FacebookSome information is always available to the public, including including your name, profile picture, cover photo, gender, associated networks, and username.
Steps to control your information on Facebook:
Control your Audience
Facebook allows you to select four general audience types for either individual posts or for entire categories of posts on your account.
• Public. This means anyone on or off Facebook.
• Friends. Only your friends on Facebook can see this material.
• Custom. This allows you to share or exclude content from select people and lists.
• Only me. No one but you can see these posts.
To keep your information as secure as possible from strangers, avoid any "public" settings.
Set Individual Post Privacy
• When you update your status, select a particular audience from the drop-down next to your Post button on the bottom left
Set Default Content Privacy
• Click on Account Settings from the drop-down you can find by clicking the tiny arrow in the top right
• Click on Privacy to select your audience for different types of posts
1. Limit your audience for past posts
2. Limit who can see your posts by default – it is better to choose to make one public once in a while than to have to choose to make one private every time
3. Limit how search engines such as Google can find your facebook profile – we recommend that you limit this to Friends for maximum privacy
Set Timeline and Tagging Settings
• Click on Account Settings from the drop-down you can find by clicking the tiny arrow in the top right
• Click on Timeline and Tagging to make sure that you control how you are tagged
1. Select who can tag you
2. Set your account to require your approval before someone else tags you
3. Select who can post on your timeline
Use Blocking
• Click on Account Settings from the drop-down you can find by clicking the tiny arrow in the top right
• Click on Blocking
1. Block specific individuals that you do not want to contact you
2. Block unwanted apps from taking and sharing your information
Limit Your Usable Information
Many of the pieces of information that Facebook asks or demands that you share are commonly used to confirm your identity by other resources – your high school, your grandmother’s name, your birthday, etc. Limit them as much as possible. Do not share personal details.
Manage Your Apps
Many apps demand and share your name, your birthday, your profile or other pictures, etc.
• Review your apps to be sure that they are not sharing more than you know.
• Regularly prune ones that you are not using.
