Digital Footprint

What does your digital footprint include?

-Google -Cell Phone(s) -Shopping -Social Networking -School -Music Sites -Etc.

What is digital footprint?

A digital footprint is the trail of data that is left behind by users on digital services.

What is an IP Address?

A unique string of numbers separated by periods that identifies each computer using the Internet Protocol to communicate over a network.

What is a digital dossier?

Digital dossier is a superset of all your online data that includes secure private records as well as your public online identity.

If you aren't on a private account, you are safe from a digital footprint. True or False?

False

Each time you log onto the internet, you leave a digital trail of your internet activity. True or False?

True

Whatever you do online is accumulated into a digital dossier traceable by others. True or False?

True

Your digital footprint most likely began when you were a baby and your parents posted information about you. True or False?

True

What are some ways to negatively and positively impact your digital footprint?

POSITIVE: -Posting a picture of you and your family smiling. -Recording yourself presenting a research topic and posting it on YouTube. -Publishing an e-Portfolio of some of your best course-work online. NEGATIVE: -Posting a picture of your friend behaving bad. -Uploading an album of photos from a party to Flickr without changing the privacy settings. -Posting a personal and critical comment in reply to another member of a group forum.

If you turn your privacy settings on, on your personal account, can only your friends see your information? True or False?

True