Facebook is a mainstream online social media tool for more than 200 million users, but did you know the default setting of your account enables search engines such as Google, Yahoo, MSN and other search engines to index some of your profile information (i.e. your name, picture, related organizations...). Did you also know that someone could also look you up using the Facebook search engine? For many people this OK, but for some indivduals this is not. The good news is Facebook empowers you to omit yourself from search engines. In addition, Facebook has other privacy controls to:
- Protect your photo albums
- Avoid photo/video tag mistake
- Prevent stories from showing up in your friends’ news feeds
- Make your contact information private
- Avoid embarrassing wall posts
- Keep your friendships private
The challenge here for many individuals is to better understand how to use the privacy settings to control what content is available to others. Below are couple of blog posts I came across that did an excellent job in explaining the privacy controls. The first lists out 10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know and the other lists out Facebook best practices.
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