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More than 20 million Spanish people use social networks. How can they manage
their privacy on Tuenti, Facebook and G+?
Sign
up - Registered Database under
Spanish Government
(Agencia Española de T ue
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birth and gender password (2 times), birth date, reg and i ught b h Soc
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-Almost anyone with an e- gender, cell phone number, suc ati o vitatio y Tele ial
- Need invitation, without it, c n n f
mail account can register alternative mail, captcha, 25 ess a mod only onica
you must give your real phone in m e
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number (an Spanish one!). al o in, you
ni a but
Need your real name and last . n o t th u n d
in er
name, school, date of birth,
state and e-mail. - The 3 social networks requires acceptance of privacy policy and terms of use
- No anonymous profiles, ID
verification.
Privacy
matters
Check for changes! Read the privacy settings regularly.
-Blocking does block you
-Can choose who can see - On Tuenti you can search profiles and see their name,
- You can prevent users from - In-Circle sharing
a post or picture picture and sites they like of every Tuenti profile. Same info
adding you - Blocking doesn’t block
- Can create lists but not is shared on events you attend or may attend.
- Can prevent users from you
share within it
tagging you on pictures -You can not prevent
- Use info (Like, friends
- Can prevent users from inviting someone adding you to -G+ and Facebook let you share contents within a
and profile information) to
you to events, pages and games a circle, and your limited group of people (Facebook through contact list
- Can choose who can read or
write on your wall
taylor the ads.
-Facial recognition
activity will show up on
their page
Share and G+ through circles)
software on pictures, your
- Can prevent users from - No use of pseudonym -Limit your contacts and make use of privacy settings.
friends can tag you
accessing to your phone number
without limits.
or downloading your photos
-Leak info to third parties
- No contact organization
- Can prevent to retrieve your
profile on search engines
-Can write an e-mail to
soporte@tuenti.com
-Facial recognition software
recognizes people on pictures,
Log off? Tuenti: Store data on deactivated account.
and tell them not to use
and let friends tag you, working on Delete data on cancelled accounts. Allow
your data to taylor ads.
it! companion sites to share info. Stop tracking
- Block users
- Making up relationships is no after logout.
- Block pages and
longer possible, needs acceptance
pictures
- Block users and games G+ and all Google products. During all this
- Block all future events
-Uncheck instant personalization time you used Google’s producted is
invitations
in privacy preference archived for the company.
- Block games
In case of death?
- Uncheck profile discovery so On Facebook your family must answer some
search engines won’t be able to questions before they can delete the account
find you or make a mausuleum
- Be careful when you share On Tuenti your family must write an e-mail to
info, can not prevent to be on soporte@tuenti.com
others circles
Any tips?
“The best way to protect your online privacy is to assume you have none, and modify your online behavior accordingly ”.
Conclusions:
Dennis O’Reilly (CNET Blog Network author)
You decide what personal data you want to share.
Only you can protect your personal data.
Be careful when giving your personal data, share it only to trusted people or sites.