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1. Facebook’s User Terms
Reading the Terms for Facebook users will not only inform you of what you are allowed and not allowed to do on their site, but also tells you of your rights. This statement of Rights and Responsibilities is also translated in different languages, though only the English is the version is in command.

2. Privacy Policy
When using Facebook it is imperative that you read its policies. Understand the term ‘privacy’ and its boundaries as they are viewed by this or any other social networking site. You may find that your view and their view don’t necessarily correlate. Be curious about who sees your information, how and how the site will use it. Only then will you learn to figure out how to have control.
http://www.facebook.com/policy.php

3. Privacy Explanation
At the bottom of this page are some excellent tutorials explaining some of the privacy settings. Watching them will help you to understand further how you can fine-tune your account settings for maximum security. If you’re a User mainly on your cell phone, applications can be a little bit different or you may not have access to your settings the way you would on a computer. http://www.facebook.com/home.php? #!/privacy/explanation.php

4. Privacy FAQ
Questions from users are answered in a comprehensive list. Read it, because there may be things here that you wouldn’t think to ask.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php? #!/help/?topic=privacyupdate

5. What are personal details?
Keep the personal details that you post on your Facebook wall or in your profile to the bare minimum. This becomes more important the more lax your security settings are. Future employers have been known to do searches on applicants. Think about how much you want people to really know about you!

6. What is revealing media?
Any photographs or film footage that shows your street and/or house number, giving people who don’t necessarily need to know a clue as to where you live is one of the biggest “don’ts” on Facebook or other social networking sites. Also, when posting a picture of yourself, don’t use your latest passport picture.

7. What is friendship?
Please consider what friendship really means to you and apply that same emotion to your virtual network. Do you play Maffia Wars or Farmville on Facebook and consequently accept every ‘friend request’ you receive through these applications? Do you have a healthy amount of skepticism? Do you really know those people? Have you ever met them? Do you know their values? With these questions in mind, go through your friends list. Be prepared to ‘unfriend’.

8. Beware of the ‘Like’ Button!
Becoming a fan of your favorite television show or band is fun but being aware that the security setting on their page is likely to be “public” is important. That means anything you post on their walls is public. Anybody who Google’s your name can see what you said. When you ‘unlike’ the page, the comments are still out there in cyber space.

9. Keep those defenses up to date!
Beware that it is possible for links spread via Facebook to contain malware. Again the ‘Like’ button enters the picture because it’s an ideal way for scammers to get you on the internet. If you have not heard about “clickjacking”, now is the opportunity for you to learn more! Here is an article on BBC news from 6/3/2010 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10224434 and Wikipedia has this to say about it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickjacking

10. Keep your children safe online
Parents should enforce that their minor’s profiles remain private, should be their child’s friend and should have the password to their account. For UWG parents who are interested in staying informed on how to keep their kids safe, the following link offers very good information: http://onguardonline.gov/socialnetworking.html

11. Facebook Apps
Even having the strictest privacy setting doesn’t help if you are tempted by one or more of the many Facebook Apps. They explain sharing your information with 3rd party Websites/ Applications as bringing you a more ‘useful’ experience in the Privacy Policy. Agreed that some of the little quizzes are a lot of fun but know that it sends (at the very minimum) your profile information around Cyber Space.

12. Respect your Friends!
Along the same lines as explained in Facebook Apps … using these may also send your friends’ information around. In addition, before posting pictures of your friends online or tagging them, be respectful and ask them if it is okay e.g. if something is not on Facebook (or if you don’t know whether they are or not), then it would be the courteous thing to do. After all, they may not be on Facebook because they wish to remain as private as possible. It is a choice that should be respected.

13. To be Continued …
If you have a best practices tip that we should add to this list, please contact ITS via [email protected]


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