Find Out if Facebook Shared Your Data

Beware...

Be on the lookout for new warnings from Facebook about your privacy.

Some Facebook users began seeing a message titled “Protecting Your Information” at the top of their news feed last week, Austin O'Conner reports on aarp.org.

There are reportedly two versions of the message, with one focusing specifically on the Cambridge Analytica situation and another offering tips on how to protect and control what information you allow Facebook to share with other apps and websites, O'Conner wrote.

Here’s the Facebook message to those affected: "We have banned the website 'This Is Your Digital Life,' which one of your friends used Facebook to log into. You can learn more about what happened and how you can remove other apps and websites any time if you no longer want them to have access to your Facebook information," O'Conner added.

If you’re a Facebook user and you haven’t seen the message, it’s likely that you’re not among the 87 million folks whose private information was dubiously shared with the data analytics firm. But it’s still advisable to make sure, and you can do that by going here, he noted.

For more: https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2018/facebook-data-shared.html?cmp=SNO-ICM-FB-FRD-SP&socialid=1470724483&kenshooID=150380754

Photo: aarp.org.

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