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f	1	# Privacy Policy	f	1	# Privacy Policy
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n	3	Updated on Jul 23, 2026	n
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	5	We've updated our Privacy Policy with details about agentic AI capabilities and
	>	how we personalise your AI experiences. View details
	6	## Updated on Jul 23, 2026
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	8	Our Privacy Policy now includes more details about AI integrations, how we perso
	>	nalise your AI experiences, and new agentic AI capabilities (for example, AI too
	>	ls that you can direct to take actions for you, like booking a restaurant or sen
	>	ding an email). Info shared with AI at Meta features is used to improve AI at Me
	>	ta unless you have objected. Learn more.
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	10	## Updated on Jul 23, 2026
	11
	12	Our Privacy Policy now includes more details about AI integrations, how we perso
	>	nalise your AI experiences, and new agentic AI capabilities (for example, AI too
	>	ls that you can direct to take actions for you, like booking a restaurant or sen
	>	ding an email).
	13
	14	## Explore the policy		3	## Explore the policy
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n	16	What is the Privacy Policy and what does it cover? What information do we collec	n	5	What is the Privacy Policy and what does it cover? What information do we collec
	>	t? How do we use your information? How is your information shared on Meta Produc		>	t? How do we use your information? How is your information shared on Meta Produc
	>	ts or with integrated partners? How do we share information with third parties?		>	ts or with integrated partners? How do we share information with third parties?
	>	How do the Meta Companies work together? How can you manage or delete your infor		>	How do the Meta Companies work together? What is our legal basis for processing
	>	mation and exercise your rights? How long do we keep your information? How do we		>	your information, and what are your rights? How long do we keep your information
	>	transfer information? How do we respond to legal requests, comply with applicab		>	? How do we transfer information? How do we respond to legal requests, comply wi
	>	le law and prevent harm? How will you know the Policy has changed? How to contac		>	th applicable law and prevent harm? How will you know the Policy has changed? Ho
	>	t Meta with questions Why and how we process your information		>	w to contact Meta with questions Legal basis information
	17	## Other policiesTerms of ServiceCookies Policy		6	## Other policiesTerms of ServiceCookies Policy
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	19	# What is the Privacy Policy and what does it cover?		8	# What is the Privacy Policy and what does it cover?
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	42	## What Products does this Policy cover?		31	## What Products does this Policy cover?
	43			32
n	44	This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms, Inc., process to provi	n	33	This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, proces
	>	de Meta Products , which we also call "Products."		>	s to provide Meta Products , which we also call "Products."
	45			34
	46	Return to top		35	Return to top
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	74	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat		63	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
	>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit		>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
	>	h these features. Learn more.[7]		>	h these features. Learn more.[7]
	75	- Types of content, including ads, you view or interact with, and how you intera		64	- Types of content, including ads, you view or interact with, and how you intera
	>	ct with it.		>	ct with it.
	76	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them. See examples[8].		65	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them. See examples[8].
n	77	- Information about websites that you visit or interact with, and your activity	n
	>	on them, when you use our in-app browser. Learn more
	78	- Purchases or other transactions you make, such as through Meta checkout experi		66	- Purchases or other transactions you make, such as through Meta checkout experi
	>	ences, including credit card information. Learn more[9].		>	ences, including credit card information. Learn more[9].
	79	- Hashtags you use.		67	- Hashtags you use.
	80	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products.		68	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products.
n			n	69	- Views of and interactions with a Facebook Page and its content, to provide the
				>	Page admin with aggregated information about how people use their Page and its
				>	content. Meta is jointly responsible with Page admins. Learn more about the join
				>	t processing for Page Insights.
	81	- Your photo or video selfie if you provide it when you contact us for account s		70	- Your photo or video selfie if you provide it when you contact us for account s
	>	upport.		>	upport.
	82			71
	83	Learn more about how to control who sees your content and what is public content		72	Learn more about how to control who sees your content and what is public content
	>	.		>	.
	84			73
	85	## Information with special protections		74	## Information with special protections
	86			75
n	87	You might choose to provide information about your religious views, your sexual	n	76	You might choose to provide information about your religious views, your sexual
	>	orientation, political views, health, racial or ethnic origin, philosophical bel		>	orientation, political views, health, racial or ethnic origin, philosophical bel
	>	iefs or trade union membership. These and other types of information could have		>	iefs or trade union membership. These types of information have special protecti
	>	special protections under the laws of your jurisdiction.		>	ons under the laws of your country.
	88			77
	89	## Friends, followers and other connections		78	## Friends, followers and other connections
	90			79
	138	- Apps you use		127	- Apps you use
	139	- Games you play		128	- Games you play
	140	- Purchases and transactions you make off of our Products using non-Meta checkou		129	- Purchases and transactions you make off of our Products using non-Meta checkou
	>	t experiences		>	t experiences
n	141	- Your demographics, like your education level	n
	142	- The ads you see and how you interact with them		130	- The ads you see and how you interact with them (if we show you ads)
	143	- How you use our partners’ and other third parties’ products and services, onli		131	- How you use our partners’ and other third parties’ products and services, onli
	>	ne or in person		>	ne or in person
	144			132
n	145	Partners[2] also share information like your email address, cookies[19] and adve	n	133	Partners[2] also share information like your email address, cookies[19] and adve
	>	rtising device ID with us. This helps us match your activities with your account		>	rtising device ID with us. This helps us match your activities with your account
	>	, if you have one.		>	, if you have one. You can adjust your Cookie settings to control how we use cer
				>	tain information from partners to provide and personalize content and ads for yo
				>	u.
	146			134
	147	We receive this information whether or not you’re logged in or have an account o		135	We receive this information whether or not you’re logged in or have an account o
	>	n our Products. Learn more about how we connect information from partners to you		>	n our Products. Learn more about how we connect information from partners to you
	>	r account.		>	r account.
	148			136
	150			138
	151	## Take control		139	## Take control
	152			140
n			n	141	Your activity off Meta technologies Cookie settings
				142
				143	## How do we collect or receive this information from partners?
				144
				145	Partners use our Business Tools , integrations and Meta Audience Network technol
				>	ogies to share information with us.
				146
				147	These partners collect your information when you visit their site or app or use
				>	their services, or through other businesses or organizations they work with. We
				>	require partners to have the right to collect, use and share your information be
				>	fore giving it to us.
				148
				149	We process certain information we receive from partners as a joint controller wi
				>	th them. Learn more about our arrangements with these partners.
				150
				151	## What if you don’t let us collect certain information?
				152
				153	Some information is required for our Products to work. Other information is opti
				>	onal, but without it, the quality of your experience might be affected.
				154
				155	Learn more[22]
				156
				157	## What if the information we collect doesn’t identify individuals?
				158
				159	In some cases information is de-identified, aggregated, or anonymized by third p
				>	arties so that it no longer identifies individuals before it’s made available to
				>	us. We use this information as described below without trying to re-identify in
				>	dividuals.
				160
				161	## Take control
				162
	153	Manage the information we collect about you		163	Manage the information we collect about you
	154			164
n	155	## How do we collect or receive this information from partners?	n
	156
	157	Partners use our Business Tools , integrations and Meta Audience Network technol
	>	ogies to share information with us.
	158
	159	These partners collect your information when you visit their site or app or use
	>	their services, or through other businesses or organizations they work with. We
	>	require partners to have the right to collect, use and share your information be
	>	fore giving it to us.
	160
	161	## What if you don’t let us collect certain information?
	162
	163	Some information is required for our Products to work. Other information is opti
	>	onal, but without it, the quality of your experience might be affected.
	164
	165	Learn more[22]
	166
	167	## What if the information we collect doesn’t identify individuals?
	168
	169	In some cases information is de-identified, aggregated, or anonymized by third p
	>	arties so that it no longer identifies individuals before it’s made available to
	>	us. We use this information as described below without trying to re-identify in
	>	dividuals.
	170
	171	## Take control
	172
	173	Manage the information we collect about you
	174
	175	2		165	2
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	177	## Partner		167	## Partner
	182			172
	183	## What Products does this Policy cover?		173	## What Products does this Policy cover?
	184			174
n	185	This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms, Inc., process to provi	n	175	This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, proces
	>	de Meta Products , which we also call "Products."		>	s to provide Meta Products , which we also call "Products."
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	187	3		177	3
	188			178
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	206	We can take action according to our Community Standards against someone without		196	We can take action according to our Community Standards against someone without
	>	an account interacting with Meta Products. For example, we can share information		>	an account interacting with Meta Products. For example, we can share information
	>	with law enforcement when we believe there is a genuine risk of death or immine		>	with law enforcement when we believe there is a genuine risk of death or immine
	>	nt bodily harm.		>	nt bodily harm.
	207			197
n	208	### Advertising	n
	209
	210	For example, you may also see ads for the Meta Company Products shown through Me
	>	ta Audience Network when you visit other apps if we can’t recognize you as a reg
	>	istered user of the Meta Products.
	211
	212	### Performance		198	### Performance
	213			199
	214	For example, we collect information when people use our Products, even if they d		200	For example, we collect information when people use our Products, even if they d
	>	on’t have an account, to measure how fast our pages load in different countries		>	on’t have an account, to measure how fast our pages load in different countries
	>	and whether they're working properly. This helps us identify and fix issues with		>	and whether they're working properly. This helps us identify and fix issues with
	>	local networks.		>	local networks.
	217			203
	218	## Information you provide		204	## Information you provide
	219			205
n	220	For example, when you create a Facebook account, you must provide some informati	n	206	For example, when you create a Facebook account, you must provide some informati
	>	on, like a password and your email address or phone number. You might choose to		>	on, like a password and your email address or phone number, age and gender. You
	>	add other details to your account, like a profile photo or payment information.		>	might choose to add other details to your account, like a profile photo or payme
				>	nt information.
	221			207
	222	We also collect information you provide when you:		208	We also collect information you provide when you:
	223			209
	256			242
	257	- Prompts that can include questions, messages, media and other information you		243	- Prompts that can include questions, messages, media and other information you
	>	or others share with or send to these features		>	or others share with or send to these features
	258	- Responses and other information you receive from these features. Sometimes the		244	- Responses and other information you receive from these features. Sometimes the
	>	se are provided with the help of our AI integrations		>	se are provided with the help of our AI integrations
n	259	- Information relating to the actions these features take, like booking you a re	n	245	- Information from third-party apps and services you choose to connect to these
	>	staurant reservation or sending an email, including the data these features acce		>	features to do things like help manage your calendar and emails
	>	ss or share to take these actions
	260	- Feedback you give to these features and responses to your feedback		246	- Feedback you give to these features and responses to your feedback
	261	- Information we collect to personalize these features. See examples		247	- Information we collect to personalize these features. See examples
	262	- Information about you and others from third party apps and services that you c		248	- Information about you and others from third party apps and services that you c
	>	onnect to Meta Products to enhance your experience, including our features that		>	onnect to Meta Products to enhance your experience, including our features that
	>	are part of AI at Meta. Learn more		>	are part of AI at Meta. Learn more
	281			267
	282	- Purchases within an online game		268	- Purchases within an online game
	283	- Donations to a friend’s fundraiser		269	- Donations to a friend’s fundraiser
n	284	- Purchases in Marketplace, Shops or groups	n	270	- Purchases of subscriptions on Meta Products
				271	- Payments received for providing products or services on Meta Products
	285	- Payments or purchases made using Meta Pay or other Meta checkout experiences		272	- Payments or purchases made using Meta Pay or other Meta checkout experiences
n	286	- Money transfers to friends and family (where available)	n
	287			273
	288	### What we collect from transactions		274	### What we collect from transactions
	289			275
n	290	When you use our Products to buy or sell things or make or receive financial tra	n	276	When you use our Products to buy or sell things or make or receive financial tra
	>	nsactions, including payments using Meta Pay or in Marketplace, Shops or groups,		>	nsactions, including payments made using Meta Pay or other Meta checkout experie
	>	or use other Meta checkout experiences, we collect information about your purch		>	nces, we collect information about your purchase or other financial transactions
	>	ase or other financial transactions, like:		>	, like:
	291			277
	292	- Credit or debit card number and other financial account information		278	- Credit or debit card number and other financial account information
	293	- Billing, shipping and contact details		279	- Billing, shipping and contact details
	493			479
	494	Play Video		480	Play Video
	495			481
n	496	We use information we collect to provide a personalized experience to you, inclu	n	482	We use information we collect to provide a personalized experience to you, inclu
	>	ding ads, along with the other purposes we explain in detail below.		>	ding ads (if we show you ads), along with the other purposes we explain in detai
				>	l below.
	497			483
n	498	For some of these purposes, we use information across our Products[25] and acros	n	484	For some of these purposes, we use information across Meta Company Products[25]
	>	s your devices[26] . The information we use for these purposes is automatically		>	from the accounts you choose to add to your Accounts Center, and across your dev
	>	processed by our systems. But in some cases, we also use manual review[27] to ac		>	ices[26] . The information we use for these purposes is automatically processed
	>	cess and review your information.		>	by our systems. But in some cases, we also use manual review[27] to access and r
				>	eview your information.
	499			485
	500	To use less information that’s connected to individual users, in some cases we d		486	To use less information that’s connected to individual users, in some cases we d
	>	e-identify or aggregate information or anonymize it so that it no longer identif		>	e-identify or aggregate information or anonymize it so that it no longer identif
	>	ies you. We use this information in the same ways we use your information as des		>	ies you. We use this information in the same ways we use your information as des
	>	cribed in this section.		>	cribed in this section.
	501			487
	506	We use information we have to provide and improve our Products[1] . This include		492	We use information we have to provide and improve our Products[1] . This include
	>	s:		>	s:
	507			493
	508	- Seeing if our Products are working correctly, such as troubleshooting, and fix		494	- Seeing if our Products are working correctly, such as troubleshooting, and fix
	>	ing it when it’s not working		>	ing it when it’s not working
n	509	- Personalizing features, content and recommendations, such as your Facebook Fee	n	495	- Personalizing features, content and recommendations, such as your Facebook Fee
	>	d, Instagram Feed, Meta AI, Stories and ads.		>	d, Instagram Feed, Meta AI, Stories and ads (if we show you ads).
	510			496
	511	We use information with special protections you choose to provide for these purp		497	We use information with special protections you choose to provide for these purp
	>	oses, but not to show you ads.		>	oses, but not to show you ads.
	512			498
	513	Read more about how we use information to provide, personalize and improve our P		499	Read more about how we use information to provide, personalize and improve our P
	>	roducts:		>	roducts:
	514			500
n	515	## How we show ads and other sponsored or commercial content	n	501	## How we show ads (if we show you ads)
	516			502
n	517	When you use our Products, you see ads and sponsored or commercial content, like	n	503	When you use our Products, you see ads, such as boosted posts or product listing
	>	product listings in Shops. Meta personalizes your ads on and across Meta Compan		>	s in Shops. Meta personalizes your ads on and across Meta Company Products. You
	>	y Products. You also see ads shown through Meta Audience Network or commercial c		>	also see ads shown through Meta Audience Network when you visit other apps. To p
	>	ontent when you visit other apps. We use your information to show you ads paid f		>	rovide our Products for free, we use your information to show you ads, which adv
	>	or by advertisers, businesses, and organizations. We want everything you see to		>	ertisers, businesses, organizations and others pay us to show you. We want every
	>	be interesting and useful to you.		>	thing you see to be interesting and useful to you, so we personalize ads for you
				>	and measure how they perform. We use information from your account or across ac
				>	counts in your Accounts Center and cookies on our Products for this. You can con
				>	trol whether we show you ads and which information we use to show you ads in Ad
				>	preferences .
