Your Digital Footprint 12 Things You Need To Know

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Every button you hit online adds to your digital footprint Every time you use the Internet you leave a little bit of your personal information behind This trail is called your digital footprint It is as if you are walking on a trail and leaving breadcrumbs behind Each breadcrumb represents a digital footprint Each breadcrumb is small But together they form an entire loaf of bread Likewise your individual digital footprints are linked They form an entire profile all about you Your digital footprint contains pieces of information It may include your name address phone number and birthday It also contains things you upload and actions you take You are always leaving digital footprints even if they are not visible As you use the Internet your activity is tracked and recorded These records add only a tiny bit of information to your entire digital footprint Your digital footprint grows larger in a very short amount of time Each newly loaded website Like on Facebook and e-mail draft are recorded and remembered forever WHAT IS A DIGITAL FOOTPRINT 1 4