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How to see all the companies tracking you on Facebook - and block them

Aug 18, 2017, 23:59 IST

1. We'll deal with ad-tracking first. Click on the down arrow at the far right of your Facebook page.

2. Go to the settings.

3. Click on the Ads button.

4. In each section of Ads, click on the "edit" buttons.

5. Inside the edit menu, it will show you how your Facebook ID is used in ads that other people see. In this hypothetical example, my friends are apparently seeing an ad for Jasper's Market that it appears I have endorsed (the ad is triggered by the fact that I liked the company in the past).

6. This is easily fixed by changing the option to "no one."

7. Now for the apps. That requires a bit more digging. Go to the "lock" symbol on the far right of your Facebook page.

8. Facebook offers this walk-through via the little blue dinosaur.

9. But we recommend taking a deep dive into the settings.

10. Once you're in the settings, go to Apps.

11. This is the shocking bit — the list of company apps that are tracking you on Facebook. Apparently I have allowed 54 apps access to my Facebook account. Be sure to click on the "show all" button to get the full list.

12. Voila! The list of apps tracking me is so long I have to make this zoomed-out view to see them all.

13. Hover your mouse over one of the apps. You have options. You can edit the app's permissions or delete it completely so it can no longer access your Facebook account.

14. TripAdvisor knows my email, my age and — oddly — my work history! I love TripAdvisor. But this feels like a reach.

15. Now scroll down a bit further in the settings > apps section. You have more options — we've highlighted the two most important. You can use Facebook to log in and play games anonymously. But we suggest you also click on the "Apps Others Use" section ...

16. Inside "Apps Others Use" you can see all the data you're letting your friends see, and that data is being seen by the apps your friends use!

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