12 tips for safe social networking

Social networking is the killer Internet app, but it can also lead directly to identity theft.

TIP 9 – Learn how sites can use your information:

The growth in social network sites means sites want to use your information to market and sell goods to you. Is your information shared with outside companies and partners? What information from your profile or page content can plug-ins such as Facebook Applications use? Review the site's privacy policy, reveal details about yourself appropriately and activate every privacy setting you can control.

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