{"id":50444,"date":"2015-03-18T16:51:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T16:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=50444"},"modified":"2015-03-18T16:51:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T16:51:41","slug":"facebook-privacy-survival-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/facebook-privacy-survival-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Privacy Survival Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\">Your guide to dealing with Facebook&#8217;s ever changing privacy policies.&#8211;PC Pitstop.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<h4>Facebook Privacy Survival Guide<\/h4>\n<p>by Dan O&#8217;Halloran for Techlicious<\/p>\n<p>Privacy concerns and privacy controls on Facebook are ever changing. When you post a picture of your kids at a family gathering, which one of your Facebook friends can share it? What private information are those Facebook game apps collecting on you for &#8220;third-party uses&#8221;? How can you limit who sees certain posts? Every action you take on Facebook has privacy and sharing implications that need to be considered before you upload that next selfie.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, thanks to vocal demands for transparency from both Facebook users and government regulators around the world, Facebook has been making the process of managing your privacy easier. Below is our step-by-step guide to taking full control of your Facebook privacy settings.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/facebook-privacy-checkup-posts-600px.jpg\" alt=\"facebook-privacy-checkup-posts-600px\" width=\"600\" height=\"616\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-50450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/facebook-privacy-checkup-posts-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/facebook-privacy-checkup-posts-600px-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The basic privacy options<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recently, Facebook introduced a more user-friendly guide through its vital privacy settings. 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