How to protect your digital footprint?

How to protect your digital footprint?

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1. Why should you be concerned about your digital footprint?

  • The information and data you create and share online can have long-lasting effects on your privacy, reputation, and security.?
  • This includes sensitive personal information, such as financial and health records, as well as potentially damaging content, such as negative posts or comments.?
  • This information can be accessed, used, and shared by others without your knowledge or consent, potentially leading to identity theft, cyber bullying, or other forms of harm.?
  • Your digital footprint can impact your future opportunities, such as employment and education, as employers and admissions officers may use online information to make decisions.


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Beware of your digital footprint

2. What are the threats associated with digital footprints?

  • Privacy invasion:

Personal information can be gathered and utilized for harmful objectives like theft of identity, cyber harassment, doxing, or fraud.

  • Reputation damage:?

Information shared online can impact one's reputation and future prospects, particularly if it is false or embarrassing.

The things you do and say online can be utilized to bully, scare, or hurt others.

  • Addiction:?

Overusing digital technology and social networks can have harmful effects on one's mental well-being.

  • Job or educational opportunities:?

What you put online can impact your chances of being employed or accepted into educational institutions.

  • Government surveillance:?

Government agencies may monitor individuals' digital footprints for national security or law enforcement purposes.


3. How to protect your digital footprint?


4. What resources are available to help you manage your digital footprint?

1) Books


2) Course


3) Documents


4) Podcasts


5. How to clean up your digital footprint?


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Jess Hartono

Digital Marketing Consultant | Creative Director | Social Selling

1 年

This was a great read and I appreciate the fact that you not only informed us but gave us 10 steps to clean our digital footprint. Well done Marc R.

Mario A Plaza-Ponte

Strategic Procurement Leader

2 年

It is scary… I frequently catch Alexa spinning her wheels listening to neighbouring discussions, and Siri responding to discussions I have with someone else… I’ve stopped using an Apple Watch. What next?

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