In this post we are going to learn Societal Impacts. Societal Impacts is an impact on society in which the people of society are impacted by the online world. ✅ Means topic completed.
1. Digital Footprints ✅
2. Data Protection
3. Intellectual Property
4. Plagiarism
5. Software License
6. Software Copyright
7. Free & Open Source
8. Cyber Crime
Now we will study above topics in details
1. Digital Footprints- Is a data when the user online and the browsing history left behind is called Digital Footprints. There are two types of Digital Footprints.
1. Active Footprints - A place where the user gives the personal information intentionally on social media or websites
2. Passive Footprints - A place where the user did not give permission to access the personal information, but the unknown website take the information.
Examples
Active Footprints - Giving Personal information on secure platforms like Faceook, Twitter, Google, WhatsApp, Etc.
Passive Footprints - Websites that install cookies, using our geolocation, unknown websites without out permission.
Now we learn that How Digial Footprint is used for marketing purposes?
Digital Footprints also known as Electronic Footprints. Electronic Footprints are generally collected our private information with the help of cookies. These cookies are created when you surf online on websites like Amazon, Google, Flipkart, Etc. These cookies track our location and our search history. After seeing, or the information these information sends to advertisnment websites. You see that you search for a coding classes on Google after a few hours you see coding relevant ads on the websites.
Why would we have knowledge of digital fingerprints?
1. Keep us free and secure.
2. Protection against financial losses.
3. Personal Information Security.
4. Protection of our reputation.
5. Scam
6. Fake Website
7. Identity Theft
We will learn other topics in another post. Stay Tuned Keep Learning.