Digital Footprint Review

What is your digital footprint?

• A real footprint in the computer

• the time you spend on a computer

• the digital trail left by everything you do online

• the amount of electronic devices you buy in a year

Everything posted online is going to get deleted when...?

• you die

• it is not recorded if you are under 18

• Never! It creates a permanent record

• Once a year

Who can see or use the data from your digital footprint?

• Your digital footprint is potentially visible to everyone.

• Data from your digital footprint cannot be used for commercial purposes by others

• Your digital footprint is visible to professionals, but they need your permission to go through the data.

• Only the police have access to the private information you put on the Internet.

What can you do to minimize any negative consequences of your digital footprint?

• Do not share private information

• Do not overshare

• Think carefully before you post

• All are wise things to do to minimize your risk

Who is in charge of your Digital Footprint?

• Your parents

• Your Technology teacher

• You, yourself

• The police

How could you improve your digital footprint?

• Check your social media privacy settings

• Share your information with a good friend so they can help you stay safe online

• Never post anything

• It is not necessary to think before you post; you are a minor (under 18 years old), so you are safe.

When you post something mean and you delete it later, everything will be alright

• True

• False

When you become an adult you have a new Digital Footprint.

• True

• False

Once you post something, you can no longer control who might have copied it and what they may do with it.

• True

• False

You don't have to ask permission to post a picture with other people in it, as long as you took the picture yourself.

• True

• False