Facebook privacy settings have become a pain in a neck to many of us and are finding ways to deal with it. For last few weeks, I have noticed that people have their profile open and ensure. You could access to photos and status updates of person whom you do not know, hence I concluded that people have become open. But thats not reality, the fact is that Facebook have made your profile open by default (worst step from Facebook ever!!!). Facebook should have made information closed by default.

Getting along with your settings are cumbersome hence, read through the post to notice the key area to focus on. You will be surprised that your profile is bare naked.

Stop Hitting the Skip button and take some time to adjust your settings.

Facebook Advertisement

Go to Settings -> Facebook Ads

Here you have to control two vital information that will give you the control over how Facebook and Third party applications will use your information for advertisement.

Ad shown by Third Party Apps

Ads shown by Facebook

Privacy Settings

Go to Settings->Privacy Settings (Click on Manage)

Privacy Manage

This is the main control area from where you can control your all the privacy settings.

Block List

If some one is nagging you, you have every right to block him/her. That is what we do in real world and its possible even in Facebook. Go to the Block List and enter the name or email of the person. Thats it, No more pain.

Block List

Search Settings

If you want your updates to be shown in the search result then its OK. If you are marketer than its OK to make your status public. But not everyone is marketing their status, so its better you control your status.

Application Settings

Facebook Applications are the major activities where people indulge themselves into. But, it is also the major loop hole in the system, as it allows third party applications to gather details of your information. Hence, it is crucial for you to check the list of applications to make sure that your are not giving informations to application which you do not use.

Information your Friends can share

This one is the most important, it allows you to control how others can use your information. Give enough time to this section to make yourself secure.

Your Photos

Photos are the key content of your Facebook. I was surprised to see that all my album was open to everyone. In photos, you have to control each of your album. You can customize the group that you want to allow or block. Make sure that you check each album’s settings properly.

I hope all the above informations have helped you to understand why Facebook’s privacy settings have become such an issue. If you are a person for whom your information is vital, than its better you keep track of your settings. Go to the help section to know more details about the privacy rules and regulation.

Front Image source:

http://sdow.semanticweb.org/2008/pub/slides/SDoW2008-slides-Beyond-Walled-Gardens-Open-Standards-for-the-Social-Web/facebook-privacy.jpg