How To Make Your Facebook Profile Safe

Step 1: Use Control Sharing
1. Click the Account menu located in the top right.
2. Click View Settings
3. Customize access by setting access controls
4. Select level of privacy options in the drop down menus
5. Save settings.
You will have levels of access from everyone, friends only, friends of friends and anyone in your network. You may opt to use a more custom setting. However, friends only is the most secure setting is the friends only option. To return to the first menu click “Back to Privacy” in the top left.

Step 2: Protect your Album

One of the most sensitive items to share is photos. To protect your photos from public viewing. Follow the instructions below
1. In the privacy settings window, click custom
2. Choose Customize settings.
3. Choose Edit album privacy
4. Select the privacy option to control who has access to your photos

Step 3: Bury Your Contact Information

Your contact information can be easily found on Facebook as well as search engines. All someone has to do is enter your name in a search engine to find you and your Facebook page. You can stop this by using the public search option.
1. Under Contact Information, select the option for drop down menus to “only me”
2. Go back to Privacy, Click Back to Privacy
3. Click Edit your settings, under Applications and website, un-check pubic search
Remember to treat your personal data as a precious commodity. Your information can be mined and sold to the high bidder or simply stolen and exploited by spammers. Using the Facebook privacy controls, should give you a whole new level of security.