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We’ve all heard of employers Googling prospective (and current) employees to check out their history\/online status and there’s the recent story that went viral about someone who forgot she’d added her Manager on Facebook before bitching about her job<\/a> (needless to say she didn’t have a job when he read what she had to say<\/a>). Then there’s the story of the Australian call centre worker who was too drunk to work and pulled a sickie… only to be busted on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Maybe these things sound like something that happens to someone else – none of us would be that stupid, would we?<\/p>\n

Actually, it can happens to the best of us, although maybe not in quite an extreme manner. I’ve become a bit of a Twitter evangelist at work (David Cameron might say that makes me something else…<\/a>) and, after one of my colleagues suggested that my new manager check out my feed as an example of effective technical knowledge sharing, I hastily checked for any potential lapses of judgment. I did actually remove an update that was probably OK, but I didn’t want to chance it.<\/p>\n

Generally I’m pretty careful about what I say online. I never name my family members or give out my address, family photos are only available to a select group of people, I don’t often mention the name of the town where I live (although this blog is geotagged<\/a>) and I am very careful to avoid mixing the details of my day job too closely with this website (technical knowledge sharing is fine… company, partner and customer details are not<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"DigitalIt seems that there is a generation of Internet users who are a little more blas\u00c3\u00a9 though and Symantec<\/a> are advising consumers against the dangers of sharing their personal information on the ‘net, referring to a “digital tattoo” (described as “the amount of personal information which can be easily found through search engines by a potential or current employer, friends or acquaintances, or anyone else who has malicious intent”).<\/p>\n

The digital tattoo term seems particularly apt because there is a misconception that, once deleted, information is removed from the ‘net but that is rarely the case. Just like a physical (skin) tattoo, removing a digital tattoo can be extremely difficult with the effects including hindered job prospects and identity theft<\/a>. Symantec’s survey revealed that 31% of under-25s would like to erase some of their personal information online. Nearly two-thirds have uploaded personal photographs and private details such as postcodes (79%) and phone numbers (48%) but, worryingly, one-in-ten under-25s have put their bank details online (not including online purchases) and one-in-20 have even noted their passport number!<\/p>\n

Of course, there are positive sides to social networking – I personally have benefited from an improved relationship with several technology vendors as a result of this blog\/my Twitter feed<\/a> and it’s also helped me to expand my professional network (backed up with sites like LinkedIn<\/a> and, to a lesser extent, Facebook<\/a>). What seems clear is that there is a balance to be struck and today’s young people have clearly not been sufficiently educated about the dangers of life in an online society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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