Digital Footprints

What is a digital footprint?

• Specific personal information you share online.

• The trail of data you leave of yourself on the internet.

• Web searches and online purchases

• Photos and videos you share on social media

Answer explanation

A digital footprint is the unique data that is left behind from any activities you participate in online.

What website would you trust with your personal information?

• Australian Government Census

• Facebook

• Financial Institutions (Banks)

• X

• Medicare/

  MyGov

Answer explanation

While we do place a high level of trust in Government organisations and banks, there is no guarantee that these servers won't be hacked, making your personal information

What should you NOT share online?

• Bank account number
• Personal information -

  School

  Full name

  Address

• Pet's favourite food

• Hate/violence

• Information about others that they wouldn't want to be shared.

Digital footprints can help us positively by:

• Creating playlists of music I like

• Collecting posts/ideas of things I like-eg. Pinterest

• Increase social media presence- aspiring musicians, artists, business owners

• Creating unsafe environments for information sharing

• Connecting with people from the same culture or with the same ideals

Do a quick Google search for Facebook (Meta) privacy settings- from a 30-second scan of this information, what would Facebook (Meta) collect about you?

• -Location

  -Activity and information you provide

  -Friends and followers

  -App/Browser & device information

• -Family

  -Research products

  -IP address

  -Content you create, posts, photos & videos

Answer explanation

Security settings are really important to help keep your personal information safe! You can always ask a trusted adult or check out The eSafety Guide | eSafety Commissioner for support in ensuring your settings are high enough to keep your information private.

How can we keep the information that we post online safe?

• Seek and give consent before sharing

• Read privacy policies

• Ensure our security settings are set to "private" so that others can not tag us.

• There's no way to guarantee that your information is safe online!

Steph captured a funny photo of Dominic spurting milk out his nose when he laughed at something funny. Alex used the photo and made it into a meme that he thought was hilarious and posted it on his Facebook and Instagram page.

Dominic is embarrassed about the photo and asks him to remove it, but Alex refuses.

What can Dominic do??

• Dominic should take an embarrassing photo of Alex, post it online, and see how he likes it!

• Dominic should tell his parents or a teacher, so that they can talk to Alex's parents.

• Dominic should punch Alex in the face.

• Dominic, with the help of his parents or teacher should contact Facebook and Instagram to request the photo be removed.

How should Steph, Alex and Dominic have dealt with this situation properly?

• Steph should not have taken the photo.

• Alex should have asked for Dominic's consent before posting the photo online.

• Steph should not have shared the photo with Alex.

• Alex should have asked for Dominic's consent before turning the photo into a meme.

What could a negative digital footprint affect in your future?

• Future relationships

• University options

• Employment

• No-one cares about my digital footprint

How can you create a positive digital footprint?

• THINK

  True

  Helpful

  Inspiring

  Necessary

  Kind

• Make comments that don't follow the THINK principle

• Sharing posts, videos and comments that could be hurtful or dangerous

• Use strong passwords and never share them

• Add people you don't know