Have you ever Googled yourself ? Have you ever checked your virtual identity? Do you know that you leave a digital footprint every time you get online? Do you know that whatever you do online is accumulated into a digital dossier traceable by others ?

Digital citizenship is " the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use."It is the combination of technical and social skills that enable a person to be successful and safe in the information age.

Web Wise Kids discusses the consequences of poor decision making on social media, and gives advice on what to do to rectify such situations.

"Facebook must now reveal the names, email and IP addresses of those behind abusive messages, showing who they are and where they posted from in a case where a woman won court backing to reveal the identities of cyberbullies who targeted her with a string of abusive messages on Facebook.

Particularly noteworthy is the pathway to Don't Post!

Social media monitoring service Reppler recently surveyed more than 300 hiring professionals to determine when and how job recruiters are screening job candidates on different social networks. Results provide really good insight on how comments displayed in a social networking setting may have positively (or negatively) influenced a decision to hire.

How one person's rant against his own company in a public media forum brought far more attention than he desired.

It's not about technology, it's about the way that people behave toward one other.

Bullying isn't caused by technology and it's not cured by it either. It's about relationships.

While there is increased awareness of the dangers of bullying and rightful concern over suicide, the percentage of youth who report being physically bullied actually decreased between 2003 and 2008 from 22% to 15%, according to a peer reviewed study published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.

Google has teamed up with the Citizens Advice Bureau in the UK to launch a new initiative that will see the search giant and the independent charity launch a adverts in newspapers, on public transport and online to promote safer Internet use and help users adopt safer practices when online