I was just looking at Amazon.co.uk for ideas for presents for my sons, so clicked on Bestsellers In Toy & Games section and at No.30 I find “Official Borat Mankini Thong” LOL

A little more checking and not only has it been listed in the Toys and Games section since at least November 2008 but it also has the following helpful information ” Toy Safety – Manufacturer’s minimum age: 18 years”. Way to go Amazon

This is 2nd in my basic guides to privacy settings on social media sites, the last one covered Bebo Privacy Settings and this one covers Facebook Privacy Settings, it’s aimed as a basic guide to parents that want to know what options they should tick to make the Facebook experience a little more private.

Facebook Privacy Page Location

After you log on to Facebook (1) click the link at the top right hand side called “settings” and then (2) click the link “Privacy Settings”. See Image Below.

Facebook has 2 main privacy pages that you want to select option on (3) is the Profile privacy settings and (4) is the search privacy settings.

Facebook Profile Privacy Page Options

Here is a screen shot of my recommended privacy settings, below. I recommend that you switch every setting on this page to “Only Friends”. You have the option to either allow friends to post on your wall or not, I allow it however it’s up to you if you’re going to allow it or not.

Facebook Search Privacy Page Options

This screen shot is about what people will find via search engines etc and how people discover you on Facebook. To block out all search would make it very hard for you to be found by your real friends, equally you want to control how you’re found and what people see.

Search Discovery: Set search visibility to Only Friends.

Search Results: You can tick all boxes in this section, I personally don’t tick the box what pages I am a fan of, as my friends can see this and reduces the information about you for people who are not your friends.

In addition: Don’t tick any of these boxes unless you really want to be found this way. The options above already ticked will allow your real friends to find you, so no real point to these, adult members might want to be found by people they went to university with or a company they worked but can’t remember their full name etc.

You should read the additional tips on the Bebo Privacy Setting Guide as they are valid on Facebook and other online sites for that matter.