Facebook has rolled out yet another version of privacy settings for users with personal profiles.

This simplified version of settings makes it “easier to share exactly how you want” on the overwhelmingly large social network. You now pick who sees what based on the type of content and if the person is a friend, friend of a friend, or “everyone.”

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After reading the explanation of the new settings (which you all should do if you’re a Facebook user), two parts stand out to me:

1) Basic Directory Information — By default, Facebook now makes the following information available to everyone:

• Name
• Gender
• Profile picture
• Networks (like “Kansas” or “Kansas City, MO”)

So if you think you’ve blocked potential employers from searching your name and finding your sketchy profile pic (the one of you doing your third beer bong at last year’s Homecoming tailgate), you haven’t.

Might want to rethink those profile photos.

2) Apps with access — Under the “Applications and Settings” section in the lower-left corner, it is now easier to delete any unwanted applications that have access to your profile information. These can be anything from games like Mafia Wars and Farmville to the CBS bracket challenge, Jayhawk football trivia or Twitter for iPhone.

I went through and deleted 21 apps I haven’t used in quite some time.

Why delete them? They have access to almost all of the personal data on your profile. If you don’t use them, your data is still being fed to those applications.

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What do you think of the new privacy settings?