Digital Footprint Vocabulary

all of the information online about a person either posted by that person or others, intentionally or unintentionally

• digital footprint

• cookies

• identity theft

• spyware

text files that collect and store information on a computer's hard drive

• digital footprint

• cybersecurity

• cookies

the illegal use of someone else's personal information, usually to obtain money or credit

• hardware

• identity theft

• spyware

• cookies

computer software that secretly records information about the way you use your computer

• spyware

• permissions

• anonymity

• alexa

the access you grant to apps and websites so they can view your personal data

• spyware

• anonymity

• permissions

• data

lack of individuality; impersonal

• anonymity

• location

• privacy

• surveillance

information collected by a network about where the user's phone or device is or has been

• surveillance

• location data

• spyware

• encryption

the part of a social networking website, internet browser, piece of software that allows you to control who sees information about you

• privacy settings

• surveillance

• archives

• encrypted

the act of watching a person or a place

• big brother

• digital footprint

• cybersecurity

• surveillance

preserved material; a repository or collection especially of information

• archives

• search history

• encryption

• surveillance