Facebook - 35% of users checked privacy settings
Posted
Sunday, January 31, 2010 11:48 AM
by
hwaldron
Recently, Facebook launched a special security initiative encouraging all users to check and improve their PRIVACY settings. While a 35% compliancy is still low, the industry average is usually 5-10%. All Facebook users should periodically check their security settings to ensure personal information is well protected.
Facebook - Only 35% of users have checked privacy settings
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/facebook-privacy-settings-35-percent.html
http://www.mediabistro.com/baynewser/privacy/a_third_of_facebook_users_customized_their_privacy_settings_after_the_policy_changes_and_why_facebook_thinks_thats_a_good_thing_150409.asp
QUOTE: At a privacy roundtable sponsored by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in San Francisco, Facebook Director of Public Policy Tim Sparapani said that 35 percent of the 350 million Facebook users (that's 122 million!) actually checked their privacy settings when Facebook suggested it in December. The BayNewser, a San Francisco media news site, said Sparapani told their reporter that “the industry average for users' actively engaging with their settings is actually between 5-10 percent.”
DECEMBER 2009 - FACEBOOK PRIVACY INITIATIVE
http://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.php
Sophos's - Best Practices for Facebook security
http://www.sophos.com/security/best-practice/facebook/