1. Advantages of
Digital Identity

2. Introduction
The innovation, development and advancement of
technologies has introduced us to digital world
hence Digital Identity. As mentioned, Digital
Identity is any information about you online which
identifies you. There are thousands of websites with
different aims, intentions and services. Almost every
website will require some information about us to
use what they offer/provide as a service e.g.
Name, email address, date of birth, picture, etc.

3. Overview
 Anonymous
 Personal
 Professional
 Educational

4. Advantages
One of the main advantages of internet
hence Digital Identity is it allows you to
create bogus profile and blog
anonymously. You can remain private and
yet explore various opportunities. E.g.
When you write a blog; a profile has to
be produced resulting in creating your
Digital Identity. However, most of the
websites doesn’t validate whether you are
providing your real or false information.

5. Advantages of anonymous
There are various reasons why people
choose to persist pseudonymous and blog
or use any websites. If you decide to hide
your true identity then it might be
safer, secure and easier to comment or give
your opinion on sensitive topics.
However, it doesn’t mean you can say
“whatever” you want and offend other
people. As even if you “hide your real
identity online”, your digital footprint can
help others identify who you are, if
necessary.

7. Professional/Employment
“50-70% of HR people scan an individual’s
Digital Identity during the hiring process.
Of that group, 86% say a positive Digital
Identity helps”. With Digital Identity, you
can also build a positive online presence for
profession opportunities; there are various
sites i.e. LinkedIn, reed, etc, which allows
individuals to present themselves to
employers all over the world.

9. Digital Identity allows us to :
 to expand our network
 research more about the companies
 find different job opportunities
 give our potential employers to check our
digital footprint and
 basically discover information about the
jobs and sectors easily through other
people.

10. Educational
Digital Identity can be created for
educational purposes too i.e. at University
of Reading, we all have access to an email
account. Similarly, Blackboard is also
another website we use almost every day to
check any announcements, additional
information about the
modules, assignments, grades, discussions
on blackboard. RISIS portal, unicorn
(library), timetabling, etc are other
examples.

12.  Internet or having DI makes it easier for us
to research, explore or learn
efficiently, effectively and inexpensively.
 The availability, resources and accessibility
of having DI for educational purposes is
indescribable as some the advantages of
internet would also be advantages of having
DI.
 i.e. for group projects such as Drop Box, Google
Docs, Facebook, Emails, etc can be used:
again, Digital Identity needs to be created to use
these applications.

14. Personal
Social networking sites such as
Facebook, Skype and Hotmail has made it
easier to keep connected with
families, friends, and relatives all over the
world. To communicate, connect and
interact Digital Identity is crucial to use
some of the applications, tools and
technologies online. There are many
advantages of using various sites while
developing your Digital Identity.

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