Speaker 1: Was your Facebook information shared with Cambridge Analytica? A new
Speaker 1: website tells you instantly, am Rich damiro this is Rich
Speaker 1: on Tech Daily. Okay, so by now you've heard all
Speaker 1: about Cambridge Analytica. This is the British political consulting firm
Speaker 1: that's at the center of a major Facebook controversy. Some
Speaker 1: estimates say they accessed data on more than eighty million
Speaker 1: Facebook users. So you're probably wondering is your profile data
Speaker 1: in there? Well, now there's an easy way to find out.
Speaker 1: Facebook has set up a super simple page. All you
Speaker 1: have to do is log into your Facebook account, click
Speaker 1: a link, and it brings you to a special help
Speaker 1: page titled how can I Tell if my info was
Speaker 1: shared with Cambridge Analytica. All the page does is checks
Speaker 1: to see if you or your friends access the quiz
Speaker 1: app from Cambridge Analytica, which was called this is Your
Speaker 1: Digital Life. Then you get your results right in a
Speaker 1: big box in the center of your screen, and it
Speaker 1: says was my information shared? Now? I clicked on the
Speaker 1: link and for me, my information was not shared. Now.
Speaker 1: I'm not a big fan of taking all these quizzes online,
Speaker 1: and this is why the quizzes are just upfront for
Speaker 1: capturing as much personal information as they can. But if
Speaker 1: you did take a quiz or one of your friends
Speaker 1: take this quiz, it will tell you. And the box
Speaker 1: even goes a step further. It will give you an
Speaker 1: idea of exactly what was shared with Cambridge Analytica, including
Speaker 1: your profile information, your page likes, your birthday, your current city,
Speaker 1: and more. The information that they had access to depends
Speaker 1: on whether you took the quiz or one of your
Speaker 1: friends took the quiz. One thing that's interesting about this
Speaker 1: support page, which is by the way, official from Facebook.
Speaker 1: They kind of don't use absolutes, so when they give
Speaker 1: you your information, it says based on our available records,
Speaker 1: and then finally it says as a result, it doesn't
Speaker 1: appear your Facebook information was shared, so they're not saying
Speaker 1: on either side with a firm yes or no. Now
Speaker 1: I can tell you how to get to this page.
Speaker 1: Go to Facebook dot com, slash help slash one eight
Speaker 1: seven three six six five three one two nine two
Speaker 1: three four seven six, which is the website url for
Speaker 1: the page, or you can just find a link on
Speaker 1: my website. Just go to rich on tech dot tv
Speaker 1: and again you want to log into Facebook. Then you
Speaker 1: can click the link and then it will tell you
Speaker 1: if your information was shared. So what's Facebook doing in
Speaker 1: the future. Four things. They're going to notify you if
Speaker 1: an app misuse your data. They're gonna make it easier
Speaker 1: to manage the apps that you use. They're going to
Speaker 1: turn off access for unused apps, and they're going to
Speaker 1: restrict Facebook login data basically the amount of information that
Speaker 1: they pass along to third party companies when you use
Speaker 1: Facebook to log into their websites. And a lot of
Speaker 1: this is already happening. So there's another link on this
Speaker 1: Cambridge Analytica page that actually lets you look into your
Speaker 1: apps and websites to see the information that you shared
Speaker 1: with them. So you can click that link as well.
Speaker 1: And Facebook has made that section of their settings just
Speaker 1: a little bit clearer again, you can find the link
Speaker 1: to see if your data was shared with Cambridge Analytica.
Speaker 1: Just go to my website. Richon tech dot tv and
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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening. I'm rich damiro rich on
Speaker 1: tech dot tv. I'll talk to you real soon.