Recently articles have been appearing about school administrators and potential employers checking Facebook profiles. In the case of school administrators such viewing has often been followed by judicial sanction. The debate over privacy aside, here at TwoDems, we want you to protect yourself.

Is it a total shame that people are doing this? Absolutely, but you publish the material, so no one is invading your privacy really. What you can do for yourself is set your privacy settings in Facebook. When you are logged in you can click on the left-hand side a link called “My Privacy”. Once in there you can select custom, and click on “Advanced Settings.” There you can fully customize your privacy settings. I have mine set to only allow my friends to see my profile, which means even if you go to my school, you can’t see my profile unless I allow you to. Why not take an extra step to cover yourself up?