As I reported back in September when the Washington Post Social Reader debuted, the sharing settings are anything but clear.
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Facebook takes pains to mention the importance of privacy, mentioning the word 35 times in the filing, and even listing its "privacy and sharing settings" as one of the ways the company creates value.
According to Leshner, these mistakes are over-sharing information, not changing privacy settings, uploading inappropriate pictures, not understanding the places information can be distributed on the Web and not taking the time to search their own names.
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If you recall, Facebook introduced new in-depth privacy controls in 2010, and the study found that the release of these new settings corresponded to users sharing more personal data, both within their network of friends and with strangers and third-party applications.
The settlement requires Facebook to take several steps to make sure it lives up to its promises in the future, including by giving consumers clear and prominent notice and obtaining their express consent before sharing their information beyond their privacy settings, by maintaining a comprehensive privacy program to protect consumers' information, and by obtaining biennial privacy audits from an independent third party.
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That will let users link their Facebook account to their Netflix account and automatically share what they watch with others, although sharing will be limited to Netflix by default -- Facebook sharing needs to be enabled in the "Social Settings" on the Netflix website.
Finally, the new settings will make it easier to turn off sharing of your information to applications, like games and quizzes, and to opt-out of instant personalization, a feature where partner websites like Windows Docs and Pandora automatically have access to your public profile information.
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We disabled sharing a tuner for live TV via the Premiere's settings and found that we could start a recording from the guide on the Mini, then watch it live by selecting it from My Shows on the Mini.
Humane strategies need to be developed and adopted across social care and health settings with a much greater degree of co-operation, information sharing and family involvement.
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