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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

Why online privacy is vital: Insights from messaging app Signal’s president
The president of Signal, a secure messaging app, spoke to FRANCE 24 about the urgent need to protect personal data. Meredith Whittaker highlighted how a handful of big tech companies collect vast ...
Apple’s Tim Cook called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to personally lobby against online child safety bill
Apple CEO Tim Cook personally called Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to lobbying against an online child safety bill currently under consideration in the state.
Court: Arizonans have right to internet privacy from authorities without warrant
PHOENIX — Arizonans have a constitutional right to online privacy to keep police from snooping around to find out who they are without first getting a warrant, the state Court of Appeals ruled.
State Data Minimization Laws Spark Compliance Uncertainty - The National Law Review
State Data Minimization Laws Spark Compliance Uncertainty  The National Law Review
AI and privacy: how machine learning is revolutionizing online security
Contributor Content In 2025, integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) into cybersecurity is no longer a futuristic ideal but a functional reality. As cyberattacks grow more...
Tech giants risk $50m fines under new privacy code for Australian children
A Children’s Online Privacy Code will be set up by the end of next year, with $50m fines for breaches, to operate in lock-step with the legislated social media ban for under-16s. Australian Privacy...
Why online privacy is vital: Insights from messaging app Signal’s president
The president of Signal, a secure messaging app, spoke to FRANCE 24 about the urgent need to protect personal data. Meredith Whittaker highlighted how a handful of big tech companies collect vast ...
Pixels, Privacy, and Precedent: The Shifting Legal Landscape of Web Tracking Class Actions
The authors explore the intersection of market manipulation regulations and the increased use of AI in trading.
Grants Strengthen Data Protection and Online Privacy - GrantWatch
Grants Strengthen Data Protection and Online Privacy  GrantWatch
Perspective - Why online privacy is vital: Insights from messaging app Signal’s president - France 24
Perspective - Why online privacy is vital: Insights from messaging app Signal’s president  France 24

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...