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This week, Facebook rolled out its “Instant Personalization” privacy settings which default to shared information on third party websites. Users can, however, arm themselves with the ability to opt out of the plugin features- the trick is understanding these new settings and electing your privacy choices.

Facebook’s very existence rests on information sharing, with a public mission that gives people “the power to share in order to make the world more open,” (according to founder and CEO Mark Zuckerburg at F8 2008). The company blog touted the addition of plugins on third party sites as a further means of ensuring a personalized experience on Facebook and the web: 

Using social plugins, websites everywhere can give you more ways to experience the web with your friends… Rather than seeing popular stories, products or reviews from people you don’t know, you’ll now see content that matters to you the most—from your friends—prominently displayed.

Most of the time this information is harmless and you shouldn’t worry too much about it being used for nefarious purposes, but if you want to err on the side of caution, you can actually opt out of the program for privacy reasons — the option is called “Instant Personalization” and it’s sitting deep inside of Facebook’s privacy settings pages.

To control this privacy setting follow the steps below or to see a great article with images about  these settings you can visit Mashable website.

Under your Account tab (top right), go to Privacy Settings.

-Choose Applications and Websites (this is the spot to manage all third-party  access  to information).

-Choose to edit the Instant Personalization Pilot Program 

-Unselect the box allowing for select partners to instantly personalize their features. This solicits a  prompt box, telling you that this setting allows for a richer experience).

-Go back to the Applications and Websites tab from Privacy Settings

-Choose What Your Friends Can Share About You.

-Manage what friends can share to third party sites by checking (allowing) or unchecking (not  allowing) what is disclosed..