Guarding Your Personal Information When Joining Facebook

Posted by Marlene Love on May 28, 2010
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Facebook is such a popular website today that it seems everyone has their own profile. You might think that it would be more difficult to keep in touch with all your acquaintances if you didn’t all have Facebook pages.

Still, there are some dangers that come along with having a profile on Facebook, and some of them can be quite serious. If you’re thinking of creating a Facebook profile, or if you already have one, here are some potential dangers that you should consider.

Facebook is a site built upon the personal information of its users. Without such information, there would be no content for the site and no visitors. It’s also quite easy to accidentally enter sensitive information on your profile and broadcast it for the world to see.

Unless you take some time to thoroughly familiarize yourself with Facebook’s privacy settings, this private information can end up accessible via search engines such as Google. You probably wouldn’t want your date of birth, your work schedule, and the location of your school to be viewable by anyone with an internet connection, but such privacy violations are possible.

Even worse, Facebook makes things very easy for stalkers. If there’s someone who would make you feel uncomfortable by knowing too much about you, you definitely don’t want to become his or her friend. Your friends can easily learn private information about you from looking at your pictures and seeing info such as your date of birth and relationship status.

Up until recently, this sort of information was something that was only shared between your friends and family. Now, most people who connect to you as your friend will be able to see it.

Remember that Facebook is a business. They may claim that they just want to provide a way for people to stay connected, but their main goal is to make money, just like Google.

The goal of every business is to increase profits and grow. You may be unknowingly helping Facebook increase its profits by offering your personal information; this data can easily classify you into a demographic, allowing Facebook to deliver targeted ads right to your computer screen, receiving millions of dollars in ad revenue from your info.

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