Facebook Personal Profiles Leaked

Leaked: 100 million personal profiles on Facebook out in public

If you have not checked your Facebook profile setting, here is another wake up call. About 100 million Facebook users’ personal data, web profile address where posted on web for anyone and everyone to access. Personal details posted on profile Facebook profile pages were found on public file sharing service The Pirate Bay.

According to news reporting, those individuals whose Facebook Profile setting is set to be available for public search where the only profiles affected. This latest incident shows that one should BE CAREFUL with the information they share on social and public websites on internet.

The issue is not only restricted to Facebook, if you have profiles and are active on different social networking websites, such as Hi5, Twitter, MySpace etc.. Make sure that you thoroughly check your profile settings and profile information.

Here are some Facebook safety tips:

* Use Friend Lists to create a personal group of friends, you personally know and trust.
* Facebook Privacy Setting page, remove your personal information from showing up in Facebook public search.
* From Facebook Privacy Setting page, remove your profile from appearing in Google and other search engine search results. Under “Public Search Listing”, remove the check mark next to “Create a public search listing for me and submit it for search engine indexing” and save.
* Protect your photos, albums and share only with the people in with your friend list.
* Prevent you post and stories from showing up in your friend’s news feeds.
* Set your contact details to private.