How do you prevent Facebook from knowing too much about your data?
Facebook has recently been under access to a lot more user data than it actually needs for basic functionality. There are several ways to stop allowing Facebook to know your daily activities or data. You can turn off most of the unwanted Facebook permissions for it to work properly. For this, simply visit the Settings section on your phone> Apps & notifications> Facebook > permissions.
Facebook is known for tracking your online behavior. Both inside and outside the platform. In order to personalize your experience and send you targeted ads. Fortunately, the social network also provides you with tools to review and modify your privacy settings. These tools are an activity and privacy feature outside of Facebook.
If you're not using the activity privacy feature outside of Facebook, it's time to get started. The tool allows you to see and control the data that apps and websites share with the platform and monitor the type of information that third-party apps can access.
With the privacy feature, you can clear the history of apps and websites that shared your data. You can also turn off Future Off-Facebook activity, which tells Facebook to disconnect any information the company has shared from your account. Or you can choose which companies you want to stop sharing your activity with selectively, and you will stop showing those targeted ads.
1. What is off-Facebook activity?
Facebook not only has access to your activity when using the social network but also when you visit certain third-party websites. To help you manage this information, the off-Facebook activity tool allows you to review and delete data collected about you when you use other websites. You can also stop saving activity outside of Facebook in your account completely and download data for offline analysis.
Activity outside of Facebook includes any information that websites, apps, and organizations share with Facebook. This could be something as simple as visiting a particular website or app. Facebook uses this information to serve targeted advertising.
By recording your activity and choices on supported websites, Facebook shows you coupons and promotions that you may find useful. For example, you can buy a pair of shoes at an online clothing store. This store shares your activity and purchases with Facebook, saving them to your account. Facebook then offers you an ad with a 10% discount on your next purchase from that store.
2. How to use off-Facebook activity?
If you are not comfortable with this type of tracking, you can use the off-Facebook activity tool to manage this information.
Access this feature by clicking the down arrow at the top right and selecting Settings.
Select your Facebook information.
Click the Activity Off Facebook option.
Facebook displays the names of sites that have shared your activity and lets you know how it can access this type of information. Get more details about your overall off-Facebook activity by clicking on the "Learn more" link at the top.
To view your activity outside of Facebook, click on the icon of any site in the list and then enter your password. You will then see all the sites that provided information about your activity on Facebook. Click a location to view specific details about it.
"How did Facebook get this activity?" Initially, the list will tell you how the site sends data to Facebook, for example using Facebook business tools. The second drop-down list lists examples of interactions with other sites, such as opening an app, visiting a website, searching for an item, or purchasing an item.
If you want to mark a site as inappropriate content or misuse of your information, scroll to the bottom of the activity details screen and click on the Provide feedback about that activity link. Select a reason for the comment and click Submit.
If you no longer want this site to share your activity with Facebook, click the Stop future activity link.
3. How to manage past and future activity?
You can manage both past and future activity from the Activity outside of Facebook screen by clicking Manage future activity. Read the information on how to use activity outside of Facebook, then click Manage Future Activity to control.
On the next page, you can view the activity that has already been turned off. You can also turn off all future activities by turning off the switch next to Future Off-Facebook activity.
You can also completely remove your activity history outside of Facebook. Return to the off-Facebook activity homepage. Click the Clear History button at the top, then select Clear History.
4. Privacy Feature
To launch the latest version of the Facebook Privacy Checker, click the down arrow icon at the top right, go to Settings & Privacy, and select Privacy Checkup. In the Privacy Check window, click the first topic of who can see what you're sharing.
Click Continue. In the Profile Information window, review your phone number settings, email addresses, and date of birth. Click the button next to each button, and choose whether you want to change it to General, Friends, Just Me, or Facebook Specific List. Maybe you want this information to remain private or visible only to friends or a specific group. When you're done, click Next.
In the Posts window, set the option for who should see future posts. You will probably want to set this to friends. The Limit Past Posts option changes past posts seen by the audience or friends of friends to friends only. To do this, click the Limit button and click OK. Then click Next.
On the block screen, you can prevent specific people from seeing things you post, start conversations with you, or try to add you as a friend. To do this, click Add to blocked list and type the name of the person or account you wish to block. From the list of suggestions, click the "Block" button for the correct person, and then click "Next".
This is another way you can prevent Facebook from knowing your data.
Conclusion
So, this is all about how to prevent Facebook from knowing your information and data. We have discussed two features that help us save our data. We hope this article was helpful to you.
