The old setup confused and irritated many people. The privacy settings page contained a lot of text and more than 100 different control settings to choose from. The array of customizable controls essentially complicated the privacy settings and Facebook users found it difficult to figure out what information they were sharing.

We want you to know all about the new and improved privacy control features Facebook is rolling out. The blog, All Facebook, put together a summary guide of the 10 Things You Need To Know About Today’s Facebook Privacy Changes.

The full article contains all the good details- below we provided you with a quick look of the list of the 10 things we think you should know about:

1. You can opt out of applications
2. You can hide your friends list
3. You can hide your interests
4. Much information is still public by default
5. Instant Personalization is still opt-out
6. You can hide information from the past
7. You should review your settings
8. There is now a single directories settings page
9. Privacy now only takes one click
10. Settings will be rolled out over the next few weeks

Take a look at the new Facebook privacy control page. Let us know what you think about the simplified features.