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digital footprint

/ˈdɪdʒɪtəl ˈfʊtprɪnt/
digitale Spur

Employers often review job applicants' digital footprints before making hiring decisions.

Arbeitgeber überprüfen oft die digitalen Spuren von Bewerbern, bevor sie Einstellungsentscheidungen treffen.


technisch

Alle Spuren, die eine Person durch ihre Online-Aktivitäten hinterlässt, wie z. B. Social-Media-Posts, Suchanfragen oder Einkäufe.

Your digital footprint can reveal a lot about your personality and habits.

Deine digitale Spur kann viel über deine Persönlichkeit und Gewohnheiten verraten.

Companies use digital footprints to personalize advertisements.

Unternehmen nutzen digitale Spuren, um Werbung zu personalisieren.

Often used in the context of data privacy and online security.

Technologie
technisch

Die Gesamtheit aller Daten, die durch die Nutzung digitaler Geräte und Dienste entstehen.

Every click, like, and share contributes to your digital footprint.

Jeder Klick, Like und Share trägt zu deiner digitalen Spur bei.

Can be passive (e.g., IP addresses) or active (e.g., user-generated content).

Kollokationen

leave a digital footprinteine digitale Spur hinterlassentrack someone's digital footprintdie digitale Spur einer Person verfolgenreduce your digital footprintdeine digitale Spur reduzieren

Synonyme

online footprintcyber footprintdigital traceonline trace

Antonyme

digital anonymityprivacy

Verwandte Ausdrücke

digital shadowRedewendung
Die automatischen Spuren, die durch passive Online-Aktivitäten entstehen, z. B. IP-Adressen oder Standortdaten.

Profi-Tipp

Privacy Awareness

Regelmäßig deine Privatsphäre-Einstellungen in sozialen Medien überprüfen, um deine digitale Spur zu kontrollieren.

Goldene Regel

Minimizing Your Digital Footprint

Nutze private Browserfenster, lösche Cookies regelmäßig und vermeide das Teilen sensibler Informationen in sozialen Medien.

Wortursprung

First recorded in the early 2000s. Combines 'digital' (from Latin *digitus*, 'finger') with 'footprint' (from Old English *fōtprynt*, 'footprint'). The term emerged with the rise of the internet and social media.

Verwendungshinweise

The term is often used in discussions about privacy, security, and data protection. A large digital footprint can increase vulnerability to cybercrime but may also enhance personal branding.

Wortzerlegung

digital
relating to computers or the internet
root
+
footprint
the impression or mark left by something
root
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