Millions of young people could damage their future careers with the details about themselves they post on social networking websites, UK watchdog, The Information Commissioner’s Office (IC0), warns. The BBC reports.

The commission said the young needed to be aware of their electronic footprint.

The ICO also said young people could be putting themselves at risk of identity fraud because of the material they post on social networks such as Facebook and MySpace.

The cost to a person’s future can be very high if something undesirable is found

The data regulator’s survey found that two thirds of those questioned accepted as friends on such websites people they did not even know.