#off-facebook activity

Lately, I've been seeing posts on Facebook about the 'Off-Facebook activity' feature with captions saying that the social media giant can track what you're doing outside Facebook, including bank apps, email, and Google searches. But what is the 'Off-Facebook Activity' feature, and should you be worried about your data? These are the Alerts for Third-Party Logins and Off-Facebook Activity. Mark Zuckerberg explained in an article that other businesses send Facebook information about user activity on their sites. The Off-Facebook Activity tool shows you a summary of that information and allows you to clear it from your account if you want to. If you're using Facebook, the company already has information about your activity on the platform. You know what they say, "if you're not paying for the product, you are the product." The purpose of the Off-Facebook tool Before Facebook introduced this feature, users have no way of seeing what information was being sent to Facebook from other apps and websites. The Off-Facebook Activity tool gives you a window to that activity and some degree of control by letting you clear your off-Facebook activity from your account. Read more in our articles including "Off-Facebook Activity: What is it and should you be worried?" and "Facebook rolls out "Off-Facebook Activity" tool".