3 Social Media Settings You Should Turn Off Right Now To Protect Your Personal Data

When you think about how much information you provide social media apps — all of your photos, locations, contacts that you tag, information about purchases you’ve made — it’s surprising that privacy breaches don’t happen to more of us more often. Social media is one place where it pays to firm up your settings as best as possible to keep your data and privacy protected. 

There are several ways you can better protect yourself on social media. Start by changing these three settings to protect your personal data. 

When possible, don’t give social media apps every single detail about your personal life unless they require that information to set up your account. You’ll probably need to put in your birthdate and a few other details, but not everything is always required. The less data you give a site to begin with, the less data it has to potentially abuse.