Tips for how to rem your digital footpri
NINE years on from my own father’s funeral and I have now given up trying to close his Amazon Account…and his email account…and his Itunes and so on.
It is becoming increasingly important to consider your position in the digital world and the size of your ‘digital footprint’ in a highly progressive online world.
Your digital footprint represents all the information about you that exists on the internet as a result of your online activity. This could be from what you post on social media pages, your emails to colleagues and friends or even just what you have previously searched on Google.
Many of you will have accounts set up across the web, some of which you use frequently and some you probably don’t remember creating. From ordering something on Amazon to setting up a newspaper subscription through a website, it’s easy to lose track of where you started and what terms and conditions you’ve agreed to.
So, what can you do about your digital footprint after you’ve gone? While some people may not mind that information about them online can always be accessed, others are more concerned about their ‘online personality’ outliving them. Here’s what you can do... Unless you leave your ‘online executor’ all your passwords, you should be aware that it can be very difficult to shut down your accounts. Google and Facebook in particular have a very lengthy process, which is not always successful, to allow someone to gain access to someone’s account without the passwords. nform peo This wil r ve to sure you o have a with d sent t passin be in w take the conversati your family close friend about the finer details and how you want your digital footprint handled when you’re gone.
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