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Digital Footprints are what we leave behind whenever we search or post something online.

These footprints can be both good or bad.

They contribute to your online reputation and real-life reputation

There are organizations that can build profiles based on what we do online. There is no way of stopping these organizations from making these profiles.

When you post about your life on the internet you lose some control over your privacy.

Because of digital footprints people can track, customize, and market to you.

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Lesson 2: Why did we start leaving such big footprints?

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Lesson 2: Why did we start leaving such big footprints?

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Digital footprints are traceable records of your online activity

Some third parties have access to this information

Causes those pesky ads to pop up advertising something you may have  looked up a few days ago

Companies can profile you

Whenever you post something on social media your location is being recorded

Same thing goes for when you visit a website. The website receives your IP address, which can include your actual location among other types of personal information.

Profiling can help prevent fraud, an unusual purchase on a credit card may rise some concerns

Multiple people can use one IP address (school laptops), but cookies can detect suspicious activities

Cookies is used to make the internet more usable for people and to makes sites more secure

A website sets a cookie into your browser to store information about the person using the site

The more you use the internet you leave bigger footprints

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Lesson 3: What is the Economic Bargain for Internet Users?

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Lesson 3: What is the Economic Bargain for Internet Users?

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Digital footprints give advertisers and marketers an idea about your personal interests.

Websites that you don't pay for directly are paid for by advertisers to advertise their products on their website.

They collect your information and you digital footprints

The internet facilitates company's ability to get a hold of potential customers.

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Lesson 4: Are Digital Footprints a Problem?

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Lesson 4: Are Digital Footprints a Problem?

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When we use the internet we leave behind information about what we've done, where we've been, what we've been thinking about, who our family and friends are, and other types of information

This information links up different aspects of our life together

The government, companies, and other organizations sometimes have access to our footprints

Privacy does not exists on the internet

No one is completely anonymous on the internet

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Lesson 5: Do Different Devices Make Different Digital Footprints

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Lesson 5: Do Different Devices Make Different Digital Footprints

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Smartphones and tablets have different digital footprints than laptops and desktop computers

Phones give the user less opportunity to keep themselves anonymous

A phone can give someone a person's location, by photos that may have been taken or connections to the internet

A location can give a hint at who the user is

Some countries and phone companies require to know who the owner of a certain phone is . This can make your information available to third party companies

There are some applications over which you do not have control if they can track your location

Once you tag a picture or give an application permission to know your location they know where you are when your GPS is turned on

Even with privacy settings on there is a lot of information that companies can get to

You can even be tracked by just having you mobile device on

There are a lot of people that would have access to the information on your cell phone

Computers and laptops leave footprints mainly just from web browsers

Computers keep things more anonymous than cell phones do

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Lesson 8: What Dynamics are at Work in the World of Digital Footprints

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Lesson 8: What Dynamics are at Work in the World of Digital Footprints

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There are three main dynamics that play a role in the world of digital footprints: Cultural, Economic, and convenience.

Many different countries bring in their cultural norms this results in a variety of basis for digital footprints

One norm may not be accepted by another group of people

The service provider also benefits from your information. Companies pay to have access to information about you

They will as a result have access to you social circle

We may choose to give companies our information without even knowing it. We use an app of website that helps you with something and you enter your name, age, or other information.

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Lesson 9: How Does Legislation Affect Digital Footprints?

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Lesson 9: How Does Legislation Affect Digital Footprints?

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It is very difficult to make and manage laws for the internet

Most privacy laws (in countries) focus on personal information/data.

There are many types of information, not including name, that can single out a person

We may die, but our online self won't die. This is called, "online-legacy"

We all have a right to have our privacy, but this is compromised when we are online, this can leak into our real-life privacy

There are some countries that have laws which protect an individuals privacy rights, other are a bit lenient, others are limited to industries, and some don't have any laws in place

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Lesson 6: How can I Mangage my Digital Footprint?

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Lesson 6: How can I Mangage my Digital Footprint?

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Think about what you are about to post or search for

Keep personal accounts separate from work accounts.

Email for work and email for personal things (social media), credit card for work and credit card for personal things

Know what settings you have for certain apps, websites, windows, and your browser.

Keep in mind the permissions you have given a website and app (photo/location/time, etc.)

Use privacy-enhancing tools

Manage your cookies

Check your privacy settings

Think about what you are sharing

Interlocking social media, websites, blogs, etc., makes it harder to keep track of how much information about you different people or companies can get about you

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Lesson 7: Who is Tracking Me and How Do They Do It?

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Lesson 7: Who is Tracking Me and How Do They Do It?

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There are mainly three types of people that track you: advertisers, publishers, and aggregators

Advertisers and publishers work together

They pair up the things you've searched for with advertisements that they have

Aggregators collect data about your purchases and interests

Cookies gives your location to different websites so they are customized to your location (local news, weather)

Your IP address tells your browser your location

Websites that allow third-parties to put use cookies can then know your interests based on the things you have searched for or bought

Aggregators use the cookies that have been sent to your browser and get access to other websites that have more of your information that place "relevant" ads when you go to a certain website