From the category archives:

Privacy Settings & Issues

Facebook Privacy Policy: Friend or Foe?

A new version of the Facebook Privacy Policy emerged about a month ago.  The changes and the policy in general have outraged many people and groups.  (What’s new?)  As a matter of fact, as of May 7th, fifteen groups have filed reports against Facebook with the FTC.
My reaction to Facebook privacy and social media privacy [...]

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Rumors About Facebook Privacy Settings & Search Engine Indexing

Facebook updated their Privacy Policy on December 9.  I’ve now started seeing this type of post making its rounds on Facebook and it is NOT completely true and it misleads people:
As of today, Facebook will automatically index all your info on Google, which allows everyone to view it.  To change this option, go to Settings [...]

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Mixing Clients, Facebook Friends and Real Friends – Oh My!

There are numerous Facebook Privacy Settings that you can adjust to customize who you interact with and who sees your profile & wall posts on Facebook.  Before jumping to the settings, determine how you want to use Facebook:

Do you want to use Facebook for business or just for personal use?
Do you want to have [...]

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