Start by logging in to your Facebook account. Then click the downward arrow in the upper-right corner and choose Settings.

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Gilbert Lawson
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1 Facebook settings A well-known fact that having a Facebook account isn't great for your privacy. If you aren't careful, you could post the wrong thing to the world and get in trouble at work, school, with family or even the law. Naturally, hackers and identity thieves are also watching to pick up tidbits they can use against you. Burglars even use Facebook to pick targets to rob. So, it should come as no surprise when I say that having the right Facebook privacy settings is critical. It keeps the wrong people from seeing what you post. Even if you think you already have them set correctly, Facebook changes its settings and where they're located frequently so you should double-check regularly. Don't forget to share this tip with your friends and family so they can be safe, too! Start by logging in to your Facebook account. Then click the downward arrow in the upper-right corner and choose Settings. Home Find Fnends Create Page Create an Ad Activity Log Settings Log Out Help Report a Problem General You'll start on the General settings page. This is where you adjust your name, username, , password, networks and language. Search for people. places and things a. II - Home Find Friends oo General O Security General Account Settings [B Privacy IO Time line and Tagging 0 Blocking e Notifications Mobile Name Username Password http.// Primary- Password never changed Followers fletworks No networks. ti) Apps l:fl Ads 13 Payments Support Dashboard Videos Language English (US) Download a copy of your Facebook data

6 I] IJ..., Home Find Friends. ' oo General O Security Facebook Ads Privacy ID Timeline and Tagging 0 Blocking 0 Notifications I!] Mobile!ill Followers (j) Apps lb Ads Payments Support Dashboard Videos Third Party Sites Ads and Friends Facebook does not give third party applications or ad networks the right to use your name or picture in ads. lf we allow this in the future, the setting you choose will determine how your information is used. You may see social context on third party sites, including in ads, through Facebook social plugins. Altllough social plugins enable you to have a social experience on a third party site, Facebook does not share your information with the third party sites hosting the social plugins. Learn more about social plugins Everyone wants to know what their friends like. That's why we pair ads and friends-an easy way to find products and services you're interested 1n. based on what your friends share and like. Learn more about social ads. Here are the facts: Social ads show an advertiser's message alongside actions you have taken, such as liking a Page Your privacy settings apply to social ads We don sell your information to advertisers Only confirmed friends can see your actions alongside an ad If a photo is used, it Is your profile photo and not from your photo albums Website and Mobile App Custom Audiences One of tlle ways that a company can reach you is to ask Facebook to show you ads tnat are customizecl based on what you do on that company's websites and apps off Face book. For example. Facebook may show you ads, on and of f Faceoook, announcing the release of a new album by your favorite band after you visit tllat band's website. When you use Facebook from a web browser, you can find out why you saw an ad and how you can control it by cl1oosing "About this act from the menu that shows with the. ad (usually found by clicking on the "X' or v in the upper right corner of the ad). Learn more about how Facebook uses cookies and similar technology for advertising Opt out of ads that are selected for you by Facebook based on what you do on a particular company's websites and apps off Facebook Learn more aoout how other companies do this on and off Facebook and how you can control ads through the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAI\): Canada, Europe, or other locations "Third Paiiy Sites" controls whether or not Facebook can share use your information in ads on third-paiiy sites in the future. Click "" and set "If we allow this in the future... " to "No one." "Ads and Friends" sets whether or not your name can appear in ads that your friends see. Again, click "" and change "Pair my social actions with ads for" to "No one." Finally, under "Website and Mobile App Custom Audiences," You can click the "Opt out" link if you don't want Facebook showing you targeted ads. That wraps up your privacy and security settings on Facebook. That is, until Facebook decides it has to change everything all over again!

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