Digital+Footprint+and+Online+Image

Digital Footprint and Online Image **Digital ﻿﻿Footprint﻿ - ** online data trail This includes...
 * social network profiles
 * websites
 * blogs
 * photos on shared service
 * videos uploaded to YouTube
 * your name in newspapers
 * Digital Footprint Activity**

**Why is your online image important? ** You do not want to post personal information because that makes it easier to track you down and hurt you, and possibly even steal your identity. Businesses are beginning to conduct backgroud checks of your online image and if you have incriminating photos or information on the internet, that could lessen the chance that you get hired for the job. **New York Times article ** **Summary: A young woman learning to be a teacher had posted a picture of herself on the internet as a "drunk pirate". When her supervisor from high school and the dean of her college found out, she was denied a degree in teaching. This was because her dean said she was promoting alcohol to young people. ** **Once something is posted on the internet, it can never be taken back. **