Against a backdrop of constant surveillance, embarrassment has become our biggest fear – but what do we lose in our attempt to avoid it?

‘So many of us are walking around with ...

It started as a plan to help her customers, but soon stationery shop owner Rebecca McMillan, 34, from Cheltenham, realised she’d hit on something far bigger than she could ever have realised…

LET COUNSELLOR KEREN LIGHTEN YOUR LOAD

AFTER YEARS SPENT BUILDING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PERSONAS, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WANT TO LOG OFF — PERMANENTLY? OLIVE POMETSEY UNTANGLES HER LIFE FROM HER ONLINE AUDIENCE AND MAKES A FEW SURPRISING DISCOVERIES

For more than a decade, social media ruled my life, says Sathnam Sanghera: it helped with my work, gave me an instant group of witty friends, and made me feel at the centre of things. But its attractions are wearing thin – and I’m not the only one feeling this