Controlling access of user information using social-networking information

A system comprising:

• a memory comprising instructions executable by one or more processors;
• and the one or more processors coupled to the memory and operable to execute the instructions, the one or more processors being operable when executing the instructions to:
• receive, from a client system of a first user of an online social network, a search query;
• identify, by one or more computing devices, one or more second users of the online social network that match the search query, each identified second user having a visibility setting specifying which other users of the online social network can view information from the online social network associated with the second user;
• and
• send, to the client system of the first user for display, information associated with each second user having a relationship within the online social network to the first user such that the visibility setting of the second user specifies that the first user can view the information associated with the second user.

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software operable when executed by one or more computer systems to:

• receive, from a client system of a first user of an online social network, a search query;
• identify, by one or more computing devices, one or more second users of the online social network that match the search query, each identified second user having a visibility setting specifying which other users of the online social network can view information from the online social network associated with the second user;
• and
• send, to the client system of the first user for display, information associated with each second user having a relationship within the online social network to the first user such that the visibility setting of the second user specifies that the first user can view the information associated with the second user.