How to keep your Facebook account private and secure - #4 - Keeping friends from sharing your information

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#4 / July 29, 2010 / 1:08 min.

Keeping friends from sharing your information

You may have been unaware while

using Facebook

that your friends can

share information

about you unknowingly through

games and applications

. Fortunately, you can prevent this by making some tweaks to your

privacy settings

.
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- You can edit the settings of what information about you is available when your friends use applications and websites.

- These options are in Privacy Settings under Applications and Websites.

- Everything checked can be shared about you when your friends use various applications and websites.

- Just uncheck the boxes next to the items that you don't want shared.

- You can also enable Instant Personalization, which means that sites that Facebook has partnered with can customize your experience based on your Facebook use.

- Just check the box at the bottom of the page to enable Instant Personalization or leave it unchecked to opt out.

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