Chances are, you’ve seen at least ONE news story about people deleting their Facebook accounts after new privacy settings were unveiled at a recent Facebook conference. It’s more than likely that people are talking more about it than actually doing it. Why? There are ways you can protect your privacy that don’t involve such drastic measures as deleting your Facebook account.

A new YouTube video by Larry Magid, technology analyst for CBS news, shows an easy way to shut off Instant Personalization. You can view the Facebook Privacy video here. The newly revealed ‘Instant Personalization’ allows Yelp, Pandora, and Docs.com to mine your public Facebook information for a more “personalized experience” — a fancy word for a hidden marketing agenda. The video also shows how to customize basic privacy settings such as making certain photo albums viewable by only your friends. Hopefully by now you’ve already configured these settings, but if you haven’t I’d suggest taking action.

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