Updated On: 02 June, 2013 05:30 AM IST | | Rajiv Dingra
We know you can't resist telling the world what you had for breakfast. But know this: your social media footprint stays forever and the Internet has a long memory. Deleting that footprint is an extreme step, but you can certainly manage it better, says Rajiv Dingra
Admit it, you’re one of the millions obsessed with social media. And because your smartphone offers it all, you’re logged on to at least two or three social media platforms at all times.u00a0Given the extent of your social media usage, it should hardly come as a surprise that you’re leaving a strong footprint behind which can, in fact, be mapped back to who you are and what exactly you do.

These days, many companies conduct background checks and actually use social media to know more about you. Your social media trail tells a lot more about you that you would believe it does. Given the amount of (sometimes unwanted) insight your social media footprint could provide to someone who cares to look it up, people in the West, especially celebrities, are often known to delete their social media footprint.