Q.2.3 Provide a few tips on how one can manage their digital footprint?

    Tips for managing your digital footprint:

    

    ·      Keep track of your accounts. If you don’t use one, delete it.

    

    ·     Don’t make all your passwords the same. Rather have a password keeper if you can’t remember them.

    

    ·     Use privacy settings, on social media like Facebook don’t make your profile visible to the public.

    

    ·     Create a secondary email account.

    

    ·     Don’t link your accounts, although it’s easy to sign into sites through Twitter or Facebook, rather create another email or account than giving that app or website access to your details of another personal account.

    

    ·     Don’t post or send something you will regret in the future, once that drunk picture is online it’s there to stay, so simply be responsible when deciding what to share.

    

    ·      One can also use digital tools that can prevent tracking cookies, that way one can make sure one is are less likely to be hacked or given a virus and keep control of site scripts.

Reference: Boyle, J. 2017. 11 Tips For Students To Manage Their Digital Footprints http://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/digital-citizenship-the-future-of-learning/11-tips-for-students-tomanage-their-digital-footprints/