Plenty of lawbreakers were able to design special tools that allow parsing the information they need just like the police search tools in popular movies. Digital footprintAny emails you ever replied or received, every post you shared on Facebook, every selfie you uploaded on Instagram – all of that creates your digital footprint identity. Most of the digital footprint types can be divided into two main groups: “active” and “passive”. For example with the data tools such as Google Analytics, the website owners are tracking how many visits or clicks were obtained from your IP, location or country. Posts from your social media accounts or your contact details on various forums or Web 2.0 pages are classic examples of your active digital footprint.

Source: Huffington Post December 16, 2019 08:48 UTC