Is "Getting more organized" on your New Year's resolution list for 2012?

Have you thought about how many apps and websites you have granted permission to access your personal information in 2011?  To change the access, it can be difficult to know where to go to revoke access and delete the apps.

MyPermissions.org is a new site that makes it simple to clean up your app permissions.

"With direct links to your Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Instagram and Flickr accounts, you really have no excuse for putting off the chore of cleaning up your app permissions," writes Nancy Messieh on The Next Web.

The only thing the My Permissions site doesn't do is ask permission to access your accounts in order to use it.  "The page acts as an online bookmark, and when you log in to your accounts, all you have to do is click the link of any given service and you'll be taken straight to your app permissions page." 

With more and more stories about services being hacked and personal information being released, it's better to be safe than sorry, although most of the time, the levels of access are harmless says Messieh.

You can also sign up for monthly email reminders to check your apps permissions, so you can stay organized all year long.

Read the full story at The Next Web.com

Learn more about MyPermissions.org

Posted in Technology And You

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