It has been said of app that is been able to access Peoples profile/data on Facebook. It has caused a lot of problem & uproar to the extent that people have decided to either wipe there Facebook profile, deactivate or delete their Facebook account in order to protect their personal information/data

Though we can’t deny the fact that, Facebook has actually helped a lot of people in terms of communicating with their friends, advertising their businesses and other important function. That is the main reason why some or most people would want to continue with their Facebook account. But what can they do to protect their personal date while they continue to use Facebook.

You can restrict your personal data from been shared or limit the way it can be accessed. Let’s us go to some settings below, to see how we can achieve that

First of all

Go to the Facebook settings screen on your personal account
Click on APPS to access the APP settings screen
You can even click this link App Settings link to open the APP settings screen
At the APP screen, you are given two choices to restrict your data through the Facebook API platform.
To completely prevent your data from being used by 3rd parties such as apps, plugins, games, and websites and
To only restrict certain data
But to completely disable your data from being shared on the Facebook platform,

Click edit under the Apps, websites, and plugins section
A dialog box appears that explains the ramifications of disabling the Facebook API platform. And it includes not been able to login to other websites using your Facebook account or to use Facebook data with installed apps.
If ok with this restrictions, you can click “disable platform”. It may take some time to disable, so don’t click multiple times. Just wait.
But if you want to continue to use Facebook platform enabled, but restrict the types of content that can be shared with 3rd party apps, plugins, and websites. To do this,
Click on “Edit” button in the “Apps others use” section instead.
This will bring up a screen that lists various types of information that you can disable from being shared.

THE APPS OTHERS USE

On this section, it is advisable to disable all available options. Even though all option is disabled here, your friendslist, gender, and any public information can still be seen by 3rd party, program, apps, and websites.

With big companies like Facebook, Google that generate high incomes from people’s personal data, it is better you keep monitoring how your data is been shared. Unfortunately, in some cases this could remove some of the features of a particular site that you enjoy using.

It is very important to know the risk involved in 3rd party accessing your personal data and also to know how to restrict them from having full or partial control. Please share widely so that people will be informed.

source: http://www.informationsecret.com/how-to-restrict-…ook-api-platform/