Types Of Digital Footprints
Types Of Digital Footprints ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Digital footprints can be classified into two broad categories — active and passive footprints — which depends on how your information is acquired. Active Digital Footprints ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Active digital footprints consist of the data you leave when you make deliberate choices on the internet. For instance, posts you make to your social media channels are a form of active footprint. When you are logged into a project management or similar site, changes you make that are connected to your login name are also part of your active footprint. Here are a few examples of active digital footprints. Posting on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and other social media platforms. Filling out online forms, such as when signing up to receive emails or texts. Agreeing to install cookies on your devices when prompted by the browser. Passive Digital Footprints ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Passive digital footprints are those you leave behind without intending to or