Understanding Digital Footprint

What is a digital footprint?

• The marks left by your feet in the sand or snow.

• A record of where you've been and what you've seen online.

• The steps you take when using a computer.

What can be part of your digital footprint?

• Only the websites you visit.

• Your comments on social media, retweets, used apps, sent emails and search history.

• Just the emails you receive.

Why are companies interested in your digital footprint?

• To know your hobbies.

• To send you adverts.

• To make friends with you.

If you write something silly online, who might be affected by it?

• Only your friends.

• The university you apply to in the future.

• No one.

What kind of personal information should not be shared online?

• Your favorite movie.

• Bank details, card numbers, passwords or PINs.

• Your school name.

What does 'tracked' mean in the text?

• Followed or recorded.

• Hidden.

• Deleted.

What happens to footprints in the sand or snow usually?

• They stay forever.

• They disappear.

• They turn into something else.

What is the main message of the text?

• To use technology as much as possible.

• To remember you have a digital footprint and be careful.

• To share everything online.

Who can see your digital footprint?

• Only you.

• Other people and it can be tracked in a database.

• No one.

If your digital footprint shows some bad jokes you made, what might happen?

• You will become famous.

• Some institutions might have a bad impression of you.

• Nothing.