Digital+Footprint

Digital Footprint
From Wikipedia: A **digital footprint** is a trail left by an entity's interactions in a [|digital environment] ; including their usage of [|TV], [|mobile phone] , [|internet] and [|world wide web] , [|mobile web] and other devices and sensors. Digital footprints provide data on what an entity has performed in the digital environment; and are valuable in assisting [|behavioural targeting], [|personalisation] , [|targeted marketing] , digital [|reputation] , and other [|social media] or [|social graphing] services. [|[1]]

So what digital tracks have you left behind?

1. A very interesting thing to do is to enter your name, email address or phone number into a search like Google or Canada 411. The more information you provide the more accurate the hits will be. For example include your town or city.

2. Use a person finding site to find your "tracks" [|http://pipl.com] [|www.123people.com]

Aggregation Apps: These apps search the web for specific information that you have posted. >>
 * 1) Twitter
 * What have you posted on Twitter? [|http://tweetcloud.com]  and enter your username or a keyword.
 * 1) Facebook
 * Create a cloud at [|http://statuscloud.icodeforlove.com]
 * Look at your year of photos on Facebook at []
 * Check out the museum of me []

This is based on the post by Lisa Nielsen at @http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2011/08/discover-what-your-digital-footprint.html

There are ways to reduce your footprint. The easiest is to remove your name or account from system you don't use. (I have done this after testing the searches above)

Jim Palazzolo has post these tips. @https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/16125-Reducing-Your-Digital-Footprint.html