	518
	519	To decide what to show you and others, we use information we have about you, inc
	>	luding:
	520
	521	- Your profile information
	522	- Your activity on and off our Products, including information we receive throug
	>	h cookies and similar technologies, according to your settings
	523	- Content you create or interact with across Facebook and Instagram
	524	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta
	525	- Things we infer about you, like topics we think you may be interested in
	526	- Information about your friends, followers or other connections, including thei
	>	r activity or interests
	527			504
	528	See some examples.[28]		505	See some examples.[28]
	529			506
	559			536
	560	For example, Anna is looking for a place to eat and asks Meta AI to recommend a		537	For example, Anna is looking for a place to eat and asks Meta AI to recommend a
	>	restaurant for dinner. Meta AI uses Anna's location-related information to sugge		>	restaurant for dinner. Meta AI uses Anna's location-related information to sugge
	>	st restaurants nearby.		>	st restaurants nearby.
	561			538
n	562	To make the restaurant suggestion even more relevant, Meta AI also uses addition	n	539	To make the restaurant suggestion even more relevant, Meta AI also uses addition
	>	al information including that Anna recently told Meta AI she loves Italian food,		>	al information including that Anna recently told Meta AI she loves Italian food,
	>	and that she has lately been liking Instagram posts featuring modern fine dinin		>	and that she has lately been liking Instagram posts featuring modern fine dinin
	>	g. By using her interests, location and profile, Meta AI is able to respond to A		>	g. By using her interests, location and profile, Meta AI is able to respond to A
	>	nna with a relevant suggestion of a highly-rated, upscale Italian bistro nearby.		>	nna with a relevant suggestion of a highly-rated, upscale Italian bistro nearby.
	>	Meta AI then also offers to book Anna a table at that restaurant.
	563			540
	564	## How we use location-related information		541	## How we use location-related information
	565			542
	573			550
	574	We use location-related information, such as your current location, where you li		551	We use location-related information, such as your current location, where you li
	>	ve, the places you like to go and the businesses and people you're near, to do t		>	ve, the places you like to go and the businesses and people you're near, to do t
	>	he things described in the ”How do we use your information?” section of the Poli		>	he things described in the ”How do we use your information?” section of the Poli
	>	cy, like:		>	cy, like:
	575			552
n	576	- Provide, personalize and improve our Products, including ads, for you and othe	n	553	- Provide, personalize and improve our Products, including ads (if we show you a
	>	rs. See an example[30].		>	ds), for you and others. See an example[30].
	577	- Detect suspicious activity and help keep your account secure. Learn how.[31]		554	- Detect suspicious activity and help keep your account secure. Learn how.[31]
	578			555
	579	## Take control		556	## Take control
	610	- Find and address violations of our terms or policies. In some cases, the decis		587	- Find and address violations of our terms or policies. In some cases, the decis
	>	ions we make about violations are reviewed by the Oversight Board. They may use		>	ions we make about violations are reviewed by the Oversight Board. They may use
	>	information we have when they review our decisions. Learn more about how the Ove		>	information we have when they review our decisions. Learn more about how the Ove
	>	rsight Board processes information.		>	rsight Board processes information.
	611	- Investigate suspicious activity. Learn more about face analysis and how we use		588	- Investigate suspicious activity. Learn more about face analysis and how we use
	>	it to help protect you and others from impersonation and identity misuse.		>	it to help protect you and others from impersonation and identity misuse.
	612	- Detect, prevent and combat harmful or unlawful behavior		589	- Detect, prevent and combat harmful or unlawful behavior
n	613	- Identify and combat disparities and racial bias against historically marginali	n
	>	zed communities
	614	- Detect and prevent spam and other bad experiences		590	- Detect and prevent spam and other bad experiences
	615	- Detect when someone needs help and provide support		591	- Detect when someone needs help and provide support
	616	- Detect and stop threats to our personnel and property		592	- Detect and stop threats to our personnel and property
	628			604
	629	Our measurement and analytics services help our partners[2] and users understand		605	Our measurement and analytics services help our partners[2] and users understand
	>	things like:		>	things like:
	630			606
n	631	- How many people see and interact with their products, services or content, inc	n	607	- How many people see and interact with their products, services or content, inc
	>	luding posts, videos, Facebook Pages, listings, Shops and ads (including those s		>	luding posts, videos, Facebook Pages, listings, Shops and ads (if we show you ad
	>	hown through apps using Meta Audience Network)		>	s), including those shown through apps using Meta Audience Network
	632	- How people interact with their content, websites, apps and services		608	- How people interact with their content, websites, apps and services
	633	- What types of people[32] interact with their content or use their services		609	- What types of people[32] interact with their content or use their services
	634	- How people use our partners' products and services to connect to Meta Products		610	- How people use our partners' products and services to connect to Meta Products
	>	, the performance of their connection and networks and users' experience with th		>	, the performance of their connection and networks and users' experience with th
	>	em		>	em
	650	- When you contact us with questions, we reply to your email		626	- When you contact us with questions, we reply to your email
	651	- We facilitate customer support communications with you when you've told us, ei		627	- We facilitate customer support communications with you when you've told us, ei
	>	ther directly or through a third party[24], that you have questions or concerns		>	ther directly or through a third party[24], that you have questions or concerns
	>	about our Products		>	about our Products
	652			628
n	653	We also use information about how you interact with our messages, like if you op	n
	>	en an email from us. This helps us understand the best way to reach you and whet
	>	her our communications are helpful.
	654
	655	## Take control		629	## Take control
	656			630
	657	Communication preferences		631	Communication preferences
	673			647
	674	Learn more about our research programs		648	Learn more about our research programs
	675			649
n	676	## More in the Privacy Policy	n
	677
	678	Why and how we process your information
	679
	680	25		650	25
	681			651
n	682	## Using information across our Products	n	652	## Account Center and using information across our Products
	683			653
	684	Play Video		654	Play Video
	685			655
n	686	We use information across your accounts on our Products to:	n	656	If you choose to add your accounts to the same Accounts Center, we'll combine yo
				>	ur information across your accounts on Meta Company Products. We'll use your inf
				>	ormation to:
	687			657
n	688	- Personalize ads for you and others. Learn more.	n	658	- Provide you with the option to use connected experiences
	689	- Measure the performance of those ads. Learn more.		659	- Personalize ads for you and others and measure how they perform, if we show yo
				>	u ads
	690	- Provide more personalized features, content and suggestions across our Product		660	- Personalize content and suggestions for you and others. See an example[33]
	>	s. See examples[33].
				661	- Improve our Products and provide optional activities that span across them
				662	- Adjust some of your accounts information and settings to match across your acc
				>	ounts, which you can manage anytime
				663
				664	Adding multiple accounts to an Accounts Center is entirely optional. You can rem
				>	ove accounts from an Accounts Center at any time.
				665
				666	Even if you don't add your accounts on Meta Products to the same Accounts Center
				>	, we use information across your accounts to:
				667
				668	- Keep you and others safe
	691	- More accurately count people and understand how they use our Products		669	- More accurately count people and measure how they use our Products
	692	- Help keep you and others safe. Learn more.		670	- Make sure our Products are working correctly so we can fix them if they’re not
	693			671
n	694	If you add accounts to the same Accounts Center , we also use your information t	n	672	When you add your WhatsApp account to an Accounts Center with other accounts on
	>	o offer connected experiences and improve your experiences across accounts. See		>	Meta Company Products:
	>	an example.[34]
				673
				674	- WhatsApp and Meta are joint controllers for the purpose of associating the acc
				>	ounts you have added to an Accounts Center with each other.
				675	- Meta will combine your information across accounts on Meta Company Products an
				>	d use your information as described in this section. This includes using your in
				>	formation to keep you and others safe, more accurately count people and measure
				>	how they use our products, and make sure our Products are working correctly so w
				>	e can fix them if they’re not.
				676	- WhatsApp will combine your information across accounts on Meta Company Product
				>	s and use your information as described in the WhatsApp in Accounts Center Suppl
				>	emental Privacy Policy.
	695			677
	696	## Take control		678	## Take control
	697			679
	717			699
	718	### Who reviews this information		700	### Who reviews this information
	719			701
n	720	Our reviewers work at Meta, for Meta Companies or for a trusted service provider	n	702	Our reviewers work at Meta, for Meta Companies or for a trusted service provider
	>	[35] . We require every reviewer who's allowed access to your information to mee		>	[34] . We require every reviewer who's allowed access to your information to mee
	>	t privacy and security standards.		>	t privacy and security standards.
	721			703
	722	Learn more about how Meta prioritizes content for manual review.		704	Learn more about how Meta prioritizes content for manual review.
	723			705
	725			707
	726	## What Products does this Policy cover?		708	## What Products does this Policy cover?
	727			709
n	728	This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms, Inc., process to provi	n	710	This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, proces
	>	de Meta Products , which we also call "Products."		>	s to provide Meta Products , which we also call "Products."
	729			711
	730	28		712	28
	731			713
	809	- Let others see and search your name and profile photo across our Products and		791	- Let others see and search your name and profile photo across our Products and
	>	communicate with you		>	communicate with you
	810	- Show all interactions in one place for content you’ve cross-posted to differen		792	- Show all interactions in one place for content you’ve cross-posted to differen
	>	t Products		>	t Products
	811			793
n			n	794	10
				795
				796	## Device
				797
				798	Devices include computers, phones, hardware, connected TVs, Meta Quest and other
				>	web-connected devices.
				799
	812	34		800	34
n	813		n
	814	## Using your information if you add accounts to the same Accounts Center
	815
	816	For example, if you follow your favorite team on Instagram, we can more easily s
	>	uggest that you follow that team’s Page on Facebook.
	817
	818	Learn more about how we use information across accounts if you add accounts to t
	>	he same Accounts Center.
	819
	820	10
	821
	822	## Device
	823
	824	Devices include computers, phones, hardware, connected TVs, Meta Quest and other
	>	web-connected devices.
	825
	826	35
	827			801
	828	## Service provider		802	## Service provider
	829			803
	846			820
	847	## People and accounts you share and communicate with		821	## People and accounts you share and communicate with
	848			822
n	849	When you share and communicate using our Products, you can sometimes choose the	n	823	When you share and communicate using our Products, you can sometimes choose the
	>	audience[36] for what you share.		>	audience[35] for what you share.
	850			824
	851	When you interact with people or businesses, they can see:		825	When you interact with people or businesses, they can see:
	852			826
	882			856
	883	## When you interact with a supervised user		857	## When you interact with a supervised user
	884			858
n	885	Some accounts are supervised[37] . When you interact with a supervised user, the	n	859	Some accounts are supervised[36] . When you interact with a supervised user, the
	>	ir parent or guardian can see some of your activity and information. This can in		>	ir parent or guardian can see some of your activity and information. This can in
	>	clude information like your username, profile picture and if the supervised user		>	clude information like your username, profile picture and if the supervised user
	>	blocked you. On some Products, the supervised user can let their parent or guar		>	blocked you. On some Products, the supervised user can let their parent or guar
	>	dian know if they reported you.		>	dian know if they reported you.
	886			860
	887	## Content others share or reshare about you		861	## Content others share or reshare about you
	888			862
	941	- APIs		915	- APIs
	942	- The media, like TV		916	- The media, like TV
	943	- Other apps and websites connected to our Products		917	- Other apps and websites connected to our Products
n	944	- Search engines. Learn more[38].	n	918	- Search engines. Learn more[37].
	945			919
	946	Search engines and other third parties use this information according to their o		920	Search engines and other third parties use this information according to their o
	>	wn terms and policies, not Meta’s.		>	wn terms and policies, not Meta’s.
	947			921
	968	- Information from and about the device you’re using		942	- Information from and about the device you’re using
	969	- The language setting you’ve chosen on our Products		943	- The language setting you’ve chosen on our Products
	970			944
n	971	See examples[39] of when an integrated partner might receive your information.	n	945	See examples[38] of when an integrated partner might receive your information.
	972			946
	973	## Information they receive with your permission		947	## Information they receive with your permission
	974			948
	976			950
	977	On Facebook, this includes things like your email address, hometown or birthday.		951	On Facebook, this includes things like your email address, hometown or birthday.
	>	On Instagram, this includes content, like photos and videos, that you’ve shared		>	On Instagram, this includes content, like photos and videos, that you’ve shared
	>	from your account when the account was set to private.		>	from your account when the account was set to private.
	978			952
n	979	Learn what happens[40] if you choose to share your friends list, or if your frie	n	953	Learn what happens[39] if you choose to share your friends list, or if your frie
	>	nds choose to share their friends list.		>	nds choose to share their friends list.
	980			954
	981	We automatically log when you receive a request from an integrated partner to ac		955	We automatically log when you receive a request from an integrated partner to ac
	>	cess your information. These requests to access information are separate from th		>	cess your information. These requests to access information are separate from th
	>	e Apps and Websites access that you manage in your Facebook or Instagram Ad pref		>	e Apps and Websites access that you manage in your Facebook or Instagram Ad pref
	>	erences or in your mobile device settings.		>	erences or in your mobile device settings.
	982			956
	1016			990
	1017	## What Products does this Policy cover?		991	## What Products does this Policy cover?
	1018			992
n	1019	This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms, Inc., process to provi	n	993	This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, proces
	>	de Meta Products , which we also call "Products."		>	s to provide Meta Products , which we also call "Products."
	1020			994
n	1021	36	n	995	35
	1022			996
	1023	## Choosing an audience		997	## Choosing an audience
	1024			998
	1040			1014
	1041	Your audience settings are different from the permissions you give to individual		1015	Your audience settings are different from the permissions you give to individual
	>	apps and websites to access your information. Read our policy about how you may		>	apps and websites to access your information. Read our policy about how you may
	>	share information with integrated partners.		>	share information with integrated partners.
	1042			1016
n	1043	37	n	1017	36
	1044			1018
	1045	## Supervision		1019	## Supervision
	1046			1020
	1056			1030
	1057	- Prompts that can include questions, messages, media and other information you		1031	- Prompts that can include questions, messages, media and other information you
	>	or others share with or send to these features		>	or others share with or send to these features
	1058	- Responses and other information you receive from these features. Sometimes the		1032	- Responses and other information you receive from these features. Sometimes the
	>	se are provided with the help of our AI integrations		>	se are provided with the help of our AI integrations
n	1059	- Information relating to the actions these features take, like booking you a re	n	1033	- Information from third-party apps and services you choose to connect to these
	>	staurant reservation or sending an email, including the data these features acce		>	features to do things like help manage your calendar and emails
	>	ss or share to take these actions
	1060	- Feedback you give to these features and responses to your feedback		1034	- Feedback you give to these features and responses to your feedback
	1061	- Information we collect to personalize these features. See examples		1035	- Information we collect to personalize these features. See examples
	1062	- Information about you and others from third party apps and services that you c		1036	- Information about you and others from third party apps and services that you c
	>	onnect to Meta Products to enhance your experience, including our features that		>	onnect to Meta Products to enhance your experience, including our features that
	>	are part of AI at Meta. Learn more		>	are part of AI at Meta. Learn more
	1063			1037
n	1064	38	n	1038	37
	1065			1039
	1066	## Search engines		1040	## Search engines
	1067			1041
	1077			1051
	1078	A partner who uses technologies that help you make a connection to them through		1052	A partner who uses technologies that help you make a connection to them through
	>	our Products, including plugins, login, checkout experiences, instant games, and		>	our Products, including plugins, login, checkout experiences, instant games, and
	>	other such integrations		>	other such integrations
	1079			1053
n			n	1054	38
				1055
				1056	## When an integrated partner might receive your information
				1057
				1058	For example, you might use your Facebook login to play an online game with your
				>	Facebook friends. The game developer automatically receives information about yo
				>	ur activities in the game.
