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Data exhaust, also known as digital secondary data, refers to a data set, unique digital components, or trail of data left by any activity or interactions with a computing platform or device. Common platforms and devices can include The World Wide Web, mobile or desktop applications, and physical hardware; and can result in an immense amount of data exhaust in the form of cookies, temporary files, data points, transactions, log files, and more.[1] [2] Data exhaust is intentionally or unintentionally created, and then either stored unprocessed and unedited turned into primary data or discarded. It is a typical by-product associated with machines and online activities.[3] As an example, data exhaust would be the stored digital records of a person’s heartbeat from a heartbeat monitoring device before that data is used to discern anything or altered into a useful format. Other common examples can include streams coming in from web browsers, commands with Internet of Things (IoT) devices, or live security camera footage.