If you\u2019ve ever wanted more control over the data Facebook collects about you, then you can pretend to have it, just as Facebook is pretending it\u2019s giving that control to you. Facebook announced that it let you decouple all the data it gathers from your off-Facebook internet browsing habits from your profile, not<\/em> that it\u2019ll stop collecting that data. It\u2019s just that the two separate piles of data Facebook gets will not be connected, which is all the control over your data that Facebook is ready to relinquish.<\/p>\n The new privacy-conscious Mark Zuckerberg said in a shorter than usual post that Facebook is giving you more control over your privacy. It\u2019s not a complete lie, as you can at least uncouple those two streams of information from merging under Facebook\u2019s algorithms and then haunt you with super-personalized ads. But the claim is still misleading because Facebook makes it sound like it\u2019ll stop collecting that data:<\/p>\n As of today, our Off-Facebook Activity tool is available to people on Facebook around the world. Other businesses send us information about your activity on their sites and we use that information to show you ads that are relevant to you. Now you can see a summary of that information and clear it from your account if you want to.<\/p>\n Off-Facebook Activity marks a new level of transparency and control. We\u2019ve been working on this for a while because we had to rebuild some of our systems to make this possible.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Here\u2019s what Facebook means by off-Facebook activity \u2014 yes, it\u2019s practically another confirmation that Facebook collects data about everyone, not just Facebook users:<\/p>\n I know what you\u2019re thinking, we\u2019re all Jane.<\/p>\n To access your off-Facebook data, you need to head over to this link. That\u2019s where you\u2019ll be able to manage your off-Facebook activity, clear off-Facebook history, and manage your future activity. That\u2019s right, you\u2019ll have to go into each of the separate settings to ensure that you\u2019ve uncoupled past data from the sites you visit from past data related to your on-Facebook activity and<\/em> that Facebook stops doing it in the future.<\/p>\n When you clear History, Facebook tells you that it\u2019ll keep getting data from the sites you visit when you\u2019re not on Facebook. Moreover, you\u2019ll still see the same number of ads, but they\u2019ll be customized using only data from Facebook activity:<\/p>\n The Future Activity prompt is even more interesting. It tells you most of the stuff you\u2019ve read above but adds a crucial detail. If you disconnect off- and on-Facebook data, you won\u2019t be able to log into apps and websites with Facebook, because your activity will be disconnected from your account:<\/p>\n You can and should download a copy of that data that Facebook collected about you to see exactly how much information makes its way into those ad algorithms.<\/p>\n The sensible thing to do is to click on those Clear History<\/em> and Turn Off<\/em> buttons as fast as you can. Dracarys!<\/p>\n \n\tImage Source: Jenny Kane\/AP\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n\t\tChris Smith started writing about gadgets as a hobby, and before he knew it he was sharing his views on tech stuff with readers around the world. Whenever he’s not writing about gadgets he miserably fails to stay away from them, although he desperately tries. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.\t<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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