On the Inforrm Blog, today's post, Privacy and the Right to Oblivion, was extremely thought-provoking.
I've left a comment against that post, but what I wanted to say here was that I really do like the imagery which Jeffrey Rosen conjures of a digital trail. We live in an era where our trails are recorded digitally and my view of that is that we're fortunate to do so. We have the ability to leave our mark. We are digital trailblazers!
Yes, we have the right to manage those trails carefully, but not necessarily retrospectively. Online or offline, not all mistakes can be erased. So, choose the trail which you wish to leave carefully, before you make it.
Social media gives us all the opportunity to create, manage and promote our own trail but, as they say, with power comes responsibility...to yourself. With many things in life, over-regulating tends to hinder not help; common-sense is usually the only rule required.
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