Have you ever think about your online privacy?

In the recent news, we heard that Facebook crossed the heart-breaking record of more than 500 million active members worldwide. Based on research and online collected data, Facebook earns more than 4 billion by targeting the advertising with the help of online active users. With that kind of profit, the world’s largest social-networking site becomes the target of law where the demand arises to make a law on electronic privacy.

Now, let’s discuss something about the electronic privacy. When we sign up in our Facebook account, we automatically supply our information to other and with two or three mouse clicks, you can share your information with other, find new friends, and access the contact details of another peoples also. However, do you know that before creating your profile, you have provided a great deal of information to the Facebook, and that particular information is uses to target you with the help of customized advertisements? Every time when you update your status or like any web page, the website learns to create advertisement. No matter how tight your profile, Facebook still displays your name, address and other details to everyone. If your privacy settings are not up to the mark, then you need to think about it.

Facebook application Development Company allows the third party to access your profile information, and their applications are another threat. Very rare people know that Facebook recently decided to allow the third party application developer to access the personal data which include phone number and address also. Now, after considering this fact you need to ensure about the privacy level:

• Take precautions when using third party applications.
• Before liking and page or sharing everything checks that you are not supplying the personal information.
• Think before clicking on any advertisement