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Your Privacy and Safety

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

As digital technologies become increasingly integral to university life, UW is working to modernize its data privacy policies, a space in modern learning fraught with ethical dilemmas and arguments...
but you can still get what you need online without losing your privacy — or your mind. Most of the things we love about the internet are those that bring us together: sharing funny memes with ...
A leading kids online safety bill died in the House last year. Can Congress resurrect it?
Most of us browse the internet the same way: we hop on our favorite web browser. However, as users have become more concerned about their privacy and what personal information ...
A virtual private network, aka VPN, is one of the best tools you can use to boost your online privacy and security. But in the vast ocean of available services, it can be incredibly difficult for ...
Michigan's AG Dana Nessel filed a lawsuit against Roku, alleging violations of children's online privacy laws by collecting personal data without proper consent.
A University of Iowa student who feels his online security and that of all UI ... support services for any student who may experience a privacy violation.” Muklewicz said what he heard from ...
focusing on privacy. With companies vying for user data, AI skimming it for tools, and countless bad actors seeking to exploit it, safeguarding the information we put onto the internet is more ...
Five years of online privacy for just $40 in this AdGuard VPN deal  BleepingComputer
Product showcase: Go beyond VPNs and Tor with NymVPN  Help Net Security

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...