Facebook is constantly evolving, and lately it seems like a bad thing, at least for its users.
First, you had to opt out of Instant Personalization, which shared your personal information with Facebook's partner sites. Then, you had to take drastic measures to secure your home address and mobile number from third-party apps and websites. And now?—Now you need to opt out of Facebook Ads.

Actually, it's not a new thing. Facebook rolled out "Social Ads" a few years back, which allows your name and profile picture to appear in advertisements displayed to your friends. As of right now, this is only relevant to ads that have a direct social connection with you, e.g. when you like a Facebook Page, Event or App (see image at right). And guess what? It's totally legal and stated in their privacy policy:
"We occasionally pair advertisements we serve with relevant information we have about you and your friends to make advertisements more interesting and more tailored to you and your friends. For example, if you connect with your favorite band’s page, we may display your name and profile photo next to an advertisement for that page that is displayed to your friends. We only share the personally identifiable information visible in the social ad with the friend who can see the ad."

Okay, so who cares if one of your friends see your name or photo next to something you liked or discussed? It's not that big of deal, is it? For some, yes. But this isn't the worse thing—the worst thing is Facebook's forthcomingness about their future intentions.
"Facebook does not give third party applications or ad networks the right to use your name or picture in ads. If this is allowed in the future, this setting will govern the usage of your information."
Stating that means they will one day let third-party apps abuse your name and photo, which means you need to take control of your privacy rights NOW—to prevent your likeness to be posted all over Facebook, even if it is only for confirmed friends. If you don't want your name or photo promoting their services in any way, shape or form, follow these steps to opt out of Social Ads (which you probably should have done a long time ago!)

Step 1 Log In

To start changing your preferences for Facebook ads, make sure you're logged into your Facebook account.

Step 2 Account

Click on the Account tab in the top right-hand corner.

Step 3 Account Settings

From the drop-down menu, select Account Settings.

Step 4 Facebook Ads

When in My Account, click on the Facebook Ads tabs at the far right.

Step 5 Third-Party Ads

When on the Facebook Ads page, make sure you change the the default setting for allowing ads on platform pages to show your information. Switch it from "Only my friends" to "No one" and Save Changes. This will protect you from showing up in future ads for third-party apps and websites.

Step 6 Social Ads

Now, scroll down a little bit further, to the bottom of the page, and make sure you change the settings for showing your social actions in Facebook ads. Switch it from "Only my friends" to "No one" and Save Changes. This will protect you from showing up in all present ads for Pages, Events and Apps.

Notes

• Facebook will never sell your information to advertisers.
• Facebook actively enforces policies that help protect your experience with third-party apps and ad networks.

For more information on Facebook Ads, visit the Help Center on Facebook, or the Social Ads info page.
Photo by Facebook
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 by: Ed Opperman
 If you are one of the 50 million people that use the online social networking Facebook you're probably familiar with the recent flood of wall posts that claim you can see who has visited your profile. They go by many different names including ProfileSpy and Pro Check, claims it will offer insight into how many people have viewed your Facebook profile if you fill out a short survey and grant the app permission to access your information.

This sounds great and for the many people that have fallen victim to a FaceBook stalker this would be a great tool to see exactly who has become obsessed with your profile and online activities. It would be great to see if that old blind date , ex-husband or creepy guy from work is hitting up your profile every 5 minutes.

But unfortunately these apps are not real and they're simply not the solution to your problem with FaceBook stalkers. These apps just want to have access to your account and get you to fill out surveys. These apps are just spam and will repost the invitation to this app under your name on your wall and an the walls of all your FaceBook friends. you're friends thin you endorse this aapp and will sign up too only to have their Facebook account used to spam all their friends. As of the writing of this article there is no online application to see who has visited your profile or identify the read name and address behind a Facebook account.

There are however ways to identify people on Facebok and deal with unwanted attention or online stalking you may be experiencing on FaceBook.There are private investigators that specialize in cyber stalking investigations. These investigators can take an anonymous faceBook profile and locate and identify the real name and address behind that profile. Even if all the information used to create that profile is false and the only reason the account was opened was to spy on you or send you harassing FaceBook messages.

If you are dealing with unwanted attention on FaceBook you may be feeling desperate and want to try these apps. But you should not fall for this urban legend that it's possible to see who viewed your profile of Facebook using these apps. The only way to deal with a FaceBook stalker is to hire a professional investigator.

Copyright (c) 2011 Opperman Investigations Inc

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This sounds great and for the many people that have fallen victim to a FaceBook stalker this would be a great tool to see exactly who has become obsessed with your profile and online activities. It would be great to see if that old blind date , ex-husband or creepy guy from work is hitting up your profile every 5 minutes.

But unfortunately these apps are not real and they're simply not the solution to your problem with FaceBook stalkers. These apps just want to have access to your account and get you to fill out surveys. These apps are just spam and will repost the invitation to this app under your name on your wall and an the walls of all your FaceBook friends. you're friends thin you endorse this aapp and will sign up too only to have their Facebook account used to spam all their friends. As of the writing of this article there is no online application to see who has visited your profile or identify the read name and address behind a Facebook account.

There are however ways to identify people on Facebok and deal with unwanted attention or online stalking you may be experiencing on FaceBook.There are private investigators that specialize in cyber stalking investigations. These investigators can take an anonymous faceBook profile and locate and identify the real name and address behind that profile. Even if all the information used to create that profile is false and the only reason the account was opened was to spy on you or send you harassing FaceBook messages.

If you are dealing with unwanted attention on FaceBook you may be feeling desperate and want to try these apps. But you should not fall for this urban legend that it's possible to see who viewed your profile of Facebook using these apps. The only way to deal with a FaceBook stalker is to hire a professional investigator.

Copyright (c) 2011 Opperman Investigations Inc

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