{"id":548,"date":"2013-01-08T10:49:44","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T15:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=548"},"modified":"2013-01-08T10:49:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T15:49:44","slug":"four-facebook-privacy-settings-for-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2013\/01\/08\/four-facebook-privacy-settings-for-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Facebook privacy settings for the new year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook’s privacy settings are a pain point for many users: From the chaos it’s caused after a privacy breach to the confusing settings after the launch of Timeline in 2011, securing your data and understanding who can see which parts of your profile have never been easy.
\nNot even for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, who had troubles of her own this past Christmas.
\nWhile Facebook has taken some considerable missteps, the social network has also made strides in ensuring its privacy settings are more accessible and straight-forward. Most recently, Facebook launched a new set of privacy tools to help you more easily manage who can see what you share.
\nHere’s a look at those new privacy settings, plus three more you should revisit to ensure you start the New Year off safe and secure.
\nFull Story: Four Facebook privacy settings for the new year | PCWorld<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Facebook’s privacy settings are a pain point for many users: From the chaos it’s caused after a privacy breach to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[347,849,997],"class_list":["post-548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","category-technology","tag-facebook","tag-privacy","tag-social-networking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/papNkV-8Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8855,"url":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2016\/03\/07\/verizons-supercookie-fcc-settlement-requires-opt-in-for-some-tracking\/","url_meta":{"origin":548,"position":0},"title":"Verizon’s ‘Supercookie’ FCC settlement requires opt-in for some tracking","author":"NCCT","date":"March 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"By Jared Newman | PCWorld Verizon Wireless is getting slapped with a fine and privacy requirements after inserting undeletable tracking cookies into users\u2019 browsing sessions. 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