DECEMBER 2016
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5 privacy settings
your executive needs to know
By Leslie Hughes
Most social media networks have, by default, set your infor-
mation to "public."
Mark Zuckerberg popularized the term "frictionless
sharing" to explain that everything you post or engage
with on social media would be shared with all your con-
nections.
For the most part, we understand and accept this about
social networking. We want our LinkedIn profile to be pub-
lic so people can find us and connect with us.
I keep all of my information on LinkedIn public because
I want to be found and I want to showcase my thought lead-
ership and expertise.
At the same time, there may be information you and your
executive want to keep private.
Let's review some of the top privacy settings and how to
change them.
#1 Activity settings
Turning off the "Notify your network" settings ensures that your connections will not see any changes made to
your profile. (Note: Your connections will still see your status updates, but won't be notified when you make
changes to your profile, such as adding skills.)
Step #1: Click on "Profile" in the navigation bar. Then mouse
down along the right-hand column and turn the "Notify your
network?" block to NO. (I keep mine off all the time.)
#2 Public profile visibility
Step #2: Beside your public profile URL,
click on the icon that will pop up when
you mouse over it.
Step #3: Down the right-
hand column, uncheck any
areas you don't want the
public to see. (Remember:
You DO want to set the
public profile visible to
everyone. You can just de-
select the areas you don't
want visible publicly.)
Step #1: Click on "Profile" in the
navigation bar.
