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HOW TO: Find out right now if your data was shared with Cambridge Analytica

  Jennifer Jolly · April 10, 2018

Want to see if your Facebook data was shared with Cambridge Analytica? Find out via a dedicated link. Facebook posted a new link to its Help Center today to let all 2.2 million people who use the social site know whether they’ve been breached.

Here’s what it says when I open the page:

You might also get a notification that looks like the image on the left or right below:

NOW WHAT?

No matter what — be sure to go through all the 3rd party apps you’ve signed into using Facebook.

On a desktop:

  • Click the question mark in the upper right corner and go down to Privacy Checkup
  • From there, scroll down to Apps to review everything connected to your account.
  • Edit who sees each one, and delete any you don’t want anymore.

On a mobile device:

  • Click the three lines on the bottom right of your page
  • Scroll down to Privacy Shortcuts
  • Click More Settings
  • Scroll down to Apps
  • Go to Logged in with Facebook and click Edit
  • Go through each app and either delete, edit, or view the information you share with it.

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