Privacy, please!
Adjusting your Facebook Privacy Settings
Profile Privacy
• You can control who sees what information about
you on Facebook.
– Settings | Privacy | Profile
• You can control who sees:
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Your Profile
Basic Info/Personal Info
Status & Links
Tagged photos/videos
Friends
Wall posts
Education/work Info
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Use Friend Lists
• Friends can be in more than one
list
• Each list can have specific
privacy settings
– Example: Can see wall posts, but not
photos
• See example lists on the right
– Other ideas:
• Limited Access
• Full Access
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News Feed Privacy
• Don’t want everyone to know
you broke up with your bf/gf?
Un-check ‘Change Relationship
Status’
• Posting on your friend’s Wall will
show up in mutual friends News
Feeds unless you un-check
‘Show Wall Posts’
• You can hide any comments you
make on items by un-checking
their box
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Search Privacy
• To hide completely:
– Under Search Visibility, choose
‘Only Friends’ to stay
completely hidden
• To hide from people
outside your network:
– Under Search Visibility, choose
‘All of My Networks’ from the
Networks dropdown box
• You can also remove
yourself from Google
results by un-checking the
‘Public Search Listing’
checkbox.
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Tag! You’re It!
• Finding pictures of yourself that someone
has tagged with your name can be
embarrassing and can even lead to a lost
job or friendship.
• Go to your Profile Privacy page and
change the settings next to ‘Photos
Tagged of You’.
• Choose ‘Customize’ and make the
appropriate selection
– Select ‘Only Me’, then ‘None of My Networks’ to
keep all tagged photos private
– Select ‘Some Friends’ if you’d like at least some of
your friends to see these photos
– No matter which option you choose, you can
always use the ‘Except These People’ option,
which will exclude those specific people.
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Photo Album Privacy
• If you want to make albums invisible, you must
do it on an album by album basis
• Go to the Profile Privacy page
– Privacy | Profile | Photos Tagged of You | Edit Photo
Albums Privacy Settings
• Select from the dropdown box who can see each
specific album
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Controlling Applications
• Applications can post stories to your News Feed unless
you edit each one.
• Change settings here:
– Settings | Application Settings
• At the right of each application, click ‘Edit Settings’ to
change what each application can do on your behalf.
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Links & Reference Material
FACEBOOK FAIL: How to Use Facebook Privacy Settings and Avoid Disaster
http://mashable.com/2009/04/28/facebook-privacy-settings/
Facebook’s New Privacy Features: A Complete Guide
http://mashable.com/2009/08/12/facebook-privacy-features/
Facebook Safety
http://www.facebook.com/safety/
Facebook Help Center – Privacy
http://www.facebook.com/help.php?page=419
Facebook Security – Recommended Privacy Settings
http://www.sophos.com/security/best-practice/facebook.html
10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know
http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/
How to Friend Mom, Dad, and the Boss on Facebook...Safely
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_to_friend_mom_dad_and_the.php
Privacy Controls in Facebook, Part 1
http://www.techforluddites.com/2009/03/privacy-controls-in-facebook-pt-1.html
The Inside Facebook Guide to Protecting Your Privacy on Facebook
http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/05/13/facebook-privacy-guide/
Facebook Privacy: A Guide
http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/08/meshing-social-networking-and-privacy-on-facebook.ars
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