The handout on Facebook Privacy prepared for the Rotary in WA Facebook seminar held on 12 February 2012.

1. Privacy
If you are concerned about data becoming public, don't publish
it electronically, even “privately” – this includes emails.
Consider the implications of “Friending”, “Liking” or “Subscribing” to
people or pages. What does it say about you? Such links are usually
publicly viewable.
Facebook privacy
 What you see on Facebook is not necessarily what other people see!
◦ Anything you post on a Page or Open Group is publicly viewable
◦ Anything you post in a Closed or Secret group is only viewable in that group
◦ You can select who can see each individual post that you make on your profile
◦ Use the “View As” option on your profile to see what information is publicly
available, or visible to certain people
 Make use of “Friend Lists” to easily control who can see your information and
posts: http://www.facebook.com/bookmarks/lists
◦ Some “Smart Lists” are automatically created based on information entered in your
profile – you can customise them and adjust who appears in them
◦ You can create any other lists that you like (eg “Rotarians”)
◦ You can decide whether to allow people to “Subscribe” to your posts
▪ You can use Friend Lists to adjust what posts (if any) you see from each of your
friend categories, or adjust subscription settings on a person by person basis
 Review your Privacy settings at least every 3 months
◦ Make sure you turn OFF the settings that enable your friends to unwittingly pass
your data on to 3rd party applications or websites they may use:
▪ Click on the down arrow next to the “Home” link in the top right corner
▪ Go to “Privacy Settings”
▪ Select “Apps and Websites”
▪ Click the “Edit Settings” button for “How people bring your info to apps
they use” and uncheck all boxes.
◦ Clean out old applications and review their access settings
▪ Always check what data an app wants to access about you when you add it. If
it's an unreasonable invasion of your privacy, don't add it!
The Rotarians on Social Networks Fellowship publishes information about changes to Facebook,
including new Privacy settings, on its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/rosnf as soon as
they learn about them.