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Egosurfing: What information is there about me on the Internet?<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Internet is the largest bank of information in history and as such, there may also be information about us.\u00a0Practicing egosurfing is a recommended action to protect our privacy, but do you know what it is and how to do it?\u00a0In this article we explain it to you step by step.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Whatever the subject, on the Internet we will find information about it, we can even find information about ourselves.\u00a0Everything we publish on the Internet;\u00a0photos, videos, opinions, etc., and even what others publish about us, including documentation or official publications, where information about us appears, remains on the Network.<\/p>\n

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The set of all this data is what is known as identity or digital footprint and, in the same way that our reputation can be damaged,\u00a0digital identity can also be affected due to the information that can be found about us on the Internet or, in the worst case, when our privacy is violated and our personal data ends up leaking.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When we click on a suspicious link and provide our username and password on a fraudulent website, we answer a form where personal data is requested or when our devices are infected by some type of virus or\u00a0malware<\/em>\u00a0, we run the risk that our personal data end up in the wrong hands and are published, thus violating our privacy.<\/p>\n

In order to know what information is about us on the Internet, whether it has been published by us or by third parties, legitimately or illegitimately, there is a practice known as\u00a0egosurfing<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0.\u00a0It consists of using social networks and Internet search engines, such as Google, using search terms related to us, such as our name, surname, ID, etc., to locate information about us on web pages and other platforms.\u00a0This is a good practice that we should all carry out periodically, to find out what is said about us, how it is said, who says it and for what purpose, and to identify possible information that should not be published and that we want to be eliminated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How can I practice\u00a0egosurfing<\/em>\u00a0?<\/h3>\n

The practice of\u00a0egosurfing<\/em>\u00a0can be done in different ways:<\/p>\n

Google Alerts<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This Google tool allows us to configure the sending of notifications to our email about any topic that interests us.\u00a0To do so, we must follow the following steps:<\/p>\n

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    Access the link ‘\u00a0https:\/\/www.google.es\/alerts<\/a>\u00a0‘ or search for ‘Google Alerts’ directly in the search engine.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Then, we must enter the concept or terms on which we want to establish the alert in the search bar.<\/p>\n

    Within the practice of\u00a0egosurfing it<\/em>\u00a0is common to search for the following personal data:<\/p>\n