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Your digital footprint is the trail of personal datayou leave behind while using the internet.

Source: Lisa Ostrikoff, How Your Digital Footprint Can Hurt You

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Active digital footprints occur when personal data is publicised knowingly.

Source: Jen Marten, Active and Passive Digital Footprints

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Passive digital footprints occur when personal data is stored unknowingly.

Source: Jen Marten, Active and Passive Digital Footprints

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Learning to control our passive footprints is anintegral part of maintaining a positive reputation.

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Our personal data exists everywhere…

Source: Homeland Security, Digital Footprint: Assessing Risk and Impact

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"There is a big difference between the internet of things and other security issues.”

- Joshua Corman

Source: Home, hacked home; the internet of things

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you can’t predicthow your footprint will affect you in 50 years.

Technology is moving so fast,

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The example set by your parents and grandparents is outdated.

Source: Kerri Flanagan, Teaching my 60-year-old father how to text

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Universities are looking at prospective students’ digital footprints when reviewing applications for admission.

Source: Natasha Singer, They loved you G.P.A. then they saw your tweets

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Employers are looking at prospective employees’ digital footprints

to see if they will fit into the workplace culture.Source: Suzanne Bowness, Five Ways to Be a Smart Social Media User in Your Job Hunt

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80% of human resources professionals use personal data found online as part of their hiring process.

70% have rejected a job candidate due to what they found online.

Source: Dan Schawbel, The Reputation Economy Is Coming – Are You Prepared?

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“It’s too risky not to look.”- Deborah Howden

Source: Suzanne Bowness, Five Ways to Be a Smart Social Media User in Your Job Hunt

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Digital footprints also affect relationships...

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Relationships are affected by miscommunications

caused by technology.

Written word can’t convey delicate feelings,

leading to lacklustre communication.

Source: Randi Gunther, Can text messages damage intimate communication?

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In the future, we’re doomed to remember

relationships through abbreviated text and

filtered images, rather than hand-written love

letters and candid pictures.

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It is up to you to monitor your

online reputation.

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Sometimes your best self isn’t

reflected in your digital footprint.

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Be honest with your employers and don’t

forget to do some “spring cleaning”.

Source: Cleaning Your Digital Footprint

CREDITS

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