If you are not willing to share your private details with social media giant, then there are a few Facebook settings that can help you to stop it.
Facebook is popular when it comes to tracking your activity. The company is also facing wrath since it introduced WhatsApp's privacy policy. Another Facebook feature that concerns the users is its 'off-Facebook activity-tracking feature', which tracks user's app and website usage on their devices. If you are not willing to share your private details with this social media giant, then there are a few Facebook settings that can help you to stop it from tracking your activity.
1. What are the data that Facebook tracks?
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Facebook collects data of basic usage patterns like time of login, the device used to log in, apps or websites visited after using Facebook, searched cookies, items added to a wishlist or cart, items purchased or donation made, and search results. Moreover, it also keeps an eye on your contacts, ads or products you interact with, current location, address, and more.
2. How can you stop Facebook from tracking your activities?
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The user needs to visit Facebook and click the more options menu located on the top right corner on Android and the bottom in iOS. After tapping on the 'Settings and Privacy' option, open the Setting panel and head over into the 'Apps and notifications' option. Tap on Facebook and then open the Permission tab and select refuse permission for all settings.
3. How to stop off-facebook activity data tracking
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Open the Facebook app and tap on the 'More Settings' hamburger icon on the top right corner on Android and the bottom on iOS. Users need to tap on Settings and then tap on off-Facebook Activity. Lastly, click on 'Clear History' to clean all your data and disable the option.
4. What happens when you disable the tracking option
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Once you disable the option, all the activity which was earlier being tracked will stop immediately, you will stop receiving personalised advertisements and junk notifications.
5. Facebook may never stop tracking your activity
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Facebook will never stop tracking you completely, it will keep on tracking your routine usage inside of its applications like time spent, login sessions, and so on.
