Digital Footprint

Define Digital Footprint

• A trail of data you leave when using the internet.

• A scanned image of your foot

• Having a blog, Facebook account or email

Which of these will NOT help you protect your digital footprint?

• Making your social media accounts private

• Having strong passwords

• Accepting all cookies on websites

Answer explanation

By accepting cookies on websites you are allowing the website creator to collect and share your data.

What are the two types of digital footprint? Select all that apply.

• active footprint

• changing footprint

• passive footprint

• social media footprint

Answer explanation

An active footprint is information you deliberately share online. A passive footprint is information you accidentally or unknowingly share

Everything that is posted online is saved for how long?

• Until I remove it

• 2 months

• Forever

• 1 year

Answer explanation

Information online, including your digital footprint remains online forever. Therefore it is important to think before you post.

When you become an adult, you get a new digital footprint, and the one you had when you were younger is deleted

• True

• False

If someone posts a mean picture of me on social media, it will only affect their digital footprint not mine.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Information about you that is posted by someone still contributes to your digital footprint (passive). If you find yourself in this situation un-tagging yourself from the post and reporting it can help.

Why is your digital footprint important? Select all that apply.

• Employers and universities use it as a guide to find suitable candidate

• It helps you to find the pages you used in case you need it again

• Your digital footprint allows people to make assumptions about who you are as a person

• It doesn't matter. No one really looks at it.

Answer explanation

Your digital footprint is important as it acts as your online reputation. Employers, universities and other people look at it to find out more about you and who you are as person.