{"id":234703,"date":"2018-03-30T09:48:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T07:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=234703"},"modified":"2018-03-30T09:47:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T07:47:55","slug":"its-time-to-make-our-privacy-tools-easier-to-find-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/234703\/its-time-to-make-our-privacy-tools-easier-to-find-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time to make our privacy tools easier to find: Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook has much work ahead to enforce its policies and help people understand how the social network operates and the choices they have over their data, says Erin Egan, VP and chief privacy officer, policy.<\/p>\n

The company has come under a huge amount of criticism following a data-harvesting scandal, which has led to the company helping users delete their information as part of an overhaul of its privacy settings.<\/p>\n

The scandal forced an apology from CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. “I’m really sorry that this happened,” he said. “We have a basic responsibility to protect people’s data. And if we can’t do that, we don’t deserve to have the opportunity to serve people.”<\/p>\n

“We\u2019ve heard loud and clear that privacy settings and other important tools are too hard to find and that we must do more to keep people informed,” said\u00a0Egan<\/a> in a post on the company’s site.<\/p>\n

“So in addition to Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s announcements last week \u2013 cracking down on abuse of the Facebook platform, strengthening our policies, and making it easier for people to revoke apps\u2019 ability to use your data \u2013 we\u2019re taking additional steps in the coming weeks to put people more in control of their privacy. Most of these updates have been in the works for some time, but the events of the past several days underscore their importance.<\/p>\n

Making Data Settings and Tools Easier to Find<\/strong><\/p>\n

Controls that are easier to find and use.<\/strong> “We\u2019ve redesigned our entire settings menu on mobile devices from top to bottom to make things easier to find. Instead of having settings spread across nearly 20 different screens, they\u2019re now accessible from a single place. We\u2019ve also cleaned up outdated settings so it\u2019s clear what information can and can\u2019t be shared with apps,” Egan said.<\/p>\n

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New Privacy Shortcuts menu.<\/strong> “People have also told us that information about privacy, security, and ads should be much easier to find. The new Privacy Shortcuts is a menu where you can control your data in just a few taps, with clearer explanations of how our controls work. The experience is now clearer, more visual, and easy-to-find,” said\u00a0Egan.<\/p>\n

From here you can:<\/p>\n