[shibumi]

" Before you deactivate or completely delete...go in there and delete ALL your content (postings, photos, comments, likes). Because they track it all...once completed, you can do your thing."

What Mr Turtle said - in spades.

Delete all the photos and personal data.
If any photos or other items are linked from a third party source like tinypic or imgur then get rid of the links.

You account is probably linked to an e-mail account.
I would close that account and open another one.

Do not underestimate just how insidious and nosy Facebook is.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Thanks for the hint about linking to the e-mail accounts. I don’t have a Facebook account, but have been tempted at times when friends have asked me to start one. I probably never will, but if I do, I’ll open and use a special e-mail account for it.