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Protecting Personal Privacy Online | Common Sense Media - 2 views

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    This is an article to help kids learn the risks of revealing personal information online.  "Our kids live in a culture of sharing that has forever changed the concept of privacy. In a world where everyone is connected and anything created can get copied, pasted, and sent to thousands of people in a heartbeat, privacy starts to mean something different than simply guarding personal or private information. Each time your child fills out a profile without privacy controls, comments on something, posts a video, or texts a picture of themselves to friends, they potentially reveal themselves to the world. Why privacy matters Digital life is very public and often permanent. If our kids don't protect their privacy, what they do online will create digital footprints that wander and persist. Something that happens on the spur of the moment -- a funny picture, a certain post -- can resurface years later. And if kids aren't careful, their reputations can get away from them and third parties -- like marketers or potential employers -- can access what kids thought was private information. Your kids may think they just sent something to a friend -- but that friend can send it to a friend's friend, who can send it to their friends' friends, and so on. That's how secrets become headlines and how false information spreads fast and furiously. The stakes only rise when we remember that everything takes place in front of huge invisible audiences. Kids' deepest secrets can be shared with thousands of people they've never even met. New technologies make controlling privacy more challenging. With GPS-enable cell phones and location-sharing programs, kids can post their whereabouts. This information can go out to friends, strangers, and companies who will show them ads targeted to their location.  Advice for parents Explain that nothing is really private. No matter what kids think. Privacy settings aren't infallible. It's up to kids to protect themselves by thinking t
Adam p

EBSCOhost: CONSTRUCTING, VISUALIZING, AND ANALYZING A DIGITAL FOOTPRINT - 0 views

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    A digital footprint is a collection of activities and behaviours recorded when a personinteracts in a digital environment.
Phil Macoun

globeandmail.com: Faceless no more: Social networking comes with a price - 0 views

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    This is my first try at sharing a link. Hope all goes well.
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    In this series of globe and mail articles the reporter uses facebook profiles, canada411 and google earth to put together the digital footprint of a number of facebook users and then meets with them to get their reaction.
 Lisa Durff

Digital Footprints | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project - 0 views

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    When was the last time you googled yourself?
 Lisa Durff

Koppel on Discovery : Your Digital Footprint : Discovery Channel - 1 views

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    Where you leave your digital footprints are so important - visit the waybackmachine to see why.
Suzie Nestico

Your Digital Presence - 3 views

  • To get a sense of your digital presence, search yourself: A first place to start is to Google yourself and see the results. Use pipl.com or peekyou.com to find out what comes up about you. Try spezify.com for a look at your digital history. For an entirely different view, try the MIT Personas interface for a visual display of your digital presence.
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    Digital Citizenship and digital footprint resources. Various tools to use with students to show what your digital history really looks like.
Valerie B.

| Common Sense Media - 2 views

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    Digital footprints video
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