Product Safety for
the Digital World

Internet Safety Labs drives safer technology by making invisible safety risks visible

Product safety starts with transparency. Technology products are anything but transparent, especially for everyday users. Moreover, tech harms disproportionately fall on people from marginalized backgrounds who are not well-equipped to fight back, like K-12 students.

Internet Safety Labs (ISL) is the only independent product testing lab that empirically measures privacy and other safety risks in websites and mobile apps. We believe everyone deserves to know a product’s safety risks. Through rigorous safety audits and comprehensive safety labeling, we empower consumers to make informed choices and drive technology companies to build safer products.

Our vision is to create a world where everyone can trust technology, free from safety risks.

Safety Labels

Our App Microscope offers safety labels for over 1700 mobile apps, highlighting privacy risks such as the sharing of your location data with data brokers.

With three levels of details, ISL labels are designed to answer your questions about what an app is really doing, whether you’re a concerned parent or a regulatory enforcer.

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Testimonials

“Internet Safety Labs is the only organization providing truly impartial, metrics-based analysis of software safety risks affecting children. In an era where objective measurement is critical, ISL’s rigorous methodology sets the standard for digital safety.”

– Liad Wagman, Dean of the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Portrait of Jennie Earl “ISL tackles the hard questions in data privacy that others shy away from. Their clear, direct communication and deep understanding of both the benefits and risks of EdTech sets them apart. In an industry full of complex interests, their objectivity is refreshing.”

– Jennie Earl, Board Member, District 1, Utah State Board of Education

Portrait of Mark Keith “What sets ISL apart is their rare combination of competence, experience, and laser-focused mission. When I needed to evaluate EdTech privacy practices across our state, they didn’t just provide data – they helped us understand what it meant for our specific situation. Their deep industry knowledge and strategic approach to privacy protection is unmatched.”

– Mark Keith, Associate Professor, Brigham Young University

Portrait of Andrew and Julie Liddel “No other organization on the planet is scrutinizing the tech industry for its abuse of student privacy like Internet Safety Labs. ISL’s comprehensive assessments, analytical rigor, and accessible explanations provide an invaluable public service. Uncompromised and free of corporate influence, ISL performs the work of groups many times its size and has laid bare a disturbing truth: young people are being subjected to the tech industry’s exploitative business model, simply by going to school.”

– Andrew and Julie Liddell, EdTech Law Center

Portrait of Justin Sherman “Today’s privacy threats are accelerated by the speed and scale of data collection and exploitation. At the same time, technical complexity continues to grow and companies try to hide their data practices from the public. Internet Safety Labs’ work is essential for tackling these accelerants head-on. They pioneer rigorous, empirical measurements of privacy harms to make this information accessible not just to lawyers or technical experts, but to everyone in society.”

– Justin Sherman, Global Cyber Strategies

Portrait of Zach Edwards “Internet Safety Labs is setting the gold standard for protecting digital privacy. Their rigorous testing of educational technology and leadership in creating privacy standards gives parents, educators, and policymakers the data we desperately need. At a time when the U.S. lacks comprehensive federal privacy protection, ISL’s unique approach – combining deep technical analysis with legal expertise – is invaluable for safeguarding student data.”