9 Configuring Facebook’s Privacy Settings

Screenshot of the privacy settings of Facebook.

In this chapter, you learn how to protect your personal information by configuring Facebook’s privacy settings.

➔ What Facebook Tracks—and Why

➔ Configuring Privacy Options

➔ Configuring Account Security Options

➔ Configuring Advertising Preferences

➔ Viewing Your Facebook Information

Social media are social media, which means they’re all about sharing one’s personal information with others. If you’d rather not share everything with everybody—if you want to keep some private things private—then you need to configure the privacy settings for each social media network you use.

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