The only people that can see the story about your comment are those who can see the content you commented on. For example, if you commented on a photo that only you and your friend can see, only you and your friend would be able to see the story on your Wall (timeline).

Your friends will be unable to post on your Wall (timeline) if you restricted them from seeing posts by others. You can adjust this setting from the How You Connect portion of your Privacy Settings page.

Stories only appear to people who are able to view that specific content, based on privacy setting chosen by the person who posted it. For example, if you comment on a friend's status, then only people who are permitted to see your friend's status will see a story about it when they view your Wall.

You cannot prevent all stories from being published on your Wall; however, you can:

Prevent people from seeing certain stories by editing individual privacy settings for content you post. For instance, you can prevent a friend from seeing a story about a photo album you publish by preventing them from being able to see your photos.

Remove individual stories by clicking the "X" that appears to the right of the story after you move your mouse over it.

Friends and people who can find you in search can see your profile picture. Learn about search privacy.

You can control who can see your contact information right from your profile (timeline).

1. Go to your profile (timeline) and click the Edit (Update Info) button
2. Find the Contact Info section
3. Use the audience selector to the right of each piece of contact information to control who can see it.

This is because you have turned off "Public search." You can enable "Public search" from the "Apps and Websites" section of your privacy settings page.

Once you have changed your public search setting, Facebook will stop publishing your information to search engines. However, this information may still be saved in a search engine’s cache or search memory. Until the search engine updates and deletes the old link, the link will not be valid.

Unfortunately, Facebook does not have control over content that has already been indexed and cached in search engines. To request the immediate removal of this search listing, you will have to contact the specific search engine’s support team.

Please contact the appropriate support team using one of the links below:

• Google
• Bing
• Yahoo

The privacy setting for "Public Search" only applies to search engines indexing a preview of your Facebook profile (timeline). This setting does not apply to comments you have made in Groups or Pages that are open to everyone. If you do not wish to have these comments indexed by search engines, please delete them.

Unfortunately, Facebook does not have control over content that has already been indexed and cached in search engines. To request the immediate removal of this search listing, you will have to contact the specific search engine’s support team. Unfortunately, Facebook cannot submit requests on behalf of a user. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Please contact the appropriate support team using one of the links below:

• Google
• Bing
• Yahoo

What you are seeing is a social plugin. When you view a social plugin on a website, none of your information is shared with the website or provided to advertisers on Facebook.com or on the other site. Click here to learn more about social plugins.

The "Game and application activity" privacy setting only controls whether or not your activity appears on the Applications Dashboard. This does not apply to posts made to your profile (timeline) from games and applications.

To control who can see posts you make from an application, please adjust your "Posts by Me" setting.

This will likely be resolved by clearing your cache and cookies, or upgrading your browser. For instructions on clearing your cache and cookies or upgrading your browser, please follow the directions here.

Blocking someone severs all friendship ties with that user. If you want to add this user as a friend after you have unblocked them, you will need to find them again in Search. If you cannot find them in Search, it is due to the Search privacy of the user.

If you are under the age of 18, please be aware that people will only be able to view content that you set to "Everyone" if they are a friend, a friend of a friend, or share a network with you. This excludes information which is always available to everyone, including your name, profile photo, gender and your networks.

Currently, there are two options available for this setting, "Everyone" and "Friends of Friends." You can choose one of these options by following these steps:

1. Click the "Privacy Settings" option in the Settings drop-down menu at the top of any Facebook page.
2. Select "Contact Information."
3. Change the setting to control who can add you as a friend and who can send you a message.

We're very sorry for any discomfort this feature has caused. The "Tag a Friend" feature identifies untagged faces in photos you have uploaded. Unfortunately, we do not have the technical ability to determine whether the person shown in the photo is deceased. As always, you have the option to delete any photo that you have uploaded to Facebook.

For further information regarding deceased individuals and memorializing accounts, please review information located in our Help Center here.

If you believe that the privacy settings you have set are not working properly, please report this issue here.