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It should be easy to find and connect with friends. Your privacy settings should be simple and easy to understand.</p><img class="img" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100423102713im_/http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/z2Z9Z/hash/dc0bjlp3.png" alt="Privacy Levels"/><p>On Facebook, there are three basic levels of privacy: <strong>Friends</strong>, <strong>Friends of Friends</strong>, <strong>Everyone</strong>. You also have a set of public information, which helps your friends find and connect with you: your Name, Profile Picture, Gender, and any Connections you've made. This includes the friends, networks and Pages you've chosen to connect to. You also always have control over who can see your Connections on your profile.</p><h2>Facebook's Privacy Policy</h2><p>You can read our full Privacy Policy <a href="/web/20100423102713/http://www.facebook.com/policy.php">here</a>.</p><h2>How others see you</h2><p>If you are ever curious about how your friends see your profile, or what information Everyone can see, use this tool to see how people see you.</p><div class="mbl pvs plm viewAs clearfix"><table class="uiGrid" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="vMid prs"><div class="uiTextSubtitle"><strong>View profile as:</strong></div></td><td class="vMid phs"><a class="uiButton uiButtonDefault uiButtonMedium" href="/web/20100423102713/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?viewas=100000686899395"><span class="uiButtonText">Everyone</span></a></td><td class="vMid pls"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="padding-right: 5px;"><div class="uiTextSubtitle"><strong>or</strong></div></td><td><input value="Start typing a friend's name" class="inputtext DOMControl_placeholder" maxlength="100" size="25" autocomplete="off" type="input" onfocus="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() {var typeahead_source_instance1 = new friend_source("0-1272018248-5&");new typeaheadpro(this, typeahead_source_instance1,{onsubmit:function() {return false},onselect:function(name) {if (name) {goURI("/profile.php?viewas=" + name.i);}; return true; },max_results:5});this.onfocus();});"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><h2>Recommended settings</h2><p>We offer recommendations for your privacy settings based on the three levels of privacy: Friends, Friends of Friends, and Everyone.</p><p>We recommend <strong>Everyone</strong> be able to see information that will make it easier for friends to find, identify and learn about you. This includes basic information like your About Me description and your Website, as well as the default setting for posts that you create, like photo albums and status updates. </p><p>Remember, any information that's visible to Everyone may be seen by everyone on the internet. It will be visible to anyone viewing your profile, and Facebook Platform applications and websites that you use will be able to access it. Additionally, it may be visible in search engines or through RSS feeds.</p><p>Some information is more personal, so we recommend <strong>Friends of Friends</strong> be able to see that type of info. This includes the settings for your Birthday, Religious and Political views, and Photos and Videos of Me, which is all the photos and videos you've been tagged in.</p><p>We recommend that your contact information, like mobile phone number and email address, only be visible to <strong>Friends</strong>.</p><h2>Understanding your settings</h2><p>The Privacy Settings page is organized into the following sections:</p><p><strong>Personal Information and Posts</strong> covers personal details like your birthday and political views, along with your content and content others have posted to your Wall. You control who is able to see each type of information.</p><p><strong>Contact Information</strong> covers contact details like your mailing address and phone number. We recommend you make this visible to friends only.</p><p><strong>Friends, Tags and Connections</strong> covers information and content that's shared between you and others on Facebook. This includes relationships (shared between you and the person you're in the relationship with), interests, and photos you're tagged in. These settings let you control who sees this information on your actual profile. However, it may still be visible in other places unless you remove it from your profile itself. For example, people will be able to see that you're connected to a Page if they're on the Page itself, and your relationships to other people may appear on the profiles of those people.</p><p><strong>Application and Websites</strong> covers what information is available to the applications you and your friends use.</p><p><strong>Search</strong> lets you control whether a public search listing is created for you. You can also control who can see your information in Facebook search.</p><p><strong>Block List</strong> allows you to identify specific people who you want to prevent from interacting with you on Facebook.</p><h2>Protecting your privacy</h2><p>We are committed to protecting minors who use Facebook. Until their eighteenth birthday, minors will have their information limited to Friends of Friends and Networks.</p><div class="box grayBox"><h3>Privacy Center</h3><div class="clearfix"><div class="lfloat"><ul class="uiList mtm"><li class="uiListItem"><div class="uiTextSubtitle">Facebook Resources</div></li><li class="pts uiListItem"><strong><a href="/web/20100423102713/http://www.facebook.com/policy.php">Privacy Policy</a></strong></li><li class="pts uiListItem"><strong><a href="/web/20100423102713/http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=927">FAQs</a></strong></li><li class="pts uiListItem"><strong><a href="/web/20100423102713/http://www.facebook.com/help/?topic=privacyvideos">Videos</a></strong></li></ul><ul class="uiList mtl"><li class="uiListItem"><strong><a href="/web/20100423102713/http://www.facebook.com/safety">Safety page</a></strong></li><li class="pts uiListItem"><strong><a href="/web/20100423102713/http://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=privacy">Privacy Settings page</a></strong></li><li class="pts uiListItem"><strong><a href="/web/20100423102713/http://www.facebook.com/security">Security page</a></strong></li></ul></div><ul class="uiList mtm inet rfloat"><li class="uiListItem"><div class="uiTextSubtitle">On the Internet</div></li><li class="pts uiListItem"><div class="uiTextSubtitle"><strong><a href="/web/20100423102713/http://www.facebook.com/help/?topic=privacyresources">External Resources</a></strong></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class="UITwoColumnLayout_NarrowContent" style="width:320px"><div class="right"><h2>Control every time you share</h2><p>You can select a privacy setting for every post you make. Whether you are uploading a photo or posting a status update, you control exactly who can see it at the time you create it. Whenever you share something, look for the lock icon. Clicking on it will bring up a menu that lets you choose who will be able to see your post, from Friends, to Friends of Friends, to Everyone.</p><img class="bordered img" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100423102713im_/http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/z4J4D/hash/9zzido8t.png" alt="Privacy per post menu"/><div class="uiTextMetadata mtm mbl">Adjust privacy for anything you share.</div><h2>Editing your settings</h2><p>The Privacy page is designed to make it easy to edit your settings. Any changes you make will go into effect immediately. You can select a privacy level or choose to customize your privacy. For example, you may have some information that you only want your family to see. 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