				1059
				1060	## When an integrated partner might receive your information
				1061
				1062	Or you might use the Facebook Like button on an article posted on a news website
				>	. The website developer automatically receives information about your Like on th
				>	eir article.
				1063
	1080	39		1064	39
n	1081		n
	1082	## When an integrated partner might receive your information
	1083
	1084	For example, you might use your Facebook login to play an online game with your
	>	Facebook friends. The game developer automatically receives information about yo
	>	ur activities in the game.
	1085
	1086	## When an integrated partner might receive your information
	1087
	1088	Or you might use the Facebook Like button on an article posted on a news website
	>	. The website developer automatically receives information about your Like on th
	>	eir article.
	1089
	1090	40
	1091			1065
	1092	## Sharing friends lists		1066	## Sharing friends lists
	1093			1067
	1123			1097
	1124	## Partners		1098	## Partners
	1125			1099
n	1126	## Advertisers and Audience Network publishers	n	1100	## Advertisers and Audience Network publishers (if we show you ads)
	1127			1101
	1128	### Advertisers		1102	### Advertisers
	1129			1103
n	1130	We provide advertisers with reports about the number and kinds of people who see	n	1104	We provide advertisers with reports about the number and kinds of people who see
	>	and engage with their ads and commercial content. These reports include informa		>	and engage with their ads. These reports include information about the general
	>	tion about the general demographics and interests of people who engaged with an		>	demographics and interests of people who engaged with an advertiser’s ad. Then a
	>	advertiser’s ad or commercial content. Then advertisers can better understand th		>	dvertisers can better understand their audience. See an example[40] .
	>	eir audience. See an example[41] .
	1131			1105
	1132	Meta also provides advertisers and their vendors with information about:		1106	Meta also provides advertisers and their vendors with information about:
	1133			1107
n	1134	- Ads and commercial content people engaged with, if any	n	1108	- Ads people engaged with, if any
	1135	- When people engaged with ads and commercial content		1109	- When people engaged with ads
	1136	- Where that ad or commercial content was shown (for example, on Instagram, or o		1110	- Where that ad was shown (for example, on Instagram, or on Facebook)
	>	n Facebook)
	1137			1111
n	1138	We also confirm which ads or commercial content you viewed that led you to take	n	1112	We also confirm which ads you viewed that led you to take an action with an adve
	>	an action with an advertiser, such as downloading an advertiser's app. But we do		>	rtiser, such as downloading an advertiser's app. But we don't share information
	>	n't share information with these advertisers and their vendors that by itself ca		>	with these advertisers and their vendors that by itself can be used to contact o
	>	n be used to contact or identify you, such as your name or email address, unless		>	r identify you, such as your name or email address, unless you give us permissio
	>	you give us permission.[42]		>	n.[41]
	1139			1113
	1140	### Audience Network publishers and their vendors		1114	### Audience Network publishers and their vendors
	1141			1115
	1146	- How many people see and engage with ads on publisher apps		1120	- How many people see and engage with ads on publisher apps
	1147	- Information related to or in response to a publisher’s request to serve an ad		1121	- Information related to or in response to a publisher’s request to serve an ad
	>	on its app.		>	on its app.
	1148			1122
n	1149	But we don't share information with these publishers and their vendors that by i	n	1123	But we don't share information with these publishers and their vendors that by i
	>	tself can be used to contact or identify you, such as your name or email address		>	tself can be used to contact or identify you, such as your name or email address
	>	, unless you give us permission[42] .		>	, unless you give us permission[41] .
	1150			1124
	1151	## Partners who use our analytics services		1125	## Partners who use our analytics services
	1152			1126
	1157	These reports aggregate information like:		1131	These reports aggregate information like:
	1158			1132
	1159	- How many people interacted with our partners' content, products or services		1133	- How many people interacted with our partners' content, products or services
n	1160	- The general demographics and interests[41] of the people who interacted with i	n	1134	- The general demographics and interests[40] of the people who interacted with i
	>	t		>	t
	1161	- How people use our partners’ products and services to connect to Meta Products		1135	- How people use our partners’ products and services to connect to Meta Products
	>	and the performance of their connection and networks		>	and the performance of their connection and networks
	1162			1136
	1163	Advertisers also receive other information. Read our Policy about how we share i		1137	Advertisers also receive other information. Read our Policy about how we share i
	>	nformation with advertisers.		>	nformation with advertisers.
	1164			1138
	1165	## Partners who offer goods or services on our Products and commerce services pl		1139	## Partners who offer goods or services on our Products and commerce services pl
	>	atforms		>	atforms
	1166			1140
n	1167	When you choose to make a transaction[43] , or otherwise choose to share informa	n	1141	When you choose to make a transaction[42] , or otherwise choose to share informa
	>	tion with a seller, creator, fundraiser, charity, payment services provider or c		>	tion with a seller, creator, fundraiser, charity, payment services provider or c
	>	ommerce services platform[44] , we share information with them and with any prov		>	ommerce services platform[43] , we share information with them and with any prov
	>	iders acting on their behalf.		>	iders acting on their behalf.
	1168			1142
	1169	Depending on how you interact with them, they receive:		1143	Depending on how you interact with them, they receive:
	1170			1144
	1173	- Any information required by applicable regulation		1147	- Any information required by applicable regulation
	1174	- Other information you choose to share with them		1148	- Other information you choose to share with them
	1175			1149
n	1176	For example, if you make a purchase from an Instagram shop using checkout, the s	n	1150	For example, if you donate to a charity that receives funds through PayPal Givin
	>	hop will receive information to complete your transaction. This may include your		>	g Fund, your donation will be made to PayPal Giving Fund. The PayPal Giving Fund
	>	order items, your contact details and shipping information. If the shop uses a		>	will receive information such as the transaction amount and name of the charity
	>	payment services provider, such as PayPal, to facilitate the transaction, the pr		>	. Their payment service provider will also receive information needed to facilit
	>	ovider will receive the transaction amount, a transaction description (to appear		>	ate the payment, including your payment card credential information.
	>	on your credit card statement) and your payment card information, such as cardh
	>	older name, card number, expiration date and billing address. Learn more about p
	>	ayments on Instagram.
	1177			1151
	1178	## Integrated partners		1152	## Integrated partners
	1179			1153
	1185			1159
	1186	We don’t create every measurement and analytics report ourselves.		1160	We don’t create every measurement and analytics report ourselves.
	1187			1161
n	1188	We share information (like whether people saw an ad or engaged with it) with our	n	1162	We share information (like whether people saw an ad or engaged with it) with our
	>	measurement vendors[45] , who aggregate or compile it to provide their reports.		>	measurement vendors[44] , who aggregate or compile it to provide their reports.
	1189			1163
	1190	For example, an advertiser might ask a measurement vendor to help figure out the		1164	For example, an advertiser might ask a measurement vendor to help figure out the
	>	impact its ads on Facebook have had on sales. The measurement vendor compares i		>	impact its ads on Facebook have had on sales. The measurement vendor compares i
	>	nformation from us about clicks on the advertiser’s Facebook ads with informatio		>	nformation from us about clicks on the advertiser’s Facebook ads with informatio
	>	n from the advertiser about product purchases. Then the measurement vendor creat		>	n from the advertiser about product purchases. Then the measurement vendor creat
	>	es and provides aggregated reports that show the advertiser how its ads are perf		>	es and provides aggregated reports that show the advertiser how its ads are perf
	>	orming.		>	orming.
	1191			1165
	1192	## Marketing vendors		1166	## Marketing vendors
	1193			1167
n	1194	We share information about you with marketing vendors[46] . For example, we shar	n	1168	We share information about you with marketing vendors[45] . For example, we shar
	>	e your device identifier or other identifiers with marketing vendors to help us		>	e your device identifier or other identifiers with marketing vendors to help us
	>	serve you ads most relevant to your interests.		>	serve you ads most relevant to your interests.
	1195			1169
	1196	Marketing vendors support our marketing and advertising efforts by:		1170	Marketing vendors support our marketing and advertising efforts by:
	1197			1171
	1200	- Providing us information about your interests and community and advertising in		1174	- Providing us information about your interests and community and advertising in
	>	teractions		>	teractions
	1201			1175
	1202	These marketing vendors help us understand who might find our advertising most r		1176	These marketing vendors help us understand who might find our advertising most r
	>	elevant to their interests, and which of our Products might interest you. This i		>	elevant to their interests, and which of our Products might interest you. This i
	>	nformation can be used to personalize which of our ads are shown to you. Marketi		>	nformation can be used to personalize which of our ads are shown to you. Marketi
	>	ng vendors also use this information to measure response to our marketing effort		>	ng vendors also use this information to measure response to our marketing effort
	>	s and the effectiveness of our advertising.		>	s and the effectiveness of our advertising.
n	1203		n
	1204	Learn more[47] about how to manage the Meta ads you see off our Products.
	1205			1177
	1206	## Service providers		1178	## Service providers
	1207			1179
	1240			1212
	1241	Generative AI models that make our features work may not have the most complete		1213	Generative AI models that make our features work may not have the most complete
	>	or recent information. For example, that means if you ask Meta AI about the scor		>	or recent information. For example, that means if you ask Meta AI about the scor
	>	e to yesterday's football game, it might not know the right answer. That's why w		>	e to yesterday's football game, it might not know the right answer. That's why w
	>	e work with other selected partners, like search engine providers. We sometimes		>	e work with other selected partners, like search engine providers. We sometimes
	>	share certain information with these partners so we can bring you the most relev		>	share certain information with these partners so we can bring you the most relev
	>	ant information.		>	ant information.
	1242			1214
n	1243	Some features that are part of AI at Meta may also use an external web browser t	n
	>	o answer questions and perform actions for you. When you use these features, inf
	>	ormation related to your request will be shared with the browser. The browser ma
	>	y further share your information with other third parties.
	1244
	1245	You can also choose to connect third-party apps and services to your Meta accoun		1215	You can also choose to connect third-party apps and services to your Meta accoun
	>	t to enhance your experience with Meta Products, including our features that are		>	t to enhance your experience with Meta Products, including our features that are
	>	part of AI at Meta. When you connect to these apps and services, you are reques		>	part of AI at Meta. When you connect to these apps and services, you are reques
	>	ting us to exchange information with them. We can use this information about you		>	ting us to exchange information with them. We can use this information about you
	>	and others in the same ways we use your information as described in this Policy		>	and others in the same ways we use your information as described in this Policy
	>	, and share information to perform actions for you involving those third-party a		>	, and share information to perform actions for you involving those third-party a
	>	pps and services.		>	pps and services.
	1246			1216
	1247	Learn more about how we share your information with these selected partners and		1217	Learn more about how we share your information with these selected partners and
	>	third parties.		>	third parties.
	1264			1234
	1265	A person, business, organization or body that is not part of the Meta Companies		1235	A person, business, organization or body that is not part of the Meta Companies
	1266			1236
n	1267	41	n	1237	40
	1268			1238
	1269	## General demographics and interests		1239	## General demographics and interests
	1270			1240
	1278	- Were between the ages of 25 and 34		1248	- Were between the ages of 25 and 34
	1279	- Clicked on the ad from their phone		1249	- Clicked on the ad from their phone
	1280			1250
n			n	1251	41
				1252
				1253	## When you might give us permission
				1254
				1255	For example, you might request more information from a business by clicking thei
				>	r ad in your Facebook Feed and submitting a form with your name and contact info
				>	rmation. Then the advertiser would receive the information you provided.
				1256
				1257	1
				1258
				1259	## What Products does this Policy cover?
				1260
				1261	This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, proces
				>	s to provide Meta Products , which we also call "Products."
				1262
	1281	42		1263	42
n	1282		n
	1283	## When you might give us permission
	1284
	1285	For example, you might request more information from a business by clicking thei
	>	r ad in your Facebook Feed and submitting a form with your name and contact info
	>	rmation. Then the advertiser would receive the information you provided.
	1286
	1287	1
	1288
	1289	## What Products does this Policy cover?
	1290
	1291	This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms, Inc., process to provi
	>	de Meta Products , which we also call "Products."
	1292
	1293	43
	1294			1264
	1295	## Transactions you might make		1265	## Transactions you might make
	1296			1266
	1299	- Buying, selling or using services		1269	- Buying, selling or using services
	1300	- Donating to charities		1270	- Donating to charities
	1301			1271
n	1302	44	n	1272	43
	1303			1273
	1304	## Commerce services platforms		1274	## Commerce services platforms
	1305			1275
	1310	- Shipping		1280	- Shipping
	1311	- Customer engagement tools		1281	- Customer engagement tools
	1312			1282
n			n	1283	44
				1284
				1285	## Measurement vendor
				1286
				1287	A third party that creates reports to help advertisers understand how their cont
				>	ent and ads are performing. These reports also measure whether people took an ac
				>	tion after seeing an ad.
				1288
	1313	45		1289	45
	1314			1290
n	1315	## Measurement vendor	n
	1316
	1317	A third party that creates reports to help advertisers understand how their cont
	>	ent and ads are performing. These reports also measure whether people took an ac
	>	tion after seeing an ad.
	1318
	1319	46
	1320
	1321	## Marketing vendor		1291	## Marketing vendor
	1322			1292
	1323	A third party that helps market or advertise Meta and our Products, measures the		1293	A third party that helps market or advertise Meta and our Products, measures the
	>	effectiveness of our own marketing campaigns and performs advertising research		>	effectiveness of our own marketing campaigns and performs advertising research
n	1324		n
	1325	47
	1326
	1327	## Manage the ads you see on our Products
	1328
	1329	Visit your Ad preferences .
	1330
	1331	## Manage Meta ads you see off our Products
	1332
	1333	We advertise our own products and services on non-Meta ad platforms. We use mark
	>	eting vendors to deliver these ads. If we use your activity on our Products to t
	>	ailor these ads, you can opt out of this type of use.
	1334
	1335	If you have an account:
	1336
	1337	- Visit your Ad preferences to opt out.
	1338
	1339	If you don't have an account:
	1340
	1341	- You can use the Digital Advertising Alliance industry opt-out platform on your
	>	web browser. If you live in Canada, you can use the Digital Advertising Allianc
	>	e of Canada industry opt-out platform. Certain ad blockers and tools to restrict
	>	cookies can interfere with your ability to opt out.
	1342	- Check your mobile device settings. Device manufacturers provide different ways
	>	to opt out.
	1343			1294
	1344	Return to top		1295	Return to top
	1345			1296
	1357			1308
	1358	We share information we collect, infrastructure, systems and technology with the		1309	We share information we collect, infrastructure, systems and technology with the
	>	other Meta Companies. Learn more about how we transfer information to other cou		>	other Meta Companies. Learn more about how we transfer information to other cou
	>	ntries.		>	ntries.
	1359			1310
n	1360	We also process information that we receive about you from other Meta Companies,	n	1311	We also process information that we receive about you from other Meta Companies,
	>	according to their terms and policies and as permitted by applicable law. In so		>	according to their terms and policies and as permitted by applicable law. In so
	>	me cases, Meta acts as a service provider[35] for other Meta Companies. We act o		>	me cases, Meta acts as a service provider[34] for other Meta Companies. We act o
	>	n their behalf and in accordance with their instructions and terms.		>	n their behalf and in accordance with their instructions and terms.
