Do you recognise these images? Have you used at least one, if not more?
If the answer is yes, then you have a digital
footprint. Your digital footprint is everything on the internet that is about
you. This could include
•
a profile on
Facebook or MySpace
•
photographs that
you, your friends or family have posted online
•
anything you have written
or that has been written about you, for instance on discussion boards, blogs,
or in articles.
•
We are all being encouraged to put aspects of ourselves and our lives
online, and much of this content is freely available to view. Each time we add
something about ourselves on the internet we enlarge our own digital footprint.
Whenever we mention someone else, we enlarge theirs.
Personal information is routinely collected by companies eager to market
their goods or services and this can be retained for several years. Equally,
your digital presence can be monitored by individuals looking for information
about you.
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