Digital Footprint

Definition
Digital footprint is all the stuff you leave behind as you use the internet, such as comments on Social Networking (i.e. social media), skype calls, email records, etc. . More specifically, digital footprints are the information left behind as a result of a user's web-browsing and stored as cookies. The term usually applies to an individual person, but can also refer to a business, organization and corporation.

Furthering
Publishing a blog and posting on social media updates are some of the most common wast to expand your digital footprint [3]. In other words, the more time one spends on Social Networking websites, the larger your digital footprint will be [3]. Even "liking" a page or a Facebook post adds to your digital footprint, since the data is saved on Facebook's servers [3].

Digital footprint has two divisions: passive digital footprint and active digital footprint.

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Passive Digital Footprint
Passive data is generally collected without the user's knowing [4]. The data collected may be stored in an online database, usually tracking the user's IP address, when the footprint was created, and where the footprint was created [4].

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Active Digital Footprint
Active Digital Footprint - include data that you intentionally submit online, i.e. emails, social networking, etc..

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