Data taken without your explicit knowledge or consent from your computer and browsing history, location specific data, search keywords and use of smart television.
Things that make life easier like smart television and online banking an jus the internet in general, should not come with a catch. The catch is, they get to collect information about you if you're using these tools, which I believe is unfair. It's like you have to pay a price in order to use the internet.
The most effective way to control your active digital footprint is to be careful about the information you share online, the platforms where you share the information (a Web forum, an email, a social network
What we post on our social media platforms is the one thing that we can control with in our digital footprint. Therefore we should take control of this and monitor what information we put out there about ourselves.
As we live more of our lives via technology, sharing more data online through PCs and smartphones, these risks are set to compound
This may be true but in my personal opinion, I don't think anyone is going to slow down with technology. If anything it's going to advance and we will eventually have to do something about the invasion of our privacy, or we just wont have any privacy at all.
Times have now changed, and although there are still methods through which personal data can be collected, people are now living their lives more mobile and online and leaving an increased digital footprint behind them.
Unfortunately, this is how we live today and everything is online including our banking. I believe that is a personal choice, to use online banking, because there are so many issues and glitches with technology, if people are going to trust it with their money that's their decision.
This means that you want your footprint to be clean and truthful.
What you post online should not determine whether you get bullied online or not. It is not the victims fault, I don't think people should have to watch what they post in order to not be made fun of.
data they enter could be stored, shared or used by the Web site.
But we shouldn't have to risk that in order to use the internet, its like you're giving up your personal information in order to use the internet. Which is something that most people use everyday.
Web sites collect information as you use them, with or without the knowledge of the user.
So you don't have to enter any information about yourself into a website, the website automatically gathers information about what you like and probably other things without your consent.
"Sending 'nudes' in dating or pre-dating relationships has become something of a norm for young people aged 18 and under."
See, it is almost expected, because it is seen as a norm and young women need to know that this is not okay and should not be an expectation.
Until the new offence was enacted, police officers were often unable to show a criminal offence had taken place,
Even though this affects victims mentally and emotionally, almost as much as rape does.
Ms Higgins said the new legislation was flawed because it did not ensure the anonymity of the victim; it did not cover historical cases; and it did not cover images that had been altered via Photoshop.
This is a huge issue because the victim deserves the right to remaining anonymous considering this is a very emabarrassing issue.
often individuals internalise feelings of guilt and shame, which can negatively affect an individual's sense of self-worth and self-esteem.
Young women are losing their self-esteem at such young ages and it makes them believe that expectations of them are different. Sometimes this is seen as a norm in today's society. This is not okay and it never will be.
In April 2015, it became an offence to share private sexual photographs or films without the subject's consent.
It was always wrong and frowned upon before this date but what was the concequences before this?
There were 1,160 reported incidents of revenge pornography from April 2015 to December 2015
As you can see, this was most likely a problem right around the time it became so easy to take a photo with a phone and send it out via internet or text message. Which was before it became an offense to share these photographs.
victims of so-called “revenge porn”
So called? Revenge porn is a real thing.