The Digital Footprint

Have you ever googled yourself? Did you know that you leave a digital footprint every time you go online? Your digital footprint is a collection of all the places you visit in the electronic world. All your online activities are being tracked by other people and are in a digital dossier. A digital dossier is a collection of all your online data. The data can include your private records and your online identity.

It is very important that you manage your digital footprint by never posting anything that may be hurtful or embarrassing to you or other people, including pictures. Take care when disclosing personal information. Whatever you put online will never be erased, even if you deactivate your accounts. Information can always be retrieved by others.

This is what my digital footprint looks like. I developed it using a word cloud webapp called www.Tagxedo.com. If you would like to learn more, there is some great information at http://etec.ctlt.ubc.ca/510wiki/Digital_Footprint.