Here are the steps to prevent Facebook from collecting your personal data on Android and iOS phones.
Facebook has 2.740 million active users around the world, who share their personal information and their activities with the company that owns the application. And although the application is growing day by day, it is not a paradise since the company that owns the app has been involved in a confrontation over its privacy and data management policies.
It doesn’t matter if you are a computer or mobile phone user, Facebook integrates a feature that raises privacy concerns and that is its’ off-Facebook activity tracking feature ‘, which tracks users’ website and app usage. on your devices.
Although it is debatable whether the responsibility lies with the user who decides to continue using the application after accepting the privacy policies, it is undeniable that the company is unfair with Internet users.
Luckily there are some settings that very few know about and that will make the social network more private, limiting the information that is given to Facebook.
Let’s take a closer look at how to prevent Facebook from tracking your online activity.
What data does Facebook collect?
First, Facebook tracks your basic usage patterns, such as when you opened one of your apps or websites, what device you used to do it, searched for an item, what item you added to a wish list or cart, made a purchase or donation, and what did you look for It also keeps track of your contacts, search history, ads or products you interact with, precise location, physical address, and more.
How to prevent Facebook from tracking your online activities on Android / iOS
Step 1: Open the Facebook app and tap on the more options menu located in the upper right corner on Android and at the bottom on iOS, respectively.
Step 2: Scroll down and tap on the ‘Settings & Privacy’ option.
How to prevent Facebook from tracking your online activities on Android / iOS
Step 1: Open the Facebook app and tap on the more options menu located in the upper right corner on Android and at the bottom on iOS, respectively.
Step 2: Scroll down and tap on the ‘Settings & Privacy’ option.
Facebook tracks your basic usage patterns, such as when you opened one of your apps or websites, what device you used to do it, searched for an item, what item you added to a wish list or cart, made a purchase or donation, and what you did browse.
How to stop tracking off Facebook activity on Android / iOS
Step 1: Open the Facebook app and tap on the hamburger icon More settings in the upper right corner on Android and at the bottom on iOS.
Step 2: Open the ‘Settings and privacy’ tab.
Step 3: Click Settings.
Step 4: Now tap on Activity outside of Facebook.
Step 5: Now tap on the ‘Clear history’ option to make sure Facebook clears all your data.
Step 6: Now disable the option.
After disabling the option, you will stop receiving personalized ads based on your daily online activity. Please note that even if you have followed all of these steps, it does not guarantee that Facebook will stop tracking you entirely. It will continue to track your basic daily usage within your apps, such as login sessions, time spent, and more.