{"id":1156830,"date":"2021-12-26T08:50:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T13:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1156830"},"modified":"2021-12-26T08:50:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T13:50:36","slug":"protect-your-data-facebook-privacy-settings-to-change-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protect-your-data-facebook-privacy-settings-to-change-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect Your Data: Facebook Privacy Settings to Change Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprotect-your-data-facebook-privacy-settings-to-change-right-now%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1156830&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Facebook stores vast amounts of information on its users, here are some privacy settings to check in order to ensure that Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s social media giant is tracking you as little as possible.<\/p>\n<p>CNET <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/computing\/facebook-privacy-settings-youll-want-to-check-right-now\/\">reports<\/a> that while Facebook has attempted to rebrand as Meta, Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s company is still the same outfit under the hood&nbsp;\u2014 collecting and storing vast amounts of data on its users. However, there are options and settings you can change in order to limit just how much data Facebook collects. Here are just a few of the options you should check today:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Use Two-Factor Authentication:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enabling two-factor authentication can greatly improve the security of your account. While Facebook collecting your data is a cause for concern, someone else accessing your account is an even bigger one.<\/p>\n<p>Go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/settings?tab=security\">Facebook account Security page<\/a> and update your password, make sure it\u2019s not a password that you use on other websites. Then, select \u201cUse two-factor authentication,\u201d this will begin the setup process that will mean when you log into Facebook in the future, Facebook will text a randomly generated code to your mobile device for you to input in order to log in.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jk9QxBh.png\" alt=\"image\" \/><br \/><strong>Review Which Apps Have Access to Your Account:<\/strong><br \/>It\u2019s quite easy to automatically give certain apps access to your Facebook account without thinking about it, especially when first installing apps, but this could unwittingly be sharing personal details and permissions you don\u2019t want others to have. Many apps also end up abandoned by developers and become targets for hackers who could use them to gain access to your account.<\/p>\n<p>Visit Facebook\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/settings?tab=applications\">Apps and Websites Page<\/a> to view which apps currently have access to your account and revoke their access if needed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/rIXFzkU.png\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Delete Location History on Your Phone:<\/strong><br \/>Finally, moving onto mobile devices, it\u2019s probably a good idea to delete the location history that Facebook stores as it tracks your every movement. Delete your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/settings?tab=location\">location history at this page here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s also advisable to completely disable location tracking on your mobile device. CNET outlines how to do this, writing:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On an Android phone, open the Facebook app and then tap on the three-line icon. Under&nbsp;<strong>Settings &amp; Privacy<\/strong>&nbsp;select&nbsp;<strong>Privacy Shortcuts<\/strong>&nbsp;followed by&nbsp;<strong>Manage your location settings<\/strong>&nbsp;on the Privacy card. Next, select&nbsp;<strong>Location History<\/strong>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<strong>View your Location History<\/strong>&nbsp;and enter your account password when asked. Finally, tap on the three-dot icon in the top-right corner and select<strong>&nbsp;Delete all Location History.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The process is similar on an iPhone. Open the Facebook app and tap on the three-line icon, then&nbsp;<strong>Settings &amp; Privacy<\/strong>&nbsp;then select&nbsp;<strong>Privacy Shortcuts<\/strong>&nbsp;followed by&nbsp;<strong>Manage your location settings<\/strong>&nbsp;on the Privacy card. Select<strong>&nbsp;Location History&nbsp;<\/strong>&gt;&nbsp;<strong>View your Location History<\/strong>&nbsp;and enter your account password when asked. Finally, tap on the three-dot icon in the top-right corner and select<strong>&nbsp;Delete all Location History.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/computing\/facebook-privacy-settings-youll-want-to-check-right-now\/\">CNET here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook stores vast amounts of information on its users, here are some privacy settings to check in order to ensure that Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s social media giant is tracking you as &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1156830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1156830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1156830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1156830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1156830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}