	1361			1312
	1362	## Why we share across the Meta Companies		1313	## Why we share across the Meta Companies
	1363			1314
	1364	Meta Products share information with other Meta Companies:		1315	Meta Products share information with other Meta Companies:
	1365			1316
	1366	- To promote safety, security and integrity and comply with applicable laws		1317	- To promote safety, security and integrity and comply with applicable laws
n	1367	- To personalize offers, ads and other sponsored or commercial content	n
	1368	- To develop, provide and personalize features and integrations		1318	- To provide optional features and integrations
	1369	- To understand how people use and interact with Meta Company Products		1319	- To understand how people use and interact with Meta Company Products
	1370			1320
n	1371	See some examples[48] of why we share.	n	1321	See some examples[46] of why we share.
	1372			1322
	1373	## More resources		1323	## More resources
	1374			1324
	1378			1328
	1379	## What Products does this Policy cover?		1329	## What Products does this Policy cover?
	1380			1330
n	1381	This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms, Inc., process to provi	n	1331	This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, proces
	>	de Meta Products , which we also call "Products."		>	s to provide Meta Products , which we also call "Products."
	1382			1332
n	1383	35	n	1333	34
	1384			1334
	1385	## Service provider		1335	## Service provider
	1386			1336
	1387	A person, business, organization or body that provides services to Meta or to ou		1337	A person, business, organization or body that provides services to Meta or to ou
	>	r users on behalf of Meta. For example, our service providers do things like inv		>	r users on behalf of Meta. For example, our service providers do things like inv
	>	estigate suspicious activity and provide customer support.		>	estigate suspicious activity and provide customer support.
	1388			1338
n	1389	48	n	1339	46
	1390			1340
	1391	## Why we share across the Meta Companies		1341	## Why we share across the Meta Companies
	1392			1342
	1417			1367
	1418	Return to top		1368	Return to top
	1419			1369
n	1420	# How can you manage or delete your information and exercise your rights?	n	1370	# What is our legal basis for processing your information, and what are your rig
				>	hts?
	1421			1371
	1422	## Highlights		1372	## Highlights
	1423			1373
	1425	- You can use the settings in this section to manage your privacy		1375	- You can use the settings in this section to manage your privacy
	1426	- You also can delete your account or specific account information, if you want		1376	- You also can delete your account or specific account information, if you want
	>	to		>	to
	1427			1377
n	1428	We offer you a variety of tools to view, manage, download and delete your inform	n	1378	Under applicable data protection law, companies must have a legal basis to proce
	>	ation below. You can also manage your information by visiting the settings of th		>	ss personal data. When we talk about "processing personal data," we mean the way
	>	e Products you use. You may also have other privacy rights under applicable laws		>	s we collect, use and share your information, as we described in the other secti
	>	.		>	ons of this Policy above.
				1379
				1380	## What is our legal basis?
				1381
				1382	We rely on different legal bases to process your information for the purposes de
				>	scribed in this Privacy Policy. Depending on the circumstances, we rely on diffe
				>	rent legal bases when processing your same information for different purposes. F
				>	or each legal basis below, we describe why we process your information.
				1383
				1384	You also have particular rights available to you depending on which legal basis
				>	we use, and we’ve explained these here. No matter what legal basis applies, you
				>	always have the right to request access to, rectification of and deletion of you
				>	r information. To exercise your rights, see the "What are your rights?" section.
				1385
				1386	We process information for the following legal bases:
				1387
				1388	## Performance of a contract
				1389
				1390	We process your information that’s necessary to fulfil our contracts with you. T
				>	his means providing the services laid out in the Meta Terms of Service , the Ins
				>	tagram Terms of Use , the Supplemental Meta Platforms Technologies Terms of Serv
				>	ice , the Supplemental Portal Terms of Service , the Meta AI Terms of Service an
				>	d the Supplemental Facebook View Terms of Service , together, the “terms.”
				1391
				1392	Learn more
				1393
				1394	## Consent
				1395
				1396	We process your information if you give your consent.
				1397
				1398	For example, if we show you ads:
				1399
				1400	- You allow us to use your information to show you ads, including information ac
				>	ross accounts in your Accounts Center
				1401	- You can also allow us to show you personalized ads based on information that a
				>	dvertisers and other partners provide to us. This includes information about you
				>	r activity on their websites and apps, and certain offline interactions, such as
				>	purchases.
				1402
				1403	You can withdraw consent at any time in Ad preferences .
				1404
				1405	Learn more
				1406
				1407	## Legitimate interests
				1408
				1409	We process your information as necessary for our or others' legitimate interests
				>	. Our interests include providing an innovative, personalised, safe and profitab
				>	le service to our users and partners, and responding to legal requests. But we w
				>	on’t process your information if your interests, or your fundamental rights and
				>	freedoms, override ours. Where we rely on legitimate interests, you have the rig
				>	ht to object to our use of certain information.
				1410
				1411	Learn more
				1412
				1413	## Vital interest
				1414
				1415	We process information if it will protect you or prevent harm, like saving your
				>	life or someone else’s.
				1416
				1417	Learn more
				1418
				1419	## Legal obligation
				1420
				1421	We process information as necessary for us to comply with a legal obligation.
				1422
				1423	Learn more
				1424
				1425	## Public interest
				1426
				1427	We process information as necessary for the public interest, such as conducting
				>	research or promoting safety, security and integrity.
				1428
				1429	Learn more
				1430
				1431	## You have the following rights under GDPR and other relevant data protection l
				>	aws:
				1432
				1433	Access and correct information Withdraw consent Port your information Download y
				>	our information Erase information Object Make a complaint
				1434
				1435	## Access and correct information
				1436
				1437	You have the right to access and correct your information, subject to applicable
				>	law.
				1438
				1439	## View and manage your information
				1440
				1441	Access your information Your activity off Meta technologies Ad preferences Cooki
				>	e settings Manage your data
				1442
				1443	## Withdraw consent
				1444
				1445	Where we rely on your consent to process your information, you can withdraw your
				>	consent at any time. If you choose to withdraw your consent this will not affec
				>	t the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
	1429			1446
	1430	To exercise your rights, visit our Help Centers, your settings for Facebook and		1447	To exercise your rights, visit our Help Centers, your settings for Facebook and
	>	Instagram and your device-based settings.		>	Instagram and your device-based settings.
	1431			1448
n	1432	## Take a privacy checkup	n
	1433
	1434	Take a privacy checkup
	1435
	1436	## View and manage your information
	1437
	1438	Access your information Your information and permissions Ad preferences [47] Man
	>	age your data
	1439
	1440	## Port, download or delete your information
	1441
	1442	Port your information [49] Download your information Delete your information or
	>	account [50]
	1443
	1444	You can learn more about how privacy works on Facebook and on Instagram , and in
	>	the Facebook Help Center . If you have questions about this policy, you can con
	>	tact us as described below. In some countries, you may also be able to contact t
	>	he Data Protection Officer for Meta Platforms, Inc., and depending on your juris
	>	diction, you may also contact your local Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) direc
	>	tly.
	1445
	1446	47
	1447
	1448	## Manage the ads you see on our Products
	1449
	1450	Visit your Ad preferences .
	1451
	1452	## Manage Meta ads you see off our Products
	1453
	1454	We advertise our own products and services on non-Meta ad platforms. We use mark
	>	eting vendors to deliver these ads. If we use your activity on our Products to t
	>	ailor these ads, you can opt out of this type of use.
	1455
	1456	If you have an account:
	1457
	1458	- Visit your Ad preferences to opt out.
	1459
	1460	If you don't have an account:
	1461
	1462	- You can use the Digital Advertising Alliance industry opt-out platform on your
	>	web browser. If you live in Canada, you can use the Digital Advertising Allianc
	>	e of Canada industry opt-out platform. Certain ad blockers and tools to restrict
	>	cookies can interfere with your ability to opt out.
	1463	- Check your mobile device settings. Device manufacturers provide different ways
	>	to opt out.
	1464
	1465	49
	1466
	1467	## Port your information		1449	## Port your information
	1468			1450
	1469	In certain cases and subject to applicable law, you have the right to port your		1451	In certain cases and subject to applicable law, you have the right to port your
	>	information .		>	information .
	1470			1452
n	1471	50	n	1453	## Erase your information
	1472			1454
n	1473	## Delete your information or account	n	1455	You have the right to request that we erase your information, if there are valid
				>	grounds for doing so and subject to applicable law.
	1474			1456
n	1475	To delete your information, you can:	n	1457	Also, to delete your information, you can:
	1476			1458
n	1477	- Find and delete specific information. We offer tools you can use to delete	n	1459	- Find and delete specific information using provided deletion controls For
	>	certain information. For example, you can use Delete buttons to delete content		>	certain specific information that you can view in our Products[1], we offer tool
	>	you’ve posted to your account. You can also use tools like activity log on Faceb		>	s you can use to request deletion. For example, you can use Delete buttons to de
	>	ook to send content to the trash in bulk. When you delete content, it’s no longe		>	lete content you’ve posted to your account. You can also use tools like activity
	>	r visible to other users. Visit the Facebook Help Center or Instagram Help Cente		>	log on Facebook to send content to the trash in bulk. When you delete content,
	>	r to learn what happens when you delete your content or move it to trash.		>	it’s no longer visible to other users. Visit the Facebook Help Center or Instagr
				>	am Help Center to learn what happens when you delete your content or move it to
				>	trash.
	1478	- Permanently delete your account. If you delete your account on Facebook or		1460	- Permanently delete your account If you delete your account on Facebook or
	>	Instagram, we delete your information, including the things you’ve posted, such		>	Instagram, we delete your information, including the things you have posted, suc
	>	as your photos and status updates, unless we need to keep it as described in "H		>	h as your photos and status updates, unless we need to retain this information a
	>	ow long do we keep your information?" Once your account is permanently deleted y		>	s described in How long do we keep your information?". Please note that once you
	>	ou won’t be able to reactivate it, and you won’t be able to retrieve information		>	r account is permanently deleted, you won’t be able to reactivate it, and you wo
	>	, including content you’ve posted.		>	n’t be able to retrieve information you’ve added, including content you’ve poste
				>	d.
	1479			1461
n	1480	### How long does it take to delete your information?	n	1462	## How long does it take to delete your information?
	1481			1463
	1482	If you request that we delete your account or content, it may take up to 90 days		1464	If you request that we delete your account or content, it may take up to 90 days
	>	to delete your information after we begin the account deletion process or recei		>	to delete your information after we begin the account deletion process or recei
	>	ve a content deletion request. After the information is deleted, it may take us		>	ve a content deletion request. After the information is deleted, it may take us
	>	up to another 90 days to remove it from backups and disaster recovery.		>	up to another 90 days to remove it from backups and disaster recovery.
	1483			1465
	1484	If you leave your deleted content in your trash on Facebook or your Recently Del		1466	If you leave your deleted content in your trash on Facebook or your Recently Del
	>	eted folder on Instagram, the deletion process will begin automatically in 30 da		>	eted folder on Instagram, the deletion process will begin automatically in 30 da
	>	ys. Or you can start the deletion process right away by deleting the content fro		>	ys. Or you can start the deletion process right away by deleting the content fro
	>	m your trash or Recently Deleted folder.		>	m your trash or Recently Deleted folder.
n			n	1467
				1468	## Object
				1469
				1470	You have the right to object to and restrict certain processing of your informat
				>	ion.
				1471
				1472	## Unsubscribe
				1473
				1474	You can use the "unsubscribe" link in our marketing communications to stop us fr
				>	om using your information for that direct marketing.
				1475
				1476	## Object
				1477
				1478	You can object to our processing your information when we rely on legitimate int
				>	erests or perform a task in the public interest. We will consider several factor
				>	s when assessing an objection, including:
				1479
				1480	- Our users' reasonable expectations
				1481	- The benefits and risks to you, us, other users or third parties[24]
				1482	- Other available means to achieve the same purpose that may be less invasive an
				>	d do not require disproportionate effort
				1483
				1484	Unless we find that we have compelling legitimate grounds for this processing wh
				>	ich are not outweighed by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms, or
				>	the processing is needed for legal reasons, your objection will be upheld. In th
				>	at case, we will cease processing your information. To learn more about the circ
				>	umstances in which an objection may be successful, please visit the Help Center
				>	.
				1485
				1486	## Make a complaint
				1487
				1488	You also can lodge a complaint with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited's lead superv
				>	isory authority, the Irish Data Protection Commission or your local supervisory
				>	authority.
				1489
				1490	1
				1491
				1492	## What Products does this Policy cover?
				1493
				1494	This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, proces
				>	s to provide Meta Products , which we also call "Products."
				1495
				1496	24
				1497
				1498	## Third party
				1499
				1500	A person, business, organization or body that is not part of the Meta Companies
	1485			1501
	1486	Return to top		1502	Return to top
	1487			1503
	1495			1511
	1496	We keep information as long as we need it to provide our Products, comply with l		1512	We keep information as long as we need it to provide our Products, comply with l
	>	egal obligations or protect our or other’s interests. We decide how long we need		>	egal obligations or protect our or other’s interests. We decide how long we need
	>	information on a case-by-case basis. Here’s what we consider when we decide:		>	information on a case-by-case basis. Here’s what we consider when we decide:
	1497			1513
n	1498	- If we need it to operate or provide our Products. For example, we need to keep	n	1514	- If we need it to operate or provide our Products. For example, we need to keep
	>	some of your information to maintain your account. Learn more[51].		>	some of your information to maintain your account. Learn more[47].
	1499	- The feature we use it for, and how that feature works. For example, messages s		1515	- The feature we use it for, and how that feature works. For example, messages s
	>	ent using Messenger’s vanish mode are retained for less time than regular messag		>	ent using Messenger’s vanish mode are retained for less time than regular messag
	>	es. Learn more[52].		>	es. Learn more[48].
	1500	- How long we need to retain the information to comply with certain legal obliga		1516	- How long we need to retain the information to comply with certain legal obliga
	>	tions. See some examples[53].		>	tions. See some examples[49].
	1501	- If we need it for other legitimate purposes, such as to prevent harm; investig		1517	- If we need it for other legitimate purposes, such as to prevent harm; investig
	>	ate possible violations of our terms or policies; promote safety, security and i		>	ate possible violations of our terms or policies; promote safety, security and i
	>	ntegrity; or protect ourselves, including our rights, property or products		>	ntegrity; or protect ourselves, including our rights, property or products
	1502			1518
n	1503	In some instances and for specific reasons, we’ll keep information for an extend	n	1519	In some instances and for specific reasons, we’ll keep information for an extend
	>	ed period of time. Read our Policy[54] about when we may preserve your informati		>	ed period of time. Read our Policy[50] about when we may preserve your informati
	>	on.		>	on.
	1504			1520
n	1505	51	n	1521	47
	1506			1522
	1507	## If we need it to operate or provide our Products		1523	## If we need it to operate or provide our Products
	1508			1524
	1509	For example, we keep profile information, photos you’ve posted (and not deleted)		1525	For example, we keep profile information, photos you’ve posted (and not deleted)
	>	and security information for the lifetime of your account.		>	and security information for the lifetime of your account.
