{"id":3939,"date":"2018-04-18T17:21:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T17:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.compuclever.com\/posts\/?p=3939"},"modified":"2020-08-07T18:38:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T18:38:31","slug":"protect-your-privacy-identity-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.compuclever.com\/posts\/protect-your-privacy-identity-on-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Protect Your Privacy & Identity on Facebook – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our Part 1 article<\/a> we covered news related to the Facebook privacy scandal. In Part 2, we will emphasize what you can do.\u00a0 We\u2019ll provided three best-practice recommendation for protecting your identity and privacy.<\/p>\n

Our Private Data<\/h1>\n

As Facebook users we accept the privacy policies when we sign on.\u00a0 For the most part we don\u2019t even read over the extensive policy pages. \u00a0Instead we set up our account and enter data related to our personal lives.\u00a0 We understand in the process this information gets recorded and stored.<\/p>\n

Take Action:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We recommend that you get a clear idea of how much and what kind of data Facebook collects on you.\u00a0 Check out the \u201cData In\u201d section of our previous article<\/a> for directions on accessing the data Facebook has collected from you.<\/p>\n

Facebook is a free service and we can expect that they make revenue by providing our data to advertisers.\u00a0 What many of us are not aware of is that they pass on our data to third party developers and organizations.<\/p>\n

This is why we can sign on to a new app or online service using our Facebook login.\u00a0 Right away they can access our data so that it is easier for us to create a new account with the third party app rather than having to enter all the personal information they require once again.<\/p>\n

But what kinds of control are in place once our data leaves the hands of Facebook?\u00a0 What kind of regulations are there to protect our privacy and information?\u00a0 This is what Facebook\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg has to address.<\/p>\n

Facebook Updates<\/h1>\n

In the past Facebook has revised its privacy policies.\u00a0 However, these previous revisions have been toward openness and sharing rather than protection of privacy.\u00a0 Unfortunately, \u201c\u2026they were optimizing for profitability rather than security and privacy of their members\u201d says David Kirkpatrick author of the Facebook Effect.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

Zuckerberg\u2019s promise at the beginning of this year was to fix Facebook in 2018 \u2013 this is no small task.\u00a0 In fact, he has stated that fixing the company\u2019s problems will take years.<\/p>\n

Presently, users are informing users in their News Feed if they’re among the millions of people whose data was improperly harvested by Cambridge Analytica.<\/p>\n

Other changes we can expect in the near future: [2]<\/a><\/p>\n