Facebook Privacy Policy Changes | Now Users Get More Control of FB Page.

Facebook has been busy designing changes to the privacy policy and the the FB profile management. On Wednesday, it rolled out some changes that would give better control to its users. You can manage the way people tag you and also the way people look at your profile and your time line. Though, Facebook has been rolling out subtle changes for quite some time. With the introduction of the new time line, it brought the control to publish pictures that you are tagged in on your time line. To highlight your important events and posts. And a better photo gallery to control the way your photos are displayed.

The changes that you will be seeing in your Facebook profile over the next few weeks are (with excerpts from Doug Gross's post on CNN site)

1) "Request and Removal tool"

If you are not particularly proud of a picture that you are tagged in, then you can ask facebook to remove that photo permanently from the site. Earlier, updtes to privacy controls enabled you to send a request to the  picture owner, for removal of the picture or the tag.





2) "Specific App Permission"

You might be aware of various permissions an app asks before you can use it. Now earlier you could control some permissions with some apps. But now some of the apps will be moved to the new privacy model. Now, once you have approved an app, you can control the complete integration of the app with your Facebook profile. You can restrict its access to some of the features and approve others.


3) "Privacy Shortcuts"

Now since inception, Facebook has enabled its users with various privacy controls. And over the years they have given more control to the user through these controls. But because they cannot be viewed like your notifications or friend requests, many people couldn't take the proper advantage of these privacy controls. So now, you will be able to see a privacy icon, next to your log out arrow, to set privacy controls.




4) "Expanded Activity Log"

I am now sure how many of you are using the Activity log, that is the feature I talked about in the first point. Where you can control what pictures and posts that you are tagged in are published on your time line.
For those who aren't using it, well then, that is what I was talking about in the previous point, that most of us don't take the full advantage of the privacy controls.
And for those who are using it, as you would have understood by now, your activity log is just about to get BIGGER!


To know more about these changes read the article on CNN.com.