	1510			1526
n	1511	And when you search for something on Facebook, we keep your search history until	n	1527	And when you search for something on Facebook, we keep your search history until
	>	you clear the search in your activity log or delete your account. Once you clea		>	you clear the search in your activity log or delete your account. Once you clea
	>	r a search or delete your account, it will no longer be visible to you, and it w		>	r a search or delete your account, it will no longer be visible to you, and it w
	>	ill be deleted[50] .		>	ill be deleted[51] .
	1512			1528
	1513	But even if you don’t clear your search or delete your account, within six month		1529	But even if you don’t clear your search or delete your account, within six month
	>	s of your search we delete information about that search that isn’t necessary to		>	s of your search we delete information about that search that isn’t necessary to
	>	show you your search history, like information about the device you were using,		>	show you your search history, like information about the device you were using,
	>	or your location.		>	or your location.
	1514			1530
n	1515	52	n	1531	48
	1516			1532
	1517	## The feature we use it for, and how that feature works		1533	## The feature we use it for, and how that feature works
	1518			1534
	1520			1536
	1521	After Cynthia reads the message, the content is deleted after one hour. If Cynth		1537	After Cynthia reads the message, the content is deleted after one hour. If Cynth
	>	ia never reads it, it’s deleted after 14 days.		>	ia never reads it, it’s deleted after 14 days.
	1522			1538
n	1523	53	n	1539	49
	1524			1540
	1525	## How long we need to retain the information to comply with certain legal oblig		1541	## How long we need to retain the information to comply with certain legal oblig
	>	ations		>	ations
	1526			1542
	1530	- A governmental investigation		1546	- A governmental investigation
	1531	- A legal claim, complaint, litigation or regulatory proceedings		1547	- A legal claim, complaint, litigation or regulatory proceedings
	1532			1548
n	1533	54	n	1549	50
	1534			1550
	1535	## Why we may preserve your information longer		1551	## Why we may preserve your information longer
	1536			1552
	1544	- To protect ourselves, including our rights, property or products		1560	- To protect ourselves, including our rights, property or products
	1545	- If it’s needed in relation to a legal claim, complaint, litigation or regulato		1561	- If it’s needed in relation to a legal claim, complaint, litigation or regulato
	>	ry proceedings		>	ry proceedings
	1546			1562
n	1547	See some examples[55] .	n	1563	See some examples[52] .
	1548			1564
	1549	In some cases, we may preserve your information based on the above reasons even		1565	In some cases, we may preserve your information based on the above reasons even
	>	after you request deletion of your account or some of your content. We may also		>	after you request deletion of your account or some of your content. We may also
	>	preserve information from accounts that have been disabled and content that has		>	preserve information from accounts that have been disabled and content that has
	>	been removed for violations of our terms and policies.		>	been removed for violations of our terms and policies.
	1550			1566
n	1551	50	n	1567	51
	1552			1568
	1553	## Delete your information or account		1569	## Delete your information or account
	1554			1570
	1563			1579
	1564	If you leave your deleted content in your trash on Facebook or your Recently Del		1580	If you leave your deleted content in your trash on Facebook or your Recently Del
	>	eted folder on Instagram, the deletion process will begin automatically in 30 da		>	eted folder on Instagram, the deletion process will begin automatically in 30 da
	>	ys. Or you can start the deletion process right away by deleting the content fro		>	ys. Or you can start the deletion process right away by deleting the content fro
	>	m your trash or Recently Deleted folder.		>	m your trash or Recently Deleted folder.
	1565			1581
n	1566	55	n	1582	52
	1567			1583
	1568	## Examples of why we might preserve your information		1584	## Examples of why we might preserve your information
	1569			1585
	1596			1612
	1597	## Why is information transferred to other countries?		1613	## Why is information transferred to other countries?
	1598			1614
n	1599	We share the information we collect globally, both internally across our offices	n	1615	We share the information we collect globally, both internally across our offices
	>	and data centers, and externally with our partners[2] , measurement vendors[45]		>	and data centers, and externally with our partners[2] , measurement vendors[44]
	>	, service providers[35] and other third parties[24] . Because Meta is global, w		>	, service providers[34] and other third parties[24] . Because Meta is global, w
	>	ith users, partners and employees around the world, transfers are necessary for		>	ith users, partners and employees around the world, transfers are necessary for
	>	a variety of reasons, including:		>	a variety of reasons, including:
	1600			1616
	1601	- So we can operate and provide the services stated in the terms of the Meta Pro		1617	- So we can operate and provide the services stated in the terms of the Meta Pro
	>	duct[1] you’re using and this Policy. This includes allowing you to share inform		>	duct[1] you’re using and this Policy. This includes allowing you to share inform
	>	ation and connect with your family and friends around the globe.		>	ation and connect with your family and friends around the globe.
	1602	- So we can fix, analyze and improve our Products		1618	- So we can fix, analyze and improve our Products
	1603			1619
	1604	## Where is information transferred?		1620	## Where is information transferred?
	1605			1621
n	1606	Your information will be transferred or transmitted to, or stored and processed	n	1622	Information controlled by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited will be transferred or
	>	in:		>	transmitted to, or stored and processed in:
	1607			1623
	1608	- Places we have infrastructure or data centers, including the United States, Ir		1624	- Places we have infrastructure or data centers, including the United States, Ir
	>	eland, Denmark and Sweden, among others		>	eland, Denmark and Sweden, among others
	1609	- Countries where Meta Company Products are available		1625	- Countries where Meta Company Products are available
	1611			1627
	1612	## How do we safeguard your information?		1628	## How do we safeguard your information?
	1613			1629
n	1614	We rely on appropriate mechanisms[56] for international data transfers.	n	1630	We rely on appropriate mechanisms[53] for international data transfers.
	1615			1631
	1616	We also make sure that appropriate safeguards are in place whenever we transfer		1632	We also make sure that appropriate safeguards are in place whenever we transfer
	>	your information. For example, we encrypt your information when it’s in transit		>	your information. For example, we encrypt your information when it’s in transit
	>	over public networks to protect it from unauthorized access.		>	over public networks to protect it from unauthorized access.
	1617			1633
	1621			1637
	1622	A person, business, organization or body using or integrating our Products to ad		1638	A person, business, organization or body using or integrating our Products to ad
	>	vertise, market or support their products and services		>	vertise, market or support their products and services
	1623			1639
n	1624	45	n	1640	44
	1625			1641
	1626	## Measurement vendor		1642	## Measurement vendor
	1627			1643
	1628	A third party that creates reports to help advertisers understand how their cont		1644	A third party that creates reports to help advertisers understand how their cont
	>	ent and ads are performing. These reports also measure whether people took an ac		>	ent and ads are performing. These reports also measure whether people took an ac
	>	tion after seeing an ad.		>	tion after seeing an ad.
	1629			1645
n	1630	35	n	1646	34
	1631			1647
	1632	## Service provider		1648	## Service provider
	1633			1649
	1643			1659
	1644	## What Products does this Policy cover?		1660	## What Products does this Policy cover?
	1645			1661
n	1646	This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms, Inc., process to provi	n	1662	This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, proces
	>	de Meta Products , which we also call "Products."		>	s to provide Meta Products , which we also call "Products."
	1647			1663
n	1648	56	n	1664	53
	1649			1665
	1650	## Mechanisms we use for global data transfers		1666	## Mechanisms we use for global data transfers
	1651			1667
n	1652	We rely on appropriate mechanisms for international data transfers. For example,	n	1668	We use appropriate mechanisms for international data transfers. For example, for
	>	for information we collect :		>	information we collect :
	1653			1669
n	1654	- We utilize standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission an	n	1670	- We rely on decisions from the European Commission by which they recognise that
	>	d by other relevant authorities.		>	certain countries and territories outside of the European Economic Area ensure
				>	an adequate level of protection for personal information. These decisions are re
				>	ferred to as “adequacy decisions.” In particular, we transfer information we col
				>	lect from the European Economic Area to Argentina, Israel, New Zealand, Switzerl
				>	and, the UK and, where the decision is applicable, Canada, based on the relevant
				>	adequecy decisions. Learn more[54] about the adequacy decision for each country
				>	.
	1655	- We rely on determinations from the European Commission, and from other relevan		1671	- Meta Platforms, Inc. has certified its participation in the EU-U.S. and Swiss-
	>	t authorities, about whether other countries have adequate levels of data protec		>	U.S. Data Privacy Frameworks. We rely on the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy
	>	tion.		>	Frameworks, and the European Commission's related adequacy decision, for transf
				>	ers of information to Meta Platforms, Inc. in the U.S. for the products and serv
				>	ices specified in that certification. For more information, please review Meta P
				>	latforms, Inc.’s Data Privacy Framework Disclosure. To learn more about the Data
				>	Privacy Framework (DPF) Program, and to view our certification, please visit th
				>	e U.S. Department of Commerce’s Data Privacy Framework Website.
	1656	- We use equivalent mechanisms under applicable laws that apply to data transfer		1672	- In other situations, we rely on standard contractual clauses approved by the E
	>	s to the United States and other relevant countries.		>	uropean Commission (and the equivalent standard contractual clauses for the UK,
				>	where appropriate) or on derogations provided for under the applicable law to tr
				>	ansfer information to a third country.
				1673	- In addition, please review the additional steps we take to transfer your infor
				>	mation securely.
				1674
				1675	If you have questions about our international data transfers and the standard co
				>	ntractual clauses, you can contact us .
				1676
				1677	54
				1678
				1679	## Adequacy decisions
				1680
				1681	Learn more about the adequacy decision for each country:
				1682
				1683	- Israel
				1684	- New Zealand
				1685	- Switzerland
				1686	- UK
				1687	- Argentina
				1688	- Canada
	1657			1689
	1658	Return to top		1690	Return to top
	1659			1691
	1667			1699
	1668	We access, preserve, use and share your information:		1700	We access, preserve, use and share your information:
	1669			1701
n	1670	- In response to legal requests, like search warrants, court orders, production	n	1702	- In response to legal requests, like search warrants, court orders, production
	>	orders or subpoenas. These requests come from third parties[24] such as civil li		>	orders or subpoenas. These requests come from third parties[24] such as civil li
	>	tigants, law enforcement and other government authorities. Learn more[57] about		>	tigants, law enforcement and other government authorities. Learn more[55] about
	>	when we respond to legal requests.		>	when we respond to legal requests.
	1671	- In accordance with applicable law		1703	- In accordance with applicable law
n	1672	- To promote the safety, security and integrity of Meta Products[1], users, empl	n	1704	- To promote the safety, security and integrity of Meta Products[1], users, empl
	>	oyees, property and the public. Learn more[58].		>	oyees, property and the public. Learn more[56].
	1673			1705
n	1674	We may access or preserve your information for an extended amount of time. Learn	n	1706	We may access or preserve your information for an extended amount of time. Learn
	>	more[54] .		>	more[50] .
	1675			1707
	1676	24		1708	24
	1677			1709
	1679			1711
	1680	A person, business, organization or body that is not part of the Meta Companies		1712	A person, business, organization or body that is not part of the Meta Companies
	1681			1713
n	1682	57	n	1714	55
	1683			1715
	1684	## When we respond to legal requests		1716	## When we respond to legal requests
	1685			1717
	1694			1726
	1695	## What Products does this Policy cover?		1727	## What Products does this Policy cover?
	1696			1728
n	1697	This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms, Inc., process to provi	n	1729	This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, proces
	>	de Meta Products , which we also call "Products."		>	s to provide Meta Products , which we also call "Products."
	1698			1730
n	1699	58	n	1731	56
	1700			1732
	1701	## How we promote safety, security and integrity		1733	## How we promote safety, security and integrity
	1702			1734
	1703	We share your information with law enforcement, government authorities, Meta Com		1735	We share your information with law enforcement, government authorities, Meta Com
	>	panies and other third parties (including industry peers) when we have a good fa		>	panies and other third parties (including industry peers) when we have a good fa
	>	ith belief it’s necessary to detect, prevent and address a variety of situations		>	ith belief it’s necessary to detect, prevent and address a variety of situations
	>	, such as:		>	, such as:
	1704			1736
n	1705	- Unauthorized use of our Products. See an example.[59]	n	1737	- Unauthorized use of our Products. See an example.[57]
	1706	- Violations of our terms and policies. See an example.[60]		1738	- Violations of our terms and policies. See an example.[58]
	1707	- Investigating suspicious activity		1739	- Investigating suspicious activity
	1708	- Protecting ourselves, including our rights, property, personnel or Products		1740	- Protecting ourselves, including our rights, property, personnel or Products
	1709	- Preventing abuse, fraud, or other harmful or illegal activity, on and off our		1741	- Preventing abuse, fraud, or other harmful or illegal activity, on and off our
	>	Products		>	Products
	1710	- Protecting you or others, including as part of investigations or regulatory in		1742	- Protecting you or others, including as part of investigations or regulatory in
	>	quiries		>	quiries
	1711	- Emergency situations, such as risk of death or imminent bodily harm		1743	- Emergency situations, such as risk of death or imminent bodily harm
	1712			1744
n	1713	54	n	1745	50
	1714			1746
	1715	## Why we may preserve your information longer		1747	## Why we may preserve your information longer
	1716			1748
	1724	- To protect ourselves, including our rights, property or products		1756	- To protect ourselves, including our rights, property or products
	1725	- If it’s needed in relation to a legal claim, complaint, litigation or regulato		1757	- If it’s needed in relation to a legal claim, complaint, litigation or regulato
	>	ry proceedings		>	ry proceedings
	1726			1758
n	1727	See some examples[55] .	n	1759	See some examples[52] .
	1728			1760
	1729	In some cases, we may preserve your information based on the above reasons even		1761	In some cases, we may preserve your information based on the above reasons even
	>	after you request deletion of your account or some of your content. We may also		>	after you request deletion of your account or some of your content. We may also
	>	preserve information from accounts that have been disabled and content that has		>	preserve information from accounts that have been disabled and content that has
	>	been removed for violations of our terms and policies.		>	been removed for violations of our terms and policies.
	1730			1762
n	1731	59	n	1763	57
	1732			1764
	1733	## Unauthorized use of our Products		1765	## Unauthorized use of our Products
	1734			1766
	1735	For example, if you unlawfully collect and use Facebook user data, we may share		1767	For example, if you unlawfully collect and use Facebook user data, we may share
	>	your information to defend ourselves against claims or in litigation.		>	your information to defend ourselves against claims or in litigation.
	1736			1768
n	1737	60	n	1769	58
	1738			1770
	1739	## Violations of our terms and policies		1771	## Violations of our terms and policies
	1740			1772
	1741	For example, if you post threatening or harmful content, we may share your infor		1773	For example, if you post threatening or harmful content, we may share your infor
	>	mation across the Meta Companies to protect ourselves and others. This can inclu		>	mation across the Meta Companies to protect ourselves and others. This can inclu
	>	de blocking your access to certain features or disabling your account across the		>	de blocking your access to certain features or disabling your account across the
	>	Meta Companies.		>	Meta Companies.
	1742			1774
n	1743	55	n	1775	52
	1744			1776
	1745	## Examples of why we might preserve your information		1777	## Examples of why we might preserve your information
	1746			1778
	1772			1804
	1773	# How to contact Meta with questions		1805	# How to contact Meta with questions
	1774			1806
n	1775	You can learn more about how privacy works on Facebook and on Instagram and in t	n	1807	You can learn more about how privacy works on Facebook and on Instagram , and in
	>	he Facebook Help Center . If you have questions about this Policy or have questi		>	the Facebook Help Center . If you have questions about this Policy, or have que
	>	ons, complaints or requests regarding your information, you can contact us as de		>	stions, complaints or requests regarding your information, you can contact us as
	>	scribed below.		>	described below.
