A recent study of Brazialian social network users inquired about security and privacy reaching the following results:

• 45% of users have their Facebook profile set as private (only seen by friends), a lower figure comparing to that of USA (59%)
• 63% of them share photos on social networks
• 29% share videos
• 35%, personal data
• 14%, their geolocalization
• 21% of users deleted some tag from a photo (37% in the USA)
• 38% removed a friend or more from their friends’ list
• 45% deleted a comment from their wall
• 73% do not accept friend requests coming from unknown users
• 41% do not trust Facebook regarding their personal data’s privacy

Source: IDGnow via TelasAmigas

Something you might be interested in:

• Video: Do you really have a private life online?

• A campaign to avoid being tagged without permission on social networks: #NOTAGSwithoutpermission
• Video that shows how tags can be used to cyberbully: