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Definitive Guide to Facebook Privacy Settings<\/h3>\n

by Katharine Knibbs for Techlicious<\/p>\n

Use this comprehensive ‘How to’ Guide to recheck your Facebook privacy settings.–PC Pitstop.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

The first thing you have to realize about Facebook: Nothing you put there is truly private. Yes, you can control how users see or don\u2019t see your profile. But every time you like a product or even look at a page, the company itself is taking note. This doesn\u2019t mean that some day Facebook will malevolently release your every click to the world. But it does mean that Facebook is not your private diary, and what you do on the website gets collected and catalogued. That’s worth keeping in mind whenever you use the service.<\/p>\n

That said, Facebook is a great way to stay in touch and share small and big moments with family, friends and assorted other connections. The key is making sure you\u2019re presenting the most appropriate profile possible to each friend. So let\u2019s go over the various settings you can change to ensure pictures of your wacky jaunt to Vegas don\u2019t end up at the top of your boss’s news feed. Since Facebook tends to opt you in automatically to sharing information as new features are released, it’s a good idea to check your privacy settings every few months to maintain the level of transparency you want.<\/p>\n

Start Here – Check your current basic privacy settings:<\/a><\/h3>\n

This excerpt appears with the permission of Techlicious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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