A Facebook tool will allow you to control personal information generated outside the social network.

The goal is for users to have more transparency and control over what the company is calling "Activity outside of Facebook": the dpersonal atos derived from external online activity that are used in the social network to direct advertising.

When visiting "Activity outside Facebook", users will see the websites and apps they use regularly. they could also see others that they do not recognize, this could appear for different reasons.

"Companies often share data about user interactions on their websites with advertising platforms and other services", said Facebook.

It is this information that can be removed once the service is active in a process that will start in Ireland, South Korea and Spain and gradually reach all countries.

"If you delete your activity outside of Facebook, We will delete your data identification information that the applications and websites have chosen to send us."We will not know what websites you have visited or what you have done and we will not use any of the data you have dissociated to show you ads on Facebook, Instagram or Messenger," says the text bearing the signed by Erin Egan, Privacy and Policy Officer, and David Baser, Director of Product Management.

"We hope this will have an impact on our business, but we believe it's important to let users control their data," he said.