How to use Facebook's 'Off Facebook Activity' option
Using the Off Facebook Activity option
Several days ago, Facebook opened the 'Off Facebook Activity' option for their users. You can find this option at Settings & Privacy->Settings->Your Facebook Information->Off-Facebook Activity.
Here you will find the list of
websites or mobile apps of several business organizations. These are the list
of business services that you use through a web browser or mobile apps. This
could be shopping websites or mobile apps, communication websites or mobile
apps, such as Skype, or any other websites or mobile apps that you use in your
daily life, such as Uber. Even all the games you play with Facebook ID on
mobile will be in this list.
By now, you may be wondering,
what is actually happening in this new feature? Facebook lets you know which
businesses are sharing your information with Facebook with this new feature.
This feature will show you the data collected from your last 180 days of web
and mobile activity.
By sharing this information,
businesses decide what kind of offer they will give you when you use their
website or mobile app later, what kind of offer you will be happy to receive
from them.
And Facebook decides, from
this information, what kind of ads you would like to see on your timeline.
For example, if you clicked on
an ad, which was a jewelry ad, from now on, Facebook will show you the jewelry
ads it has. By sharing this type of information, businesses help each other
find customers online.
The information you can see in
'Off Facebook Activity' will not be seen by anyone else. If you want to see
this list, Facebook will ask you for a password, so no one can see your list
except you.
This 'Off Facebook Activity'
option doesn't just show you a list of businesses. This option allows you to
control the sharing of this information. If you want, you can select Facebook
will know your information from some business organizations. You can likewise
clear this rundown, assuming that you need.
Facebook also gives you the
option to stop sharing this information about this option. If you disconnect
your account from this feature, all information you've shared will not be
deleted, but no one will know that it's gone from you.
This does not mean that you
will not see any ads from Facebook. Facebook will stop showing only
personalized ads for you, you will only see normal ads on Facebook.
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