Safe Internet Alliance

Online privacy by definition relates to your ability to manage the information revealed about you online.  While a simple concept, it’s a very complex issue; we are far from the world where you could assume your right to privacy.
 
Your information can be exposed in a variety of ways; deliberately and accidentally, by friends, family, your employer, clubs, churches or organizations, by the charities you donate to, by online services you use, and by the government through public records.
 

On many fronts, corporations are our first line of digital defense. Many are active players in monitoring cyber-security incidents. Some are deeply engaged in public-private partnerships like Infraguard, an association of businesses, academic institutions, and state and local law enforcement agencies, and are dedicated to sharing information and intelligence to prevent hostile acts against the United States.

Online abuse, like offline abuse, spans the full gamut of negative experiences. From the exploitation of your personal information, through the cruelty of cyberbullying, to the most horrific cases of human trafficking.  In each case, the victim suffers, and collectively we all suffer, for the abuse that can happen to one, can happen to anyone.
 
Combating abuse requires compassion for the victims, intolerance of the abuse, and consequences for the abuser.
 

At home, at the office, or scrolling through a mobile device, we reap the benefits of the Internet in thousands of ways, yet most users don’t give a second thought to how their actions online can affect their personal safety offline.