What is digital footprint? Why is it so important ?

Q. What is digital footprint? Why is it so important ?

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Digital Footprint: - A digital footprint is the record or trail left by the things one does online. The social media activity, the information on personal website, the browsing activities, online subscriptions, any photo galleries and videos uploaded by a user - essentially, any activity carried out on the Internet makes the digital footprint of a user.

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Digital Footprints are the records and traces individuals' activities as they use the Internet. Digital footprints are permanently stored.

It is important because mistakes aren't as easy as they used to be because once we post anything online, it stays forever and cannot be undone, Digital Footprints last forever, and colleges and jobs will look back at them to see if you are what you portray and how you conduct yourself actually.

• In short, you should always set-up or read privacy settings for all types of sites yourself.