How to Lock Down Your Facebook Account

Here we take a look at locking down your profile, and how to avoid other annoyances.

The first thing you want to do is change default parameters under the Privacy parameters.

Take the time to go through each of the privacy sections and make the appropriate choices for your profile.

Go through each section to adjust who can see your information.

Of course showing it to everyone will be the least private.

ensure to go through the parameters for both Basic and Contact information.

Control what information is on your wall, and what posts to your friend’s wall.

Control what other people can see about you in searches.

They can however, be aggressive data miners.

It’s not a secret that your information is being shared through Facebook applications.

If you go into the Applications overview under Privacy controls, it states how apps interact with your data.

Here are a few of the items in the privacy statement.

If you don’t want anything shared select that option at the bottom.

If you are playing games on company time, check that you don’t get busted on Facebook.

These steps should help you out in protecting your privacy, and avoiding potentially embarrassing or awkward situations.

Facebook Privacy Policy

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