Digital Footprint

Digital Footprint

1. What is a digital footprint?

   • the information about a particular person that exists on the Internet as a result of their online activity
     • Why did we start leaving such big footprints?
       • Digital footprints would exist even if there was no commercial need for them, but the commercial side of the Internet has capitalized on the opportunity they represent.
         • What is the economic bargain for internet users?
           • One of the Internet Society's core tenets is about maximising the economic and social value of the Internet.
             • Are digital Footprints a problem?
               • Smart phones and tablets leave different footprints from laptops and desktops
                 • Do different devices make different digital footprints?
                   • Use privacy settings
                     • How can I manage my digital footprint?
                       • The government, tracks you.
                         • Who is tracking me and how do they do it?
                           • The online world reaches into our lives so pervasively that it is often hard to untangle the dynamics that govern its behaviour.
                             • Why dynamics are at work with digital footprints?
                               • The Internet is global, but privacy laws are not. The Internet ecosystem is complex and regulating it is a challenge.
                                 • How does legislation affect our digital footprint?
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                         • The track through your IP
                           • They track your serial #
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                     • Keep a list of accounts
                     • Don't overshare
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                 • Modern smartphones work in ways that create a more intrusive footprint.
                   • Apps connect directly to internet services using specific interfaces.
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         • The heavy use of digital footprints to track users and customize content is an outgrowth of the basic economic bargain of the Internet.
         • In fact, as we have learned in the course of 2013, so have some government agencies.
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       • Digital footprints are the records and traces we leave behind us as we use the Internet.
         • Your visits to different service providers generate data about you that piles up at each location.
         • Service providers and other third parties exchange data about customer profiles and transaction statistics.