{"id":15851,"date":"2013-07-10T10:45:59","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T17:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=15851"},"modified":"2013-07-19T10:58:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T17:58:39","slug":"check-your-privacy-settings-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/check-your-privacy-settings-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Your Privacy Settings Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/CheckYourPrivacy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15861\" alt=\"CheckYourPrivacy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/CheckYourPrivacy.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/CheckYourPrivacy.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/CheckYourPrivacy-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/CheckYourPrivacy-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When was the last time you checked the privacy settings on your Facebook account? Your Google Groups? Or just your regular software? Gizmodo has just published an article that <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/japan-provides-best-reminder-yet-to-check-your-google-p-730151426\" target=\"_blank\">provides a timely reminder<\/a> to check your online privacy settings to ensure you&#8217;re not leaking potentially sensitive information, particularly on Google Groups. In light of the recent roll-out of Facebook Graph Search, it&#8217;s also a good idea to revisit your privacy settings there as well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>If you&#8217;re on a Mac<\/strong><br \/>\nGo to the App menu and choose &#8220;Preferences&#8221; and there will generally be a Security or Privacy tab.<br \/>\nFor system-wide settings, go to &#8220;System Preferences&#8221; in the Applications directory.<\/li>\n<li><strong>If you&#8217;re on an iDevice<\/strong><br \/>\nStart the Settings app and select the &#8220;Privacy&#8221; section.<\/li>\n<li><strong>For Google Groups<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/groups\/answer\/2464975?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">This site has instructions<\/a> for setting your access settings<\/li>\n<li><strong>For Facebook<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/how-to-review-your-new-facebook-graph-search-settings\/\" target=\"_blank\">This article has instructions<\/a> for verifying your privacy settings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are all fairly quick and easy things to check, and the few minutes it should take to check your privacy settings could save you a world of frustration.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/st3f4n\/4144895308\/\">St\u00e9fan<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/photopin.com\">photopin<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/2.0\/\">cc<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When was the last time you checked the privacy settings on your Facebook account? 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