For those of you out there that don’t read the emails that come from Facebook, here’s the quick and dirty summary of the new options:

1) You don’t have to show who your friends with everyone.
2) You can control all of your privacy options with one overall action!

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And in case the new options aren’t showing up in your facebook account yet, no fear – looks like they might be rolling them out in the near future.

Keep an eye out! For those of us who still like having a private profile AND a public profile it’s an interesting new development to help make keeping your private stuff, well, private.

UPDATE: the bulk of the email (to advertising partners) below:

Starting today, Facebook will: 

* Provide an easy-to-use “master” control that enables users to set who can see the content they share through Facebook. This enables users to choose, with just one click, the overall privacy level they’re comfortable with for the content they share on Facebook. Of course, users can still use all of the granular controls we’ve always offered, if they wish.

* Significantly reduce the amount of information that must be visible to everyone on Facebook. Facebook will no longer require that users’ friends and connections are visible to everyone. Only Name, Profile Picture, Networks and Gender must be publicly available. Users can opt to make all other connections private.


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Make it simple to control whether other applications and websites access any user information. While a majority of our users love Facebook apps and Facebook-enhanced websites, some may prefer not to share their information outside of Facebook. Users can now opt out with just one click.

I encourage you to take a moment to read our CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s blog post and check out the new Facebook Privacy Page.