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Digital Footprint
Privacy
The trail of data you leave online.
tracking
data aggregation
behavioral profiling
Glossary
Privacy terms glossary
Plain-language explanations for encryption, tracking, compliance, and security concepts.
411 terms
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Digital Hygiene
Privacy
Keeping your digital life tidy so you share less by accident.
cyber hygiene
digital footprint
privacy settings
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Digital Identity
Authentication
Your identity in online systems (accounts and identifiers).
identity provider
single sign on
authentication
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Digital Services Act (DSA)
Privacy
EU rules for online platforms and transparency.
gdpr
transparency
✍️
Digital Signature
Encryption
A cryptographic stamp that proves who created something and that it wasn’t changed.
cryptography
certificate authority
data integrity
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Digital Sovereignty
Compliance
It’s like a country wanting to use its own tools and keep its data inside its borders.
data sovereignty
cloud hosting
local jurisdiction
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Disaster Recovery (DR)
Data Management
A plan to restore systems and data after a serious incident.
backups
incident response
business continuity
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Disposable Email
Privacy
A temporary email address you can throw away.
alias
email forwarding
data minimization
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DKIM
Security
A digital signature for email that helps prove a message wasn’t forged.
dmarc
spf
digital signature
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DMARC
Security
A policy that tells mail servers how to handle emails pretending to be your domain.
spf
dkim
phishing
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DNS (Domain Name System)
Networking
The internet’s “phonebook” for website names.
dns over https
dns leak
webrtc leak
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DNS Leak
Network Privacy
When DNS requests bypass your VPN.
dns
vpn
split tunneling
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DNS over HTTPS (DoH)
Networking
Encrypting DNS lookups using HTTPS.
dns
https
tls
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DNSSEC
Networking
A security upgrade to DNS that helps prevent fake DNS answers.
dns
man in the middle attack
secure connection
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Double VPN
Network Privacy
A two-server multihop VPN.
multihop
vpn
vpn tunnel
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Doxxing
Threats
Publishing someone’s private info online without permission.
digital footprint
social engineering
alias
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DPDP Act
Privacy
India’s main digital personal data protection law.
consent
data erasure
data breach
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DRM
Security
Digital locks that control how media can be used.
fingerprinting
telemetry
privacy settings
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DSAR
Privacy
A request to see, delete, or get a copy of your data.
data subject
data controller
right to erasure
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E2EE
Encryption
Short for End‑to‑End Encryption.
metadata
secure messaging
zero knowledge
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ECPA
Privacy
A US law about electronic communications privacy.
lawful basis
jurisdiction
metadata
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Email Forwarding
Privacy
Using one email address that sends messages to another inbox.
alias
disposable email
phishing
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Email Tracking
Tracking
Tracking when you open an email or click a link.
tracking pixel
metadata
privacy settings
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Encryption
Encryption
Turning readable data into scrambled data.
data encryption in transit
data encryption at rest
encryption key