{"id":1932,"date":"2018-06-12T16:56:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T16:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/12\/5-smart-ways-to-protect-your-data-on-social-media\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:34:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:34:22","slug":"5-smart-ways-to-protect-your-data-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/12\/5-smart-ways-to-protect-your-data-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Smart Ways To Protect Your Data On Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Facebook data breach opened a Pandora\u2019s box of concerns for social media consumers. The company estimated that data firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/03\/19\/technology\/facebook-cambridge-analytica-explained.html\">Cambridge Analytica<\/a> may have had information on about 87 million Facebook users without their knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2018\/04\/10\/zzzuckerberg\/\">testimony<\/a> before the U.S. Senate, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised to do more to protect the privacy of users\u2019 data. But according to studies by the Pew Research Center, people haven\u2019t had much faith in social media firms\u2019 capacity to do just that. A Pew survey last year found that only 9 percent of social media users were \u201cvery confident\u201d that companies would protect their data. About half were \u201cnot at all\u201d or \u201cnot too confident\u201d their data were in safe hands.<\/p>\n<p>With so many people concerned about what private data is shared by social media sites and with whom, the CEO of a social media app says users need to do more to protect their information and be aware of how their data can be used.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-47182 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/AdobeStock_133481734-1.jpeg\" alt=\"protect your data\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past 60 days there has been a profound awakening by the average social media user about data privacy and trust regarding social media companies,\u201d says Scott Relf, CEO, and co-founder of&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/email.prnewswire.com\/wf\/click?upn=T6tGyD4qe2rpvxO47o0uy4OwAfKgiSp5WSvGCVupOKdtNf5fcIDwW6aXE0tBzamub6oighTlHdoF-2FvUkNYihaPHIRg3Mg-2FBiT3UIsYWZlm-2BirIjoB-2B-2BHaopXcuo-2BzNo5GIdNMhVsURfOj7O17SW6Xpor0MYG5wqvyZfjhNYoy8wO-2BPKfubE5ikqOARBCPSVMD-2Bl8lhWyMy3ea38hBf-2Bvb8w1DlpXj4CNEn7WjBfv1pHHTqMNlB2HbEPaZ3aMy4R3_DvBNzs8htBGarLZvGxwYX-2BUr0bpstldfHNp-2By3ulqEIcxcaiDAVzssi6BkeNhAzUUXZz-2FuEGxyxIP5WmK32btixHULbnlgJV-2BnHDVwHUj4c-2B5NWujrXLi-2B3GPwcBbn5PWTwCiIp4zXkIyjAMa0CyKrP0BmIrvtDTrr1eRsVCP-2FWsbVYMDAcWP21j5-2FbYucNMhoRJ4JGLtOKni1-2B1katxxoMgTD-2F9y-2FzL1mIqkoVVw80Jq8HHEoK2JgLyCLdl0VJ2anzKPSkxH0-2Fu8-2BHXDaQNZDqgnjyLrvfxVB7spIpUltPhIVbQy56v4p-2Fy-2B-2FtFiSr0\">PikMobile Inc.,<\/a>&nbsp;an ad-free social media app that allows users to share content through a unique viewing platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of the other social media companies are equally as guilty as Facebook \u2013 Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, Google. These companies are betraying their users\u2019 trust by selling them out, and all of this with virtually no regulations or accountability to anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Relf lists five ways social media users can better protect their data:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Know the people you friend.&nbsp;Don&#8217;t accept friend or follow requests from people you don&#8217;t know, even if it appears you have friends in common. \u201cThey could be fake accounts from cybercriminals, bots or just bad people,\u201d Relf says. \u201cAnd the more people you\u2019re connected to, the harder it is to control what happens to the information you post.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Skip the quizzes.&nbsp;Those IQ or personality tests you find on social media may take you to unsecure sites, Relf says, making you vulnerable to identity theft by using information found on your account as well as the answers you provide to the quiz.<\/li>\n<li>Select a private profile for maximum control.&nbsp;\u201cConsider your needs,\u201d Relf says. \u201cIf you use social media mainly to keep in touch with friends, you may not need a widely open setting. If you use social media for work purposes, consider two accounts: a private personal account as well as a more public business one.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Use strong passwords and don\u2019t share them.&nbsp;&nbsp;Passwords should be memorable only to the user and kept to themselves. \u201cLikewise, lock your phone with a pin or pattern, so that if you do lose it, whoever finds it doesn&#8217;t have easy access to your entire online life,\u201d Relf says.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t opt-in to social media facial recognition.&nbsp;\u201cThe only logical reason for your social media service to ask for your facial recognition is so that they can do an even better job of harvesting your data and targeting you with ads,\u201d Relf says.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIdeally, social media users should choose what they feed into their mind all day long,\u201d Relf says. \u201cDon\u2019t give up control of your news feed to companies and advertisers that harvest your data for their benefit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-47180 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/scott-relf.jpg\" alt=\"scott reif\" width=\"185\" height=\"185\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Author Bio: Scott Relf<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scott Relf and his wife Renee are the co-founders of <a href=\"http:\/\/email.prnewswire.com\/wf\/click?upn=T6tGyD4qe2rpvxO47o0uy4OwAfKgiSp5WSvGCVupOKdtNf5fcIDwW6aXE0tBzamub6oighTlHdoF-2FvUkNYihaPHIRg3Mg-2FBiT3UIsYWZlm-2BirIjoB-2B-2BHaopXcuo-2BzNo5GIdNMhVsURfOj7O17SW6Xpor0MYG5wqvyZfjhNYoy8wO-2BPKfubE5ikqOARBCPSVMD-2Bl8lhWyMy3ea38hBf-2Bvb8w1DlpXj4CNEn7WjBfv1pHHTqMNlB2HbEPaZ3aMy4R3_DvBNzs8htBGarLZvGxwYX-2BUr0bpstldfHNp-2By3ulqEIcxcaiDAVzssi6BkeNhAzUUXZz-2FuEGxyxIP5WmK32btixHULbnlgJV-2BnHDVwHUj4c-2B5NWujrXLi-2B3GPwcBbn5PWTwCiIp4zXkIyjAMa0CyKrP0BmIrvtDTrr1eRsVCP-2FWsbVYMDAcWP21j5-2FbYucNMhoRJ4JGLtOKni1-2B1katxxoMgTD-2F9y-2FzL1mIqkoVVw80Jq8HHEoK2JgLyCLdl0VJ2anzKPSkxH0-2Fu8-2BHXDaQNZDqgnjyLrvfxVB7spIpUltPhIVbQy56v4p-2Fy-2B-2FtFiSr0\">PikMobile<\/a>, a dual-function mobile app that combines a unique viewing platform and a digital content publishing system. kA former senior executive for several large corporations, Relf has expertise in bringing breakthrough products and services into the consumer mass market. 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