Facebook New Privacy Announcement

Facebook New Privacy Announcement

Today, Facebook has rolled out privacy setting upgrade which they claim to give more control to the users of how their information is shared.  With the new features:

Facebook Share Control

Facebook Share Control

  • You can now control who can see every post you share, from status updates to photo albums.
  • Regional networks (like London or Australia) have been removed.
  • A common set of information for all users is now publicly available.
  • Facebook-enhanced applications and websites now have access to a limited set of information when you use and interact with them: your publicly available information and information you’ve made visible to Everyone.
  • No changes whatsoever to ads on Facebook. We do not give—and have never given—anyone’s data or personally identifiable information to advertisers.
Facebook Levels of Privacy

Facebook Levels of Privacy

The facebook level of privacy has been divided into three levels: Friends, Friends of Friends and Everyone.  All Users will be guided to the Facebook Security Upgrade Wizard to ensure that everyone has update their own security setting..  However, Facebook users should check their privacy setting once again and make sure that no sensitive information such as email and phone number to be published to everyone.  More information about the new privacy setting can be read here.

Facebook Privacy Update Wizard

Facebook Privacy Update Wizard