	1776			1808
n	1777	You can contact us online or by mail at:	n	1809	The data controller responsible for your information is Meta Platforms Ireland L
				>	imited, which you can contact online , or by mail at:
	1778			1810
n	1779	Meta Platforms, Inc.	n	1811	Meta Platforms Ireland Limited
	1780			1812
	1781	ATTN: Privacy Operations		1813	ATTN: Privacy Operations
	1782			1814
n	1783	1 Meta Way	n	1815	Merrion Road
	1784			1816
n	1785	Menlo Park, CA 94025	n	1817	Dublin 4
				1818
				1819	D04 X2K5, Ireland
				1820
				1821	Contact the Data Protection Officer for Meta Platforms Ireland Limited.
				1822
				1823	You also have the right to lodge a complaint with Meta Platforms Ireland's lead
				>	supervisory authority, the Irish Data Protection Commission, or your local super
				>	visory authority.
	1786			1824
	1787	Return to top		1825	Return to top
	1788			1826
n			n	1827	# Legal basis information
				1828
				1829	## Consent
				1830
				1831	We process information as described below when you have given us your consent to
				>	do so, which we may ask through in-product experiences, to enable particular fe
				>	atures, or to enable device-based settings. The categories of information we use
				>	and why and how they are processed are set out below:
				1832
				1833	Processing information with special protections
				1834
	1789	# Why and how we process your information		1835	Why and how we process your information:
	1790			1836
n	1791	The categories of information we use, and why and how information is processed,	n	1837	Processing information with special protections that you provide so we can share
	>	are set out below:		>	it with those you choose, to provide, personalise and improve our Products and
				>	to undertake analytics. We'll collect, store, publish and apply automated, or so
				>	metimes manual, processing for these purposes.
	1792			1838
n			n	1839	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				1840
				1841	Your activity and information you provide :
				1842
				1843	- Any information with special protections that you choose to provide, such as y
				>	our religious views, your sexual orientation, political views, health, racial or
				>	ethnic origin, philosophical beliefs or trade union membership, or as part of s
				>	urveys you choose to participate in, and where you have given your explicit cons
				>	ent
				1844
	1793	Personalizing Meta Products		1845	Personalizing ads
	1794			1846
	1795	Why and how we process your information:		1847	Why and how we process your information:
	1796			1848
n	1797	Our systems automatically process information we've collected and stored associa	n	1849	If we show you ads, depending on your settings , we will use your information ac
	>	ted with you and others to assess and understand your interests and your prefere		>	ross the account(s) in your Accounts Centre to show you ads, including using coo
	>	nces and provide you personalized experiences on and across the Meta Company Pro		>	kies, to personalize your ads on and off the Meta Company Products, including ap
	>	ducts in accordance with our terms. This is how we:		>	ps using Meta Audience Network, and measure how those ads perform.
	1798			1850
n	1799	- Personalize features and content (such as your Facebook Feed, Instagram Feed,	n	1851	If we show you ads, our ads system automatically processes information that we'v
	>	our features that are part of AI at Meta and Stories);		>	e collected and stored associated with you. In accordance with your Ad preferenc
				>	es, our ads system uses this information to understand your interests and your p
				>	references and personalize your ads on and off the Meta Company Products. Learn
				>	more about your Ad preferences.
	1800	- Personalize the ads people see, and
	1801	- Make suggestions for you (such as people you may know, groups or events that y
	>	ou may be interested in or topics that you may want to follow) on and off our Pr
	>	oducts.
	1802			1852
n	1803	Our ads system prioritizes what ad to show you based on what audience advertiser	n	1853	Our ads system prioritizes what ad to show you based on what audience advertiser
	>	s want to reach. Then we match the ad to people who might be interested. Learn m		>	s want to reach. Then we match the ad to people who might be interested. Learn m
	>	ore[61] about how our ads system works.		>	ore[59] about how our ads system works.
	1804			1854
	1805	Learn more about how we choose the ads that you see.		1855	Learn more about how we choose the ads that you see.
	1806			1856
n			n	1857	You can change your choice at any time in your Ad Preferences.
				1858
	1807	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more		1859	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y		>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**		>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
n			n	1860
				1861	Your activity and information that you provide :
				1862
				1863	- Content that you create, such as posts, comments or audio
				1864	- Content that you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settin
				>	gs, or through our voice-enabled features
				1865	- Metadata about content
				1866	- Types of content, including ads, that you view or interact with, and how you i
				>	nteract with it
				1867	- Apps and features that you use and what actions you take in them
				1868	- Purchases or other transactions that you make
				1869	- Hashtags you use
				1870	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				1871
				1872	Friends, followers and other connections
				1873
				1874	App, browser and device information :
				1875
				1876	- Device characteristics and device software
				1877	- What you're doing on your device, such as whether our app is in the foreground
				>	or if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				1878	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users'
				1879	- Device signals
				1880	- Information that you've shared through your device settings (e.g. GPS location
				>	)
				1881	- Information about the network that you connect your device to
				1882	- Location-related information
				1883	- Reports about our Products' performance on your device
				1884	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				1885
				1886	For WhatsApp users, learn more about what information is shared with Meta
				1887
				1888	Associating your accounts
				1889
				1890	Why and how we process your information:
				1891
				1892	If you add a WhatsApp account to an Accounts Center with other accounts on Meta
				>	Company Products:
				1893
				1894	To associate your accounts on Meta Company Products with your WhatsApp account i
				>	n the same Accounts Center and share your information with WhatsApp.
				1895
				1896	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				1897
				1898	Note: the list below is about information from Meta. For information that WhatsA
				>	pp shares with Meta, see the WhatsApp in Accounts Centre Supplemental Privacy Po
				>	licy .
	1808			1899
	1809	Your activity and information you provide :		1900	Your activity and information you provide :
	1810			1901
	1811	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio		1902	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
	1812	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o		1903	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
	>	r through our voice-enabled features		>	r through our voice-enabled features
n	1813	- Metadata[6] about content and messages, subject to applicable law	n	1904	- Metadata about content
	1814	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat		1905	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
	>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit		>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
	>	h these features		>	h these features.
	1815	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it		1906	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
	1816	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them		1907	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
	1817	- Purchases or other transactions you make		1908	- Purchases or other transactions you make
	1822			1913
	1823	App, browser and device information :		1914	App, browser and device information :
	1824			1915
n	1825	- Device[10] characteristics and device software	n	1916	- Device characteristics and device software
				1917	- What you're doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				1918	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users'
				1919	- Device signals
				1920	- Information you've shared through your device settings
				1921	- Location-related information
				1922	- Information about the network you connect your device to and your connection,
				>	including your IP address
				1923	- Reports about our Products' performance on your device
				1924	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				1925
				1926	Using information from third parties for personalizing ads
				1927
				1928	Why and how we process your information:
				1929
				1930	Using information from partners, vendors and other third parties to tailor the a
				>	ds you see: If we show you ads with your consent we'll use information that part
				>	ners, vendors and other third parties provide us about activity off the Meta Com
				>	pany Products and that we have associated with you to personalize the ads you se
				>	e on and across the Meta Company Products, and on websites, apps and devices tha
				>	t use our advertising services. We receive this information whether or not you'r
				>	e logged in or have an account on our Products, see the Cookies Policy for more
				>	information.
				1931
				1932	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				1933
				1934	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				1935
				1936	Sharing information with third parties at your request when you use some of our
				>	Products
				1937
				1938	Why and how we process your information:
				1939
				1940	The type of third party and categories of information shared depend on the circu
				>	mstances of what you ask us to share. For example, when you direct us we share y
				>	our email address or other information that you might choose to share with an ad
				>	vertiser so that they can contact you with additional information about a promot
				>	ed product.
				1941
				1942	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				1943
				1944	Your activity and information you provide :
				1945
				1946	- Content you create, like your contact, profile or other information, like post
				>	s or comments
				1947
				1948	Receiving information from device settings
				1949
				1950	Why and how we process your information:
				1951
				1952	Collecting information that you allow us to receive through the device-based set
				>	tings you enable (such as access to your GPS location, camera or photos) which w
				>	e use to provide the features or services described when you enable the setting.
				1953
				1954	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				1955
				1956	App, browser and device information :
				1957
				1958	- Information from device settings
				1959
				1960	Verifying your identity
				1961
				1962	Why and how we process your information:
				1963
				1964	Verifying your identity or account, or helping to protect against suspicious act
				>	ivity including impersonation and identity misuse, using face analysis which may
				>	include facial recognition technology if you select it.
				1965
				1966	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				1967
				1968	Your activity and information you provide :
				1969
				1970	- Your account information, account photos, or
				1971	- your photo or video selfie, if you choose to provide it
				1972
				1973	When we process information that you provide to us based on your consent, you ha
				>	ve the right to withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulne
				>	ss of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. You also have the right
				>	to port that information you provide to us based on your consent. To exercise y
				>	our rights, visit your device-based settings, and visit the Facebook settings an
				>	d Instagram settings and our Help Centers.
				1974
				1975	## Performance of a contract
				1976
				1977	For all people who have the legal capacity to enter into an enforceable contract
				>	(for example, by being the age of majority or above in their country of residen
				>	ce), we process information as necessary to conclude and perform our contracts w
				>	ith you (the Meta Terms and Instagram Terms , the Supplemental Meta Platforms Te
				>	chnologies Terms of Service , the Supplemental Portal Terms of Service , the Met
				>	a AI Terms of Service and the Supplemental Meta View Terms of Service , together
				>	, the “terms"). The purposes for which we process information for our contracts,
				>	the categories of information we use and how information is processed are set o
				>	ut below:
				1978
				1979	Personalizing Meta Products other than ads
				1980
				1981	Why and how we process your information:
				1982
				1983	Our systems automatically process information we have collected and stored assoc
				>	iated with you and others to assess and understand your interests and your prefe
				>	rences and provide you personalised experiences across the Meta Products in acco
				>	rdance with our terms. This is how we:
				1984
				1985	- Personalise features and content (such as your Facebook Feed, Instagram Feed a
				>	nd Stories); and
				1986	- Make suggestions for you (such as people you may know, groups or events that y
				>	ou may be interested in or topics that you may want to follow) on and off our Pr
				>	oducts.
				1987
				1988	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				1989
				1990	Your activity and information you provide :
				1991
				1992	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
				1993	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
				>	r through our voice-enabled features
				1994	- Messages you send and receive, including their content and metadata, for optio
				>	nal features you choose to use, and subject to applicable law.
				1995	- Metadata about content
				1996	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				1997	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				1998	- Purchases or other transactions you make
				1999	- Hashtags you use
				2000	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				2001
				2002	Friends, followers and other connections
				2003
				2004	App, browser and device information :
				2005
				2006	- Device characteristics and device software
	1826	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or		2007	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
	>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)		>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
	1827	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’		2008	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
	1828	- Device signals		2009	- Device signals
	1829	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings (like GPS location)		2010	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings (like GPS location)
	1830	- Location-related information		2011	- Location-related information
	1831	- Information about the network you connect your device to		2012	- Information about the network you connect your device to
n	1832	- Reports about our products’ performance on your device	n	2013	- Reports about our Products’ performance on your device
	1833	- Information from cookies and similar technologies		2014	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
	1834			2015
	1835	Information from partners, vendors and third parties		2016	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
	1836			2017
n	1837	For WhatsApp users, learn more about what information is shared with Meta.	n
	1838
	1839	Associating your accounts
	1840
	1841	Why and how we process your information:
	1842
	1843	If you add a WhatsApp account to an Accounts Center with other accounts on Meta
	>	Company Products: To associate your accounts on Meta Company Products with your
	>	WhatsApp account in the same Accounts Center and share your information with Wha
	>	tsApp.
	1844
	1845	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	1846
	1847	Note: the list below is about information from Meta. For information that WhatsA
	>	pp shares with Meta see the WhatsApp Help Center article .
	1848
	1849	Your activity and information you provide
	1850
	1851	Friends, followers and other connections
	1852
	1853	App, browser and device information
	1854
	1855	Providing and improving Meta Products		2018	Providing Meta Products
	1856			2019
	1857	Why and how we process your information:		2020	Why and how we process your information:
	1858			2021
	1863	- Facilitate the sharing of content and status		2026	- Facilitate the sharing of content and status
	1864	- Provide and curate features		2027	- Provide and curate features
	1865	- Provide messaging services, the ability to make voice and video calls and conn		2028	- Provide messaging services, the ability to make voice and video calls and conn
	>	ect with others		>	ect with others
n	1866	- Provide advertising products	n
	1867	- Provide our features that are part of AI at Meta that do things like create an		2029	- Provide our features that are part of AI at Meta that do things like create an
	>	d understand content (like text, audio, images and videos) and perform actions		>	d understand content (like text, audio, images and videos, including by understa
				>	nding and recognising your use of content in the features) and perform actions
	1868	- Undertake analytics		2030	- Undertake analytics
	1869	- Facilitate your purchases and payments on Meta Pay or other Meta checkout expe		2031	- Facilitate your purchases and payments on Meta Pay or other Meta checkout expe
	>	riences		>	riences
	1870	- See if our Products are working correctly, such as troubleshooting, and fixing		2032	- See if our Products are working correctly, such as troubleshooting, and fixing
	>	it when it’s not working		>	it when it’s not working
n	1871		n
	1872	We also use information to develop, research and test improvements to Meta Produ
	>	cts. We use information we have to:
	1873
	1874	- Develop and improve products and features
	1875	- Build and test out new products and features to see if they work		2033	- Build and test out new products and features to see if they work
n	1876	- Get feedback on our ideas for products or features	n	2034	- Get feedback on Meta Products and ideas for products or features
	1877	- Conduct surveys and other research about what you like about our Products and
	>	brands and on what we can do better for Meta Products and brands
	1878			2035
	1879	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more		2036	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y		>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**		>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	1880			2037
	1903	- Device signals		2060	- Device signals
	1904	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings		2061	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
	1905	- Location-related information		2062	- Location-related information
n	1906	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad	n	2063	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
	>	dress[16]		>	dress
	1907	- Information from cookies and similar technologies		2064	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
	1908			2065
	1909	Information from partners, vendors and third parties		2066	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
	1910			2067
n	1911	Developing and improving AI at Meta	n
	1912
	1913	Why and how we process your information:
	1914
	1915	Develop and improve AI at Meta for Meta Products and for third parties.
	1916
	1917	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	1918
	1919	Your activity and information you provide :
	1920
	1921	- Public content you or others create or share, like posts, comments or audio on
	>	Meta Products
	1922	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
	>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
	>	h these features.
