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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

The city has notified Ontario's privacy commissioner of the breach and contacted the ... 32 people who'd registered as delegates at a budget meeting had been published online, staff said. Further ...
Ontario’s privacy commissioner has been called in to probe an online privacy breach that disclosed email addresses, home addresses and phone number of dozens of public meeting delegates. In a release...
Online retailer eBay Inc. will cut about 1,000 jobs ... requesting that people work from home Wednesday to allow privacy for those conversations. “We need to better organize our teams for speed — ...
Australian organisations are more focused on preventing data breaches, despite customer concern being more focused on privacy.
On Jan. 16 the Ukrainian parliament adopted a bill that will provide for the digitalization of military registration and the ability to obtain a military service record online. The document still ...
On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) seeking to update the Children’s Online Privacy ...
This state-of-the-art Virtual Private Network (VPN) service is poised to transform the landscape of online security, emphasizing an unprecedented commitment to user privacy and digital autonomy.
This year’s initiative emphasizes promoting transparency and educating businesses on data collection and data privacy best practicesPEABODY, Mass., Jan. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Access, the ...
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Philip “Phil” N. Yannella has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Litigation group and will serve as co-chair of the firm’s Privacy, Security...
10 Essential Apps for Ironclad Online Privacy - Security  PCMag UK

Featured News Stories

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Facebook Will No Longer Protect Teens From Their Own Bad Judgment - Forbes
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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...