Your Digital Footprint Now, in Ten Years — Quiz

1.

According to Kaplan Test Prep's 2023 survey, approximately what proportion of university admissions officers reported visiting applicants' social media profiles?

2.

What is a 'passive' digital footprint?

3.

GDPR Article 17 grants a right to erasure. Which of the following is a documented limit of this right?

4.

According to CareerBuilder's 2018 survey, what proportion of employers who checked candidates' social media found content that caused them NOT to hire someone?

5.

What does 'search engine de-indexing' accomplish following a right-to-erasure request?

6.

Explain what a data broker is and describe two types of data they typically compile.

7.

What does the research by Baumeister et al. (2001) on negativity bias suggest about how digital footprints are likely to be evaluated?

8.

Describe two reasons why deleting a social media post does not guarantee that the content is permanently gone.