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CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices Question 24 of 40

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Question 23

Differentiate between the active digital footprint and passive digital footprints.

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Differences between active digital footprint and passive digital footprint are:

Active digital footprintPassive digital footprint
It includes data that we intentionally submit online.It gets created through our data trail that we unintentionally leave online.
Example : Sending an email, sending messages online, posting a social media post, replying to post or commenting online etc.Example : When we visit a website, the web server may log our IP address, which identifies our Internet service provider and our approximate location.