The four most important settings on Facebook
31.03.2010 | 10:58 | Sara Gross (DiePresse.com)
When it comes to Facebook, data protection and over again to paint the devil on the wall. DiePresse.com shows how one can avoid the worst data margins.
Silly if you officially on sick leave, is the head but on Facebook party photos with comments such as "really funny was discovered yesterday. Or, if his relationship status to "single" changes and suddenly hundreds of expressions of compassion finds on the Board's own - or your own girlfriend will not see the fun. Even worse, the future chief stumbles by Google about a few notable status message, and thus begins the interview. Since the recent changes to Facebook, which is actually a very likely scenario: The most important profile information, relationship status and all contributions are written yourself by standard setting publicly visible. To avoid an embarrassing "data Striptease", one should therefore quickly a few basic changes. DiePresse.com has collected the most important.
Friends lists are the lifeblood of privacy on Facebook. After all, who "ignored" had a friend request from your own boss or the parents of the girlfriend? It's best to at least two lists, "Private" and "puts on Professional", then ordered all existing friendships and make new friends ordered it right at the beginning. New lists can create one by the way, if you create under "friends" at the top of the screen on "List" button. Each new little group of people can now be allowed access to certain information or simply denied."Xy is now single, is trumpeted in public by Facebook news stream, if one is not in derogation per setting. Not always a message is intended for all ears. The same applies to religion and political affiliations. Access to this information can be regulated under the menu account, privacy, profile information. Here you can also party photos, where you marked "" is hidden from curious noses, and restrict access to even wrote posts and status messages. The loosest setting "All" is actually to take literally: This information is visible even for non-registered surfers - for example, the personnel manager of the future dream company. The Custom setting allows individual friends lists and even individuals to exclude from the access.
There is hardly a Facebook user who does not know FarmVille. There is in fact not necessary to play the game themselves - whenever friends are busy with their virtual farm, one is drawn on the general message stream to it. If that is a nuisance that can stop this way: If you move the mouse over one of these messages, a corresponding button. Taking account application settings can be your own games and applications keep in check. Diving in the list of unknown entries, you should remove it immediately on the X at the right margin. For all other programs can be seen under "Edit", what they can do everything and even. In general, these applications use some on your profile and contact information and publish news on the whiteboard. Applications can also become a privacy issue if they are not used. Namely, when friends use it. "For example, an application could be used for greeting cards or greeting cards at your birthday information to your friends encourage you to send a card, puts it on Facebook. The default setting allows external applications to personal information, status messages and photos access, for example. Change can be under the account, privacy, applications and Web sites can share what your friends about you. Facebook itself is used incidentally to its own name for internal advertisements á la "xy-fan Become a fan" of fan sites. Also can be switched off - the setting is well hidden: Under Account, Account Settings, Facebook Ads.
What does not Google, is not available on the net? Not quite true, of course, but may nevertheless be helpful for your own privacy. On Facebook, you can disable the visibility of their own profile to search engines and taking account, privacy, search. Last but not least, you can check how your own profile to the public of Internet users and look for some friends. There are privacy settings in the top right of a Preview button for my profile ".
German politician: Facebook group against Facebook
12.04.2010 | 08:43 | (DiePresse.com)
Members of different parties want to exert pressure from within Facebook, to prevent the new privacy guidelines. A minister has invited the Facebook guide to Germany.
Facebook plans to once again own adjustments to the Privacy Policy. To a passage, which concerns the transfer of data to third-party, a fierce debate has broken out in German politics. With a bipartisan coalition, the Greens want to keep Facebook the social network of a lessening of the data. "Instead of calling for a boycott, we want in Facebook itself with actions exercise, information and commentaries pressure," Green Party Federal Executive Board Malte Spitz said on Friday the Handelsblatt Online. "We do not want unsolicited disclosure of personal profile data."
With members of all other parties represented in parliament, the Greens have the Facebook group "Facebook Privacy Control - NOW!Founded. According to Spitz, the group of Facebook for example, requires that profile data is not passed without being asked a third party. The world's largest social network should also work together with data and consumer advocates, and network users high data protection standards, "the world have in Facebook validity . Furthermore, had the right to their own image and text on their own to stay with the users. The Alliance includes among others, according to Spitz Halina Wawzyniak of the Left Party, Lars Klingbeil (SPD), Manuel Höferlin (FDP) and Thomas Jarzombek (CDU).>> The four main privacy settings on Facebook
Inflamed the dispute between Facebook and German politics at an exchange of letters. The German Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner has its concerns over the amendments to the guidelines in a open letter expressed in Facbook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The answer came from board member Richard Allen, who rejected the allegations. Aigner still sees a violation of the Telemedia Act and has the Facebook leaders invited to Germany.Protest against Facebook: "Private must remain private,"
05.04.2010 | 16:36 | (DiePresse.com)
The German Minister for Consumer protested in a letter to Facebook CEO Zuckerberg against the recently revised privacy policies of the social network.
The Projects of Facebook, Ie general user information with third parties, is criticized by the German Minister of Agriculture and Consumer Ilse Aigner. In a letter to the CSU politician turns directly to the Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. "Private must remain private - I think I speak for many Internet users," writes Aigner loud "Spiegel Online". It expects the social network, an immediate review of the new directive.
Facebook eighth the protection of personal data is not, "which was also evidenced by the recent study by the 'Stiftung Warentest'. Facebook cuts here from bad. In dealing with user data and user rights is always rated" poor "have been awarded," said Aigner in The letter further. For the Minister it was all the more astonishing that "Facebook is not willing to remedy the shortcomings in data protection, but instead makes even more extensive surgery. With such decisions, a company can attract and retain no confidence." Should Facebook be willing to change his policy, they felt obliged to terminate their membership.According to new Privacy Policy Facebook are about the name, gender, or profile images of the location of the computer users can be shared. Which websites Facebook forwards the data is not known. The social network provides to the action "forced" to be able to make its users, "Facebook outside of useful experience in the social field."Posted via email from DOGMEAT