Facebook ups its privacy game (a bit) with new tool for users to control data shared by websites

Facebook has launched a new privacy tool, giving users the chance to see and control the data the social network collects about them from other websites. Called Off-Facebook Activity, the new tool lets users restrict what is shared to Facebook by apps and websites. More than this, it enables Facebook users to sever ties between websites and the social network, with a view to limiting the personalization of ads on Facebook. See also: Facebook has been paying people to listen to your Messenger conversations Facebook is renaming WhatsApp and Instagram EU says that websites with Facebook Like buttons are liable… [Continue Reading]