How to find out exactly what personal details Facebook has about you – and how you can stop it

FACEBOOK reckons it knows you better than you do — and this is how you find out what it thinks of you.

Targeted ads are big business for the social media giant.

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They rely on users like you to dish out your most private details, which are then used to find out what you might like to buy.

Marketers then pay for ads showing precisely tailored products that flash up on your feed as if by magic, fulfilling desires you didn't even realise you had.

But there's a simple way to disrupt this slightly creepy process — by following these simple steps.

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1. On your smartphone, tap the three-lined settings logo on the bottom right of your screen.
2. Scroll to the bottom and tap Privacy Shortcuts.
3. Tap More Settings.
4. Scroll to the bottom and hit Adverts.
5. You'll see a page showing what Facebook thinks are your interests. Delete these and add more as you wish.
6. Tap Your Information.
7. You'll see a page showing what info Facebook knows about you, and how that info is used to find ads to target you.

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Facebook invites you to "learn what influences the adverts you see and take control over your experience."

So if you feel like taking full control and messing with Facebook's targeted ad technique, feel free to delete your info and leave it up to fate.

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