Privacy Settings

What are Privacy Settings?

Privacy settings are settings that regulates the amount of information that can be made private or public on an account. Due to sites often asking for private information, it's best to make sure that the information you input isn't shown to the general public.

Importance

Despite the fact that many websites already have most of your personal information private on default, there will be some instances where the settings need to be set to private manually or it'll be public information. This could result in sensitive information leaking out due to lack of care from the user with their privacy settings. 

To mitigate these problems, one must pay close attention to what is private and what is public information on their profiles.