	1923
	1924	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
	1925
	1926	Promoting safety, integrity and security on and across the Meta Products		2068	Promoting safety, integrity and security on and across Meta Products
	1927			2069
	1928	Why and how we process your information:		2070	Why and how we process your information:
	1929			2071
n	1930	The Meta Products are designed to research and help ensure the safety, integrity	n	2072	The Meta Products are designed to help ensure the safety, integrity and security
	>	and security of those services and those people who enjoy them, on and off Meta		>	of those services and those people who enjoy them. We process information we ha
	>	Products. We process information we have associated with you and apply automate		>	ve associated with you and apply automated processing techniques and, in some in
	>	d processing techniques and, in some instances, conduct manual (human) review to		>	stances, conduct manual (human) review to:
	>	:
	1931			2073
n	1932	- Verify accounts and activity	n	2074	- Verify accounts, identity and activity
	1933	- Find and address violations of our terms or policies. In some cases, the decis		2075	- Find and address violations of our terms or policies. In some cases, the decis
	>	ions we make about violations are reviewed by the Oversight Board		>	ions we make about violations are reviewed by the Oversight Board
	1934	- Investigate suspicious activity		2076	- Investigate suspicious activity
	1935	- Detect, prevent and combat harmful or unlawful behavior, such as to review and		2077	- Detect, prevent and combat harmful or unlawful behavior, such as to review and
	>	, in some cases, remove content reported to us		>	, in some cases, remove content reported to us
n	1936	- Identify and combat disparities and racial bias against historically marginali	n	2078	- Detect and prevent spam and other bad experiences
	>	zed communities
	1937	- Protect the life, physical or mental health, well-being or integrity of our us
	>	ers or others
	1938	- Detect and prevent spam, other security matters and other bad experiences
	1939	- Detect and stop threats to our personnel and property		2079	- Detect and stop threats to our personnel and property
	1940	- Maintain the integrity of our Products		2080	- Maintain the integrity of our Products
	1941			2081
n	1942	For more information on safety, integrity and security generally on Meta Product	n	2082	For more information on safety, integrity and security generally on Meta Product
	>	s, visit the Facebook Security Help Center and Instagram Security Tips .		>	s, visit the Facebook Security Help Center and Instagram Security Tips.
	1943			2083
	1944	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more		2084	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y		>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**		>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	1945			2085
	1980			2120
	1981	- We’ll contact you via email or in-product notifications in relation to the Met		2121	- We’ll contact you via email or in-product notifications in relation to the Met
	>	a Products, product-related issues, research or to let you know about our terms		>	a Products, product-related issues, research or to let you know about our terms
	>	and policies.		>	and policies.
	1982			2122
n	1983	We also use contact information like your email address to respond when you cont	n	2123	We also use contact information like your e-mail address to respond when you con
	>	act us.		>	tact us.
	1984			2124
	1985	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more		2125	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y		>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**		>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	1986			2126
	1999	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings		2139	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
	2000	- Location-related information		2140	- Location-related information
	2001	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad		2141	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
	>	dress		>	dress
n	2002	- Information from cookies and similar technologies.	n	2142	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
	2003			2143
	2004	Transferring, storing or processing your information globally		2144	Transferring, storing or processing your information globally
	2005			2145
	2006	Why and how we process your information:		2146	Why and how we process your information:
	2007			2147
n	2008	Transferring, storing or processing your information across borders, including f	n	2148	We share information we collect globally, both internally across our offices and
	>	rom and to the United States and other countries: We share information we collec		>	data centers and externally with our partners, third parties and service provid
	>	t globally, both internally across our offices and data centers and externally w		>	ers. Because Meta is global, with users, partners and employees around the world
	>	ith our partners[2] , third parties[24] and service providers[35] . Because Meta		>	, transfers are necessary to:
	>	is global, with users, partners, vendors and employees around the world, transf
	>	ers are necessary:
	2009			2149
n	2010	- To operate and provide the services described in the terms that apply to the M	n	2150	- Operate and provide the services described in the terms that apply to the Meta
	>	eta Product(s) you are using. This includes allowing you to share information an		>	Product(s) you are using. This includes allowing you to share information and c
	>	d connect with your family and friends around the globe; and		>	onnect with your family and friends around the globe; and
	2011	- To fix, analyze and improve our Products.		2151	- So we can fix, analyze and improve our Products.
	2012
	2013	For more information, see the "How do we transfer information?" section of the M
	>	eta Privacy Policy.
	2014			2152
	2015	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more		2153	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y		>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**		>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	2016			2154
	2042			2180
	2043	Information from partners, vendors and third parties		2181	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
	2044			2182
n	2045	Processing information with special protections	n	2183	We'll use the information we have to provide these services; if you choose not t
				>	o provide certain information (other than limited account information which is n
				>	ecessary to create a Facebook account or an Instagram account ), your experience
				>	using the Meta Products may be affected. For example, you may see less relevant
				>	recommendations on the Products, or your use of the Products may be restricted.
	2046			2184
n	2047	Why and how we process your information:	n	2185	When we process information that you provide to us as necessary for concluding o
				>	r performing our contracts with you, you have the right to port it under the GDP
				>	R. To exercise your rights, visit the Facebook settings and Instagram settings,
				>	or learn more in our Help Centers.
	2048			2186
n	2049	Processing information subject to special protections under applicable laws that	n	2187	## Compliance with a legal obligation
	>	you provide so we can share it with those you choose, to provide, personalize a
	>	nd improve our Products and to undertake analytics. We’ll collect, store, publis
	>	h and apply automated, or sometimes manual (human), processing for these purpose
	>	s.
	2050			2188
n	2051	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more	n	2189	The categories of information we use, why we process your information based on c
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y		>	ompliance with a legal obligation and how it’s processed are set out below:
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	2052			2190
n	2053	Your activity and information you provide :	n	2191	Processing information when required by law
	2054			2192
n	2055	- Any information with special protections that you choose to provide, such as y	n
	>	our religious views, your sexual orientation, political views, health, racial or
	>	ethnic origin, philosophical beliefs or trade union membership, or as part of s
	>	urveys you choose to participate in, or where you have given your explicit conse
	>	nt
	2056
	2057	Using information from third parties for personalizing ads
	2058
	2059	Why and how we process your information:		2193	Why and how we process your information:
	2060			2194
n	2061	Receiving and using information from third parties to tailor the ads you see: We	n	2195	Where we are under an obligation to disclose information such as, for example, i
	>	’ll use information that advertisers, businesses and other partners provide us a		>	f we receive a valid legal request for certain information (such as an Irish sea
	>	bout activity off the Meta Company Products that we have associated with you to		>	rch warrant), we will access, preserve and / or share your information with regu
	>	personalize ads that we show you on our Products, and on websites, apps and devi		>	lators, law enforcement or others.
	>	ces that use our advertising services. We receive this information whether or no
	>	t you’re logged in or have an account on our Products, see the Cookies Policy fo
	>	r more information.
	2062			2196
n	2063	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more	n	2197	The way in which the information will be processed depends on the specific circu
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y		>	mstances, see How do we respond to legal requests, prevent harm and promote safe
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**		>	ty and integrity? for more. Information for Law Enforcement Authorities provides
				>	information on the operational guidelines law enforcement needs to follow.
	2064			2198
n	2065	Your activity and information you provide :	n	2199	Examples of Irish and EU laws enforceable in Ireland that could give rise to an
				>	obligation requiring us to process the information we hold about you are:
	2066			2200
n	2067	- Information and content you provide, such as your name or email address	n	2201	- Civil and commercial matters: where we are in receipt of a court order or othe
				>	rwise required to disclose information for the purposes of court proceedings, su
				>	ch as under Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and
				>	enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters.
				2202	- Criminal matters: to comply with requests from Irish law enforcement to provid
				>	e information in relation to an investigation, such as under Section 10 of the C
				>	riminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 as amended by 6(1)(a) of the
				>	Criminal Justice Act 2006, or to take steps to report information to law enforc
				>	ement where required.
				2203	- Consumer matters: to comply with our obligations under consumer law such as th
				>	e Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014.
				2204	- Corporate and taxation matters: to comply with our obligations such as the Com
				>	panies Act 2014.
				2205	- Regulatory matters: to comply with our obligations to engage with regulators,
				>	such as the Data Protection Commission under the General Data Protection Regulat
				>	ion and the Data Protection Act 2018.
				2206	- Financial matters: to comply with our obligations under applicable financial s
				>	ervices law such as the European Union (Payment Services) Regulations 2018
				2207	- Access matters: to provide data to public sector bodies, the EU Commission, EU
				>	Central Bank or other EU bodies upon request from them, to provide data to you
				>	or your requested third party when requested by you, for example under EU Regula
				>	tion 2023/2854 (Data Act)
	2068			2208
n	2069	Information from partners, vendors and third parties	n	2209	View the current list of laws which are enforceable in Ireland that give rise to
				>	a legal obligation for Meta which results in the processing of information. New
				>	laws may be enacted or other obligations may become binding on our processing o
				>	f your information which may require us to process your information and we will
				>	update this list from time to time.
	2070			2210
n	2071	Sharing information with third parties at your request	n
	2072
	2073	Why and how we process your information:
	2074
	2075	The type of third party and categories of information shared depend on the circu
	>	mstances of what you ask us to share. For example:
	2076
	2077	- We share your email (or other contact information) or other information you mi
	>	ght choose when you direct us to share it with an advertiser so they can contact
	>	you with additional information about a promoted product, and
	2078	- If you choose to integrate other apps, games or websites with Meta Products an
	>	d log in, we’ll share your information with the app, game or website to log you
	>	in.
	2079
	2080	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more		2211	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y		>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**		>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	2081			2212
n	2082	Your activity and information you provide :	n	2213	The categories of information depend on the specific circumstances of each manda
				>	tory request or obligation. Only the information necessary to comply with the re
				>	levant legal obligation will be processed. For example, for civil matters, this
				>	will typically include limited information (such as contact details and login in
				>	formation). However, depending on the circumstances it could include the followi
				>	ng:
	2083
	2084	- Information such as your contact or profile information
	2085	- Content you create, like posts or comments
	2086
	2087	Providing measurement, analytics and business services
	2088
	2089	Why and how we process your information:
	2090
	2091	Our systems automatically, as well as with some manual (human) processing, proce
	>	ss information we have collected and stored about you and others. We use this in
	>	formation to:
	2092
	2093	- Provide insights and measurement reports to businesses, advertisers and other
	>	partners to help them measure the effectiveness and distribution of their or the
	>	ir clients’ ads, content and services, to understand the kinds of people who are
	>	seeing their content and ads, and how their content and ads are performing on a
	>	nd off Meta Products, and
	2094	- Provide aggregated user analytics and insights reports that help users, busine
	>	sses, advertisers and other partners better understand the audiences with whom t
	>	hey may want to connect, as well as the types of people who use their services a
	>	nd how people interact with their content, websites, apps and services.
	2095
	2096	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	2097			2214
	2098	Your activity and information you provide :		2215	Your activity and information you provide :
	2099			2216
	2100	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio		2217	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
	2101	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o		2218	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
	>	r through our voice-enabled features		>	r through our voice-enabled features
n			n	2219	- Messages you send and receive, including their content, subject to applicable
				>	law
				2220	- Metadata about content and messages, subject to applicable law
	2102	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat		2221	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
	>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit		>	a. For example, information you or others exchange with these features
	>	h these features
	2103	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it		2222	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
	2104	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them		2223	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
n	2105	- Purchases or other transactions you make	n	2224	- Purchases or other transactions you make, including truncated credit card info
				>	rmation
	2106	- Hashtags you use		2225	- Hashtags you use
	2107	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products		2226	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
n	2108		n	2227	- Your photo or video selfie if you provide it when you contact us for account s
				>	upport
	2109	Friends, followers and other connections
	2110
	2111	App, browser and device information :
	2112
	2113	- Device characteristics and device software
	2114	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
	>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
	2115	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users
	2116	- Device signals
	2117	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
	2118	- Location-related information
	2119	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
	>	dress
	2120	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
	2121
	2122	Providing a seamless experience
	2123
	2124	Why and how we process your information:
	2125
	2126	Sharing of information across the Meta Companies:
	2127
	2128	- To provide a seamless, consistent and richer, innovative experience across the
	>	Meta Company Products to enable cross app interactions, sharing, viewing and en
	>	gaging with content, including posts and videos.
	2129
	2130	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	2131
	2132	Your activity and information you provide :
	2133
	2134	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
	2135	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
	>	r through our voice-enabled features
	2136	- Metadata about content and messages, subject to applicable law
	2137	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
	>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
	>	h these features
	2138	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
	2139	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
	2140	- Purchases or other transactions you make
	2141	- Hashtags you use
	2142	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
	2143
	2144	Friends, followers and other connections
	2145
	2146	App, browser and device information :
	2147
	2148	- Device characteristics and device software
	2149	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
	>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
	2150	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users'
	2151	- Device signals
	2152	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
	2153	- Location-related information
	2154	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
	>	dress
	2155	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
	2156
	2157	For WhatsApp users, learn more about what information is shared with Meta.
	2158
	2159	Business intelligence and analytics
	2160
	2161	Why and how we process your information:
	2162
	2163	- To understand, in aggregate, your usage of and across our Products, to accurat
	>	ely count people and businesses; and
	2164	- To validate metrics directly related to these, in order to inform and improve
	>	product direction and development and to adhere to (shareholder/earning) reporti
	>	ng obligations.
	2165
	2166	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	2167
	2168	Your activity and information you provide :
	2169
	2170	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
	2171	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
	>	r through our voice-enabled features
	2172	- Metadata about content and messages, subject to applicable law
	2173	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
	>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
	>	h these features
	2174	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
	2175	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
	2176	- Purchases or other transactions you make
	2177	- Hashtags you use
	2178	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
	2179
	2180	Friends, followers and other connections
	2181
	2182	App, browser and device information :
	2183
	2184	- Device characteristics and device software
	2185	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
	>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
	2186	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users'
	2187	- Device signals
	2188	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
	2189	- Location-related information
	2190	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
	>	dress
	2191	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
	2192
	2193	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
	2194
	2195	Personalizing ads on Meta Audience Network
	2196
	2197	Why and how we process your information:
	2198
	2199	Identifying you as a Meta Product user and personalizing the ads we show you thr
	>	ough Meta Audience Network when you visit other apps:
	2200
	2201	- When we show you ads through Meta Audience Network when you visit other apps,
	>	our systems automatically process the information we have collected and stored a
	>	bout you and others to identify you as a Meta Product user and tailor the ads yo
	>	u see.
	2202
	2203	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	2204
	2205	Your activity and information you provide :
	2206
	2207	- Information you provide
	2208	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
	2209	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
	>	r through our voice-enabled features
	2210	- Metadata about content and messages, subject to applicable law
	2211	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
	>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
	>	h these features
	2212	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
	2213	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
	2214	- Purchases or other transactions you make
	2215	- Hashtags you use
	2216	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
	2217
	2218	Friends, followers and other connections
	2219
	2220	App, browser and device information :
	2221
	2222	- Device characteristics and device software
	2223	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
	>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
	2224	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users'
	2225	- Device signals
	2226	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
	2227	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
	>	dress
	2228	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
	2229
	2230	Providing marketing communications
	2231
	2232	Why and how we process your information:
	2233
	2234	- Depending on your settings and subject to applicable law, we’ll share marketin
	>	g communications with you.
	2235	- We’ll collect and store your information and use it to send marketing communic
	>	ations to you, like an email, subject to applicable laws.
	2236
	2237	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	2238
	2239	Your activity and information you provide :
	2240
	2241	- Information and content you provide, including your contact information like e
	>	mail address
	2242
	2243	App, browser and device information :
	2244
	2245	- Device identifiers
	2246
	2247	Undertaking research and innovation for social good
	2248
	2249	Why and how we process your information:
	2250
	2251	- We carry out surveys and use information (including from researchers we collab
	>	orate with) to conduct and support research and innovation on topics of general
	>	social welfare, technological advancement, public interest, health and well-bein
	>	g.
	2252	- For example, we analyze information that we have about migration patterns duri
	>	ng crises. This helps relief organizations get aid to the right places.
