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Adjusting your Facebook Privacy Settings

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: Your Profile Basic Info/Personal Info Status & Links Tagged photos/videos Friends

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Adjusting your Facebook Privacy Settings

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  1. Privacy, please! Adjusting your Facebook Privacy Settings

  2. Profile Privacy • You can control who sees what information about you on Facebook. • Settings | Privacy | Profile • You can control who sees: • Your Profile • Basic Info/Personal Info • Status & Links • Tagged photos/videos • Friends • Wall posts • Education/work Info http://sai.calu.edu/maclab

  3. 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 http://sai.calu.edu/maclab

  4. 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 http://sai.calu.edu/maclab

  5. 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. http://sai.calu.edu/maclab

  6. 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. http://sai.calu.edu/maclab

  7. 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 http://sai.calu.edu/maclab

  8. 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. http://sai.calu.edu/maclab

  9. 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 http://sai.calu.edu/maclab

  10. Become a Fan of the MAC Lab • Get updates on workshops like this one! • View links to past workshop content • Be the first to know when new workshops are offered HOW? • Search ‘Multimedia Access Center’ when you log in to your Facebook account, or • Click the link on our MAC Lab website • http://sai.calu.edu/maclab http://sai.calu.edu/maclab

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