![]() Also, you can clear the history that’s already been stored, just return to the “Off-Facebook Activity” screen and select “Clear History.”Īs I close this segment, you can take a look at the video below.You’ll then be prompted to select “Manage Future Activity” again, and from there, tap the switch to off, next to “Future Off-Facebook Activity.”.To turn off the setting, tap “More Options” and “Manage Future Activity.” You will be prompted to with a Facebook Login Screen.Scroll down until you see “Your Facebook Information” and select “Off-Facebook Activity.”.Scroll down to Settings & Privacy and choose Settings.Goto the 3 horizontal lines in the bottom right corner.Luckily, you can turn this off by doing the following steps. This is where big tech has overstepped their welcome. What concerns me is that this is not obvious to the average user. One feature in the Facebook mobile app that is turned on by default tracks your “Off-Facebook Activity”. If you have the Facebook app on your iPhone or Android phone, the app is tracking you mobile activity. That’s right! Everything. Every application you open and the you websites you visit are all being monitored by default via the Facebook app.including banking.įacebook states that this feature tracks “information that businesses and organizations share with us about your interactions with them, such as visiting their apps or websites.”Īnd their justification is that it they do this to introduce new services and products by displaying relevant ads.īut what I found is that Facebook has not been upfront that this feature ever existed. This should be a feature that should be front and center when someone signs up. When users find that this feature monitors their mobile device across multiple apps and websites, including banking, many would never agree to having this turned on. Stop advertisers from using your personal information within Facebook.Facebook has been one of the most prolific technology platforms in history. It has connected the world making it easy for us to stay in touch with one another. And, if you don’t know this by now, Facebook is not the product, you are. This “free” service uses your given information, chats and posts to provide targeted ads. This is not a bad trade off for such a robust service that keeps the us all connected.īut, Facebook has continues lose the confidence of its users because of deceptively adding features that obtain more information without the users knowledge.Protect your own and your friends’ personal information.Stop apps and third party websites from harvesting your Facebook profile information.Here are some additional steps you can take to protect your personal data on Facebook: Read more about accessing your Facebook data More steps to protect your privacy on Facebook ![]() This download will include everything you have posted, any actions you have taken, such as liking a page or posting a comment, and it even includes such private information like the active sessions and IP addresses you have used to log into Facebook. Go to Settings > General and click on the Download a copy link at the bottom of that section. The activity log doesn’t contain everything – too see (nearly) everything that Facebook has stored, you can download your data. We recommend you spend a few minutes each day to get this section under control to protect your privacy. ![]() You have to individually change the privacy settings on each action, or delete them. It may take you a while to go through this section, as Facebook doesn’t provide one convenient ‘Forget everything’ button. Review and prune your Facebook activity log Although they don’t specifically say that apps or third parties have access to this particular treasure trove, it can potentially be included in a data breach, as seen by the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal. I can guarantee that you’ll be shocked when you see just how much information you’ve shared on Facebook!Īll of this information is available to Facebook to use to target you with ads. This is a massive collection of very personal information. Your Activity Log also includes everything an app has done on your behalf! The pages, posts, comments and photos that you have ‘liked’, all the comments you have made on others’ posts and photos, articles that you have read, videos that you have watched, polls that you have voted in, your entire search history – everything you have ever done with Facebook is recorded in this section. Your activity in and around Facebook has been logged, all the way back to when you joined. ![]()
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