Consumer Privacy Act, have given a legal bite to ongoing developments in online privacy and data protection: it’s always good practice for companies with an online ...
So, About Your Internet Porn Habits
You might want some privacy when consuming porn online, whether that’s going in incognito mode, locking the door, putting in headphones, or all of the above. And while this certainly conceals ...
Google’s 4,000-Word Privacy Policy Is a Secret History of the Internet
The late 1990s was a simpler time for Google. The nascent company was merely a search engine, and Gmail, Android and YouTube were but glimmers in the startup’s eye. Google’s first privacy policy ...
Editorial: Facebook and Google show why California’s online privacy law is so important
The news that Facebook faces a $5 billion fine from the Federal Trade Commission for massive, chronic privacy violations signals the arrival of a new era in which regulators are far less tolerant of...
Finn Myrstad: What Happens When We Sign Away Our Online Privacy?
Do you read the terms and conditions on your apps? Finn Myrstad explains that not only would it take you dozens of hours, but you would probably not agree with all the ways your data is being used...

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...