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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

Online Privacy - right to be forgotten
In the age of cloud computing and the Internet of Things, online privacy is increasingly at risk. This video explores the current state of online privacy and emphasizes the need for laws that protect...
OFCOM discourages VPN use to avoid age verification checks – but privacy advocates see no alternative
For most privacy advocates, the idea of letting a website’s AI tool scan, analyse and keep a copy of your facial data is a step too far. Uploading copies of official documents is equally unpalatable...
Essential Tips for Protecting Your Privacy Online in 2025 - Cybernews
Essential Tips for Protecting Your Privacy Online in 2025  Cybernews
An online tool based on the Internet of Things and intelligent blockchain technology for data privacy and security in rural and agricultural development - Nature
An online tool based on the Internet of Things and intelligent blockchain technology for data privacy and security in rural and agricultural development  Nature
Profiling tools in online safety must balance privacy risks, UK guidance says - MLex
Profiling tools in online safety must balance privacy risks, UK guidance says  MLex
Online Privacy - right to be forgotten - MSN
Online Privacy - right to be forgotten  MSN
Online Privacy - right to be forgotten
In the age of cloud computing and the Internet of Things, online privacy is increasingly at risk. This video explores the current state of online privacy and emphasizes the need for laws that protect...
OFCOM discourages VPN use to avoid age verification checks – but privacy advocates see no alternative
For most privacy advocates, the idea of letting a website’s AI tool scan, analyse and keep a copy of your facial data is a step too far. Uploading copies of official documents is equally unpalatable...
Age verification requirements have landed in the UK – how the internet will change, and what about your privacy? - TechRadar
Age verification requirements have landed in the UK – how the internet will change, and what about your privacy?  TechRadar
VPNs top App Store charts as UK age verification kicks in - BBC
VPNs top App Store charts as UK age verification kicks in  BBC

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...