Can Facebook track off Facebook activity? How to turn off offline activity tracking?

Facebook has been at centre of a privacy controversy for a very long time. social media giant is considered home to a world of data as it has a massive database of billions of people from around globe. This has raised many privacy concerns around platform. And while you can always choose to stay away from platform, you may t be aware of its depth of tracking across web.

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Can Facebook track off Facebook activity?

Facebook gets tified of various activities that you carry out on your device. From reing articles and accessing a mobile app to visiting your favourite restaurants, Facebook kws it all. While this may sound concerning, company introduced Off-Facebook Activity feature last year allowing users more privacy control. With help of this tool, users can t only access but also control all data that apps and various websites share with social media platform. It also helps you keep an eye on kind of details that are accessible to third-party services. 

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You can access Off-Facebook Activity tool by going through Facebook settings; however, it can be accessed directly by ing on this link. tracker gives users all information that has been collected in past 180 days. data are collected from various vertisers and companies that Facebook works with. data are in  form of all interactions that a user has h with se businesses and vertisers. It also includes information related to visiting ir platform or logging in.

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How to turn off Facebook offline activity tracking?

Here are steps to turn off future off-Facebook activity for all websites and apps:

Step 1: Go to Facebook Settings and on  Facebook Information which is in left column.

Step 2: on 'Off-Facebook Activity'.

Step 3: on 'More Options' and select 'Man Future Activity'.

Step 4: Select  'Man Future Activity' option.

Step 5:  on 'Turn off future activity'. You can also clear Facebook activity log with privacy feature.

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