"From my initial investigations, I don't have any new privacy or security concerns. The change doesn't seem to have affected much (if any) in terms of how privacy and data sharing operate - it's more of a UI change."

Kayleigh Platz, researcher and social media specialist at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, had the new profile updates on her account Monday morning as well and said she had looked into her privacy settings to see if the changes had impacted them in any way. That has been a complaint about past redesigns, which caused settings to default to 'public' and left many users exposed unknowingly and .

"There aren't that many changes to the profile proper, and Facebook has assured users that privacy settings will not be disturbed if users choose to use the new profile," said Platz. "I did check my settings anyway, just in case, and they are still the same."

While Platz noted the changes are not as significant compared to past redesigns Facebook has made, she did identify three areas where she thought Facebook may eventually begin to see pushback and concern from users as the new design is adopted on all accounts. They include: