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Google's Transparency report
I have been here...
The impression we want to leave behind
100
Google publishes two reports every year.
How often does Google publish a report?
100
The trail is known as our digital footprint.
Every simple act we do online leaves a trail, and do you know what it is?
100
It is important to realize that what we say and do online can be seen by others. This awareness can help us be careful and responsible for our actions.
How can we be more careful while we're online?
200
The US Government made 8000 requests for information at Google about some people's activities.
Which country made the largest request for information?
200
Only a small part of our digital footprint is data held in our computer. A vast majority of our digital history is data held in servers.
Do we have all our digital footprint on our computers?
200
It is important to know that our information can be searched, copied and passed on, and seen by a large invisible audience. Most of all our information never quite goes away.
Who can search our information?
300
Turkey made the most request to remove content from Google searches.
Which country made the most request to remove content from Google searches?
300
Every computer has its own unique identity known as its IP address. An IP address is needed to send and receive information, much like a street address is needed to receive regular mail.
What is an IP address?
300
It is very easy to have an incomplete and wrong impression of a person just by following their digital trail.
Can you judge a person just by following his digital trail?
400
I know that online information is virtually impossible to erase.
Can we erase our digital footprint?
400
The applications that capture your location add it to your digital footprint.
Have you thought about what happens to the applications that also capture your location?
400
Even if you erase your email from your computer, copies of the message reside on the servers of the internet service provider, and with many others to whom the email may have been forwarded.
What happens when you erase your email from your computer?