In elementary and middle school, any thought of rule breaking was met with a fear of that bad act appearing on my “permanent record.” As a teenager, I became skeptical that such a permanent record even existed. Then came the Internet and search engines.

When something is placed on the Internet, it often becomes indelible, taking up but a megabyte or two in cyberspace. And with search engines mining, processing and organizing the Internet’s data, information about any individual is only a few keystrokes and mouse clicks away. We’ve all Googled ourselves at one time or another.

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