I Googled Myself

So, we have been discussing the importance of privacy, for ourselves and those around us. We have also been considering our digital footprints as we will be working in a position of care. Working with the vulnerable public puts us in a certain position of power where professionalism is required. I am almost surprised there is no mention of the digital world with the BCTF code of ethics… Unless I am not looking in the right place.

 I remember, as students in high school, we would google our names and feel a sense of dejection as nothing came up. Let’s face it, it was different times back then and it’s not like high schoolers have multiple opportunities to be published on the world wide web! It was with excitement and hesitancy that I entered my name in quotations and hit enter this week.
There were a few elements and hits that I was expecting and mentally ready for. As an avid volunteer within the francophone community of Victoria, I was not surprised to see a few publications and even a photo. Thank you google for painting a pretty portrait of me. 

AND OH ! the horror when I saw “120 Fit and tones Ideas – Pinterest”
WTC! How dare Pinterest chose THAT ONE BOARD, to show up for the entire whoever decides to google this name. I will admit, I am fairly embarrassed and also slightly petrified that Pinterest can and would do that?
I have since then changed my name on my Pinterest profile.
Next step: read the fine print.
Here is an article that could help elucidate the quack-jack behind this exposure from Pinterest. 
And let me just comment on the images this search puts forwards. Most of these pictures are pulled from Facebook where I have “liked” and commented on a photo. I suppose these come from a public profile, based on these public photos?
One is a picture I have “pinned” to a Pinterest board …
Oh the Murph, where does all this come from?