Facebook Privacy

Do you have a Facebook account, you know those annoying pictures and posts of people you may or may not care about telling what they are doing every minute of the day? Well guess what not only does Facebook know all about you but they may very well be sharing that information with outside vendors. How can that be you ask, you've never told them that was ok, you may be surprised to find out that you have already “opted-in” without even knowing (Van Manen, 2010).

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Facebook may very well be collecting your information and sharing it with their strategic partner websites, and vice versa. You see every time you are on another website and click that little Facebook “like” button next to a picture or story those little bits of data are stored and shared among many companies.

How to eliminate this you ask, well as usual Facebook does not make the process easy, you will need to work through a few steps:

1. Account Settings
2. Privacy Section
3. Applications and Websites
4. Instant Personalization Project
5. Edit Settings
6. Uncheck the box allowing the info to flow
7. Good Luck

References

 

Van Manen, M. (2010). The Pedagogy of Momus Technologies: Facebook, Privacy, and Online Intimacy. Qualitative Health Research, 20(8), 1023-1032.