A refresher on managing Facebook privacy settings

Given this week’s hubbub around Facebook privacy concerns, I thought it would be helpful to share some step-by-step tips on how to aggressively manage your privacy settings. As back story, there has been a flurry of protesting around Facebook Open Graph, which allows users to “like” items on other Web sites without logging into Facebook. Why is the concern? Some Facebook users don’t like how the site is spreading its tentacles throughout the Web and in return, is eliminating some privacy barriers for its users.

On a related note, I received a teleconference invite for how to use social media in collections. Seriously. This description made me immediately revisit my privacy settings:

“You will learn how you can use social media websites and new technology to maintain a good customer base, keep good paying customers on track, and find and collect from past due customers. Learn how these popular websites can improve your collections, what some of the most common mistakes are when using these websites and how you can avoid them.”

So without further adieu, click here for the best walk-through I’ve seen on how to manage your privacy settings. The setting suggestions given in the example are for extremely conservative privacy settings, so you might consider still opting in to have your friends post on your wall and to have your profile appear in search engine searches.

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