	2253	- We collect, store, combine, analyze and apply automatic processing techniques
	>	like aggregation of information as well as manual (human) review, and share info
	>	rmation, as necessary to research and innovate for social good in this way.
	2254	- We support research in areas like artificial intelligence and machine learning
	>	.
	2255
	2256	Learn more about our research programs.
	2257
	2258	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	2259
	2260	Your activity and information you provide :
	2261
	2262	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
	2263	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
	>	r through our voice-enabled features
	2264	- Metadata about content and messages, subject to applicable law
	2265	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
	>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
	>	h these features
	2266	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
	2267	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
	2268	- Purchases or other transactions you make
	2269	- Hashtags you use
	2270	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
	2271			2228
	2272	Friends, followers and other connections		2229	Friends, followers and other connections
	2273			2230
	2284			2241
	2285	Information from partners, vendors and third parties		2242	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
	2286			2243
n	2287	Anonymizing your information	n	2244	## Legitimate interests
	2288			2245
n	2289	Why and how we process your information:	n	2246	We rely on our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party
				>	, where they are not outweighed by your interests or fundamental rights and free
				>	doms ("legitimate interests"). The categories of information we use, the legitim
				>	ate interests relied on and why and how it’s processed are set out below:
	2290			2247
n	2291	In some cases, we anonymize information we have associated with you, such as you	n	2248	Personalizing Meta Products
	>	r activity on and off our Products, and use the resulting information, for examp
	>	le, to provide and improve our Meta Products, including ads.
				2249
				2250	ⓘ For registered users of the Meta Products under the age of majority (under 18,
				>	in most applicable countries) who have a limited ability to enter into an enfor
				>	ceable contract only, where we may be unable to process your information on the
				>	grounds of contractual necessity.
				2251
				2252	Why and how we process your information:
				2253
				2254	Our systems automatically process information we have collected and stored assoc
				>	iated with you and others to assess and understand your interests and your prefe
				>	rences and provide you personalised experiences across the Meta Products in acco
				>	rdance with our terms. This is how we:
				2255
				2256	- Personalise features and content (such as your News Feed, Instagram Feed and S
				>	tories),
				2257	- Make suggestions for you (such as people you may know, groups or events that y
				>	ou may be interested in or topics that you may want to follow) on and off our Pr
				>	oducts.
				2258
				2259	Our ads system prioritizes what ad to show you based on what audience advertiser
				>	s want to reach. Then we match the ad to people who might be interested. Learn m
				>	ore[59] about how our ads system works.
				2260
				2261	Learn more about how we choose the ads that you see.
				2262
				2263	Legitimate interests relied on:
				2264
				2265	- To create, provide, support and maintain innovative products and features that
				>	enable people under the age of majority to express themselves, communicate, dis
				>	cover and engage with information and communities relevant to their interests, b
				>	uild community and utilise tools and features that promote their well-being.
				2266	- To share meaningful updates with our users under the age of majority about our
				>	Products and promoting our Products.
				2267	- To provide, personalize and improve the Meta Products in a consistent manner w
				>	hile ensuring additional safeguards for those under their Member State's age of
				>	consent.
				2268	- The legitimate interest of our users in being able to access the Meta Products
				>	and those Products being personalised to each user.
	2292			2269
	2293	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more		2270	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y		>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**		>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	2294			2271
	2296			2273
	2297	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio		2274	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
	2298	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o		2275	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
	>	r through our voice-enabled features		>	r through our voice-enabled features
n	2299	- Metadata about content and messages, subject to applicable law	n	2276	- Messages you send and receive, including their content and metadata, for optio
				>	nal features you choose to use, and subject to applicable law.
	2300	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat		2277	- Metadata about content
	>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
	>	h these features
	2301	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it		2278	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
	2302	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them		2279	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
	2303	- Purchases or other transactions you make		2280	- Purchases or other transactions you make
	2304	- Hashtags you use		2281	- Hashtags you use
	2305	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products		2282	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
n			n	2283
				2284	Friends, followers and other connections
				2285
				2286	App, browser and device information :
				2287
				2288	- Device characteristics and device software
				2289	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				2290	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
				2291	- Device signals
				2292	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings (like GPS location)
				2293	- Location-related information
				2294	- Information about the network you connect your device to
				2295	- Reports about our Products’ performance on your device
				2296	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				2297
				2298	Information from partners, vendors and third parties (other than using partner d
				>	ata to tailor ads to you)
				2299
				2300	Providing and improving Meta Products
				2301
				2302	ⓘ For registered users of the Meta Products under the age of majority (under 18,
				>	in most applicable countries) who have a limited ability to enter into an enfor
				>	ceable contract only, where we may be unable to process your information on the
				>	grounds of contractual necessity.
				2303
				2304	Why and how we process your information:
				2305
				2306	The provision of Meta Products includes collecting, storing, and, where relevant
				>	, sharing, profiling, reviewing and curating, automated processing, and in some
				>	instances manual (human) reviewing, to:
				2307
				2308	- Create and maintain your account and profile
				2309	- Connect your Meta Products account, including your public profile information,
				>	to an integrated partner to sign in or share your information
				2310	- Facilitate the sharing of content and status
				2311	- Provide and curate features
				2312	- Provide messaging services, the ability to make voice and video calls and conn
				>	ect with others
				2313	- Provide advertising products
				2314	- Provide and curate AI at Meta in our Products, enabling the creation of conten
				>	t like text, audio, images and videos, including by understanding and recognisin
				>	g your use of content in the features
				2315	- Undertake analytics
				2316	- See if our Products are working correctly, such as troubleshooting, and fixing
				>	it when it’s not working.
				2317
				2318	We also use information we have to develop, research and test improvements to Me
				>	ta Products. We use information we collect to:
				2319
				2320	- Develop and improve products and features
				2321	- Build and test out new products and features to see if they work
				2322	- Get feedback on our ideas for products or features
				2323	- Conduct surveys and other research on what we can do better for Meta Products
				>	and brands
				2324
				2325	Legitimate interests relied on:
				2326
				2327	- In our interest to create, provide, support and maintain innovative products a
				>	nd features that enable people under the age of majority to express themselves,
				>	communicate, discover and engage with information and communities relevant to th
				>	eir interests, build community and utilise tools and features that promote their
				>	well-being.
				2328	- In our interest and those of our users to enable people under the age of major
				>	ity to use and connect to the Meta Products in an easy and intuitive manner.
				2329	- In our interest to provide, personalize and improve Meta Products while ensuri
				>	ng additional safeguards for those under the age of consent.
				2330	- In the interests of our users, businesses and other third parties to access an
				>	d benefit from Meta Products.
				2331
				2332	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				2333
				2334	Your activity and information you provide :
				2335
				2336	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
				2337	- Your public profile information (including your name, username and profile pic
				>	ture)
				2338	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
				>	r through our voice-enabled features
				2339	- Messages you send and receive, including their content, subject to applicable
				>	law
				2340	- Metadata about content and messages, subject to applicable law
				2341	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features
				2342	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				2343	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				2344	- Purchases or other transactions you make, including truncated credit card info
				>	rmation
				2345	- Hashtags you use
				2346	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				2347	- Your photo or video selfie if you provide it when you contact us for account s
				>	upport
	2306			2348
	2307	Friends, followers and other connections		2349	Friends, followers and other connections
	2308			2350
	2319			2361
	2320	Information from partners, vendors and third parties		2362	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
	2321			2363
n	2322	Sharing information with others including law enforcement and responding to lega	n	2364	Promoting safety, integrity and security on and across the Meta Products
	>	l requests
	2323			2365
n	2324	Why and how we process your information:	n	2366	ⓘ For registered users of the Meta Products under the age of majority (under 18,
				>	in most applicable countries) who have a limited ability to enter into an enfor
				>	ceable contract only, where we may be unable to process your information on the
				>	grounds of contractual necessity.
	2325			2367
n	2326	See the "How do we respond to legal requests, prevent harm and promote safety an	n
	>	d integrity?" section of the Meta Privacy Policy for more for information on whe
	>	n we share information with law enforcement and others.
	2327
	2328	The categories of information we access, preserve, use and share depend on the s
	>	pecific circumstances. For example, responses to legal requests where not compel
	>	led by law will typically include limited information (such as contact details a
	>	nd login information).
	2329
	2330	However, the information we process will depend on the purposes, which could inc
	>	lude the following:
	2331
	2332	- In response to legal requests from third parties such as civil litigants, law
	>	enforcement and other government authorities
	2333	- To comply with applicable law or legitimate legal purposes
	2334	- To promote the safety, security and integrity of Meta Companies, Meta Products
	>	, users, employees, property and the public
	2335
	2336	Learn more about how we promote safety, security and integrity.
	2337
	2338	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	2339
	2340	Your activity and information you provide :
	2341
	2342	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
	2343	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
	>	r through our voice-enabled features
	2344	- Metadata about content and messages, subject to applicable law
	2345	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
	>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
	>	h these features
	2346	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
	2347	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
	2348	- Purchases or other transactions you make
	2349	- Hashtags you use
	2350	- Your photo or video selfie if you provide it when you contact us for account s
	>	upport
	2351
	2352	Friends, followers and other connections
	2353
	2354	App, browser and device information :
	2355
	2356	- Device characteristics and device software
	2357	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
	>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
	2358	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
	2359	- Device signals
	2360	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
	2361	- Location-related information
	2362	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
	>	dress
	2363	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
	2364
	2365	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
	2366
	2367	Processing information when required by law
	2368
	2369	Why and how we process your information:		2368	Why and how we process your information:
	2370			2369
n	2371	Where we are under an obligation to disclose information such as, for example, i	n	2370	The Meta Products are designed to help ensure the safety, integrity and security
	>	f we receive a valid legal request for certain information such as a search warr		>	of those services and those people who enjoy them. We process information we ha
	>	ant, we will access, preserve and/or share your information with regulators, law		>	ve associated with you and apply automated processing techniques and, in some in
	>	enforcement or others.		>	stances, conduct manual (human) review to:
	2372			2371
n	2373	The way in which the information will be processed depends on the specific circu	n	2372	- Verify accounts and activity,
	>	mstances. See the "How do we respond to legal requests, prevent harm and promote
	>	safety and integrity?" section of the Meta Privacy Policy for more. " Informati
	>	on for Law Enforcement Authorities " provides information on the operational gui
	>	delines law enforcement needs to follow.
				2373	- Find and address violations of our terms or policies. In some cases, the decis
				>	ions we make about violations are reviewed by the Oversight Board,
				2374	- Investigate suspicious activity,
				2375	- Detect, prevent and combat harmful or unlawful behavior, such as to review, an
				>	d in some cases remove, content reported to us,
				2376	- Detect and prevent spam and other bad experiences,
				2377	- Detect and stop threats to our personnel and property, and
				2378	- Maintain the integrity of our Products.
	2374			2379
n	2375	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more	n	2380	For more information on safety, integrity and security generally on the Meta Pro
	>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y		>	ducts, visit the Facebook Security Help Center and Instagram Security Tips.
	>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	2376			2381
n	2377	The categories of information depend on the specific circumstances of each manda	n	2382	Legitimate interests relied on:
	>	tory request or obligation. Only the information necessary to comply with the re
	>	levant legal obligation will be shared or otherwise processed. For example, for
	>	civil matters, this will typically include limited information (such as contact
	>	details and login information). However, depending on the circumstances it could
	>	include the following:
				2383
				2384	- To secure our platform and network, to verify accounts and activity, to combat
				>	harmful conduct, to detect, prevent, and address spam and other bad experiences
				>	, to keep the Meta Products free of harmful or inappropriate content, to investi
				>	gate suspicious activity or breaches of our terms or policies, and to protect th
				>	e safety of people under the age of majority, including to prevent exploitation
				>	or other harms to which such individuals may be particularly vulnerable.
				2385	- In the interests of our users and the public at large, to prevent bad experien
				>	ces and promote safety, integrity and security.
				2386
				2387	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
	2378			2388
	2379	Your activity and information you provide :		2389	Your activity and information you provide :
	2380			2390
	2388	- Purchases or other transactions you make, including truncated credit card info		2398	- Purchases or other transactions you make, including truncated credit card info
	>	rmation		>	rmation
	2389	- Hashtags you use		2399	- Hashtags you use
	2390	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products		2400	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
n	2391	- Your photo or video selfie if you provide it when you contact us for account s	n
	>	upport
	2392			2401
	2393	Friends, followers and other connections		2402	Friends, followers and other connections
	2394			2403
	2405			2414
	2406	Information from partners, vendors and third parties		2415	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
	2407			2416
n	2408	61	n	2417	Communicating with you
				2418
				2419	ⓘ For registered users of the Meta Products under the age of majority (under 18,
				>	in most applicable countries) who have a limited ability to enter into an enfor
				>	ceable contract only, where we may be unable to process your information on the
				>	grounds of contractual necessity.
				2420
				2421	Why and how we process your information:
				2422
				2423	We use information you have given us (like contact information you’ve entered on
				>	your profile) to send you a communication, like an e-mail or in-product notice,
				>	for example:
				2424
				2425	- we’ll contact you via email or in-product notifications in relation to the Met
				>	a Products, product-related issues, research or to let you know about our terms
				>	and policies.
				2426
				2427	We also use contact information like your email address to respond to you when y
				>	ou contact us.
				2428
				2429	Legitimate interests relied on:
				2430
				2431	- To share meaningful updates with our users under the age of majority about our
				>	Products and promoting our Products.
				2432
				2433	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				2434
				2435	Your activity and information you provide :
				2436
				2437	- Contact information on your profile and your communications with us
				2438	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
				2439	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
				>	r through our voice-enabled features
				2440
				2441	App, browser and device information :
				2442
				2443	- Device characteristics and device software
				2444	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				2445	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
				2446	- Device signals
				2447	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
				2448	- Location-related information
				2449	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
				>	dress
				2450	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				2451
				2452	Providing measurement, analytics and other business services to businesses and o
				>	ther partners
				2453
				2454	ⓘ For all registered users of the Meta Products, including those under the age o
				>	f majority
				2455
				2456	Why and how we process your information:
				2457
				2458	Our systems automatically, as well as with some manual (human) processing, proce
				>	ss information we have collected and stored about you and others. We use this in
				>	formation to:
				2459
				2460	- Provide insights and measurement reports to businesses, and other partners to
				>	help them measure the effectiveness and distribution of their, or their client's
				>	content and services, to understand the kinds of people who are seeing their co
				>	ntent and how their content is performing on and off the Meta Products, and
				2461	- Provide aggregated user analytics and insights reports that help users, busine
				>	sses, and other partners better understand things like the audiences with whom t
				>	hey may want to connect, as well as the types of people who use their products a
				>	nd services and how people interact with their content, websites, apps, products
				>	and services, including to connect to Meta Products, and the performance of the
				>	ir connection and networks and users’ experience with them.
				2462
				2463	Legitimate interests relied on:
				2464
				2465	- In our interest to provide accurate and reliable reporting to our businesses,
				>	and other partners, to ensure accurate pricing and statistics on performance and
				>	to demonstrate the value that our partners realise using Meta Company Products,
				>	and to provide suitable payment and billing options to our other partners; and
				2466	- In the interests of developers and other partners to help them understand thei
				>	r customers and improve their businesses, validate our pricing models and evalua
				>	te the effectiveness of their products, services, online content on and off the
				>	Meta Company Products.
				2467
				2468	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				2469
				2470	Your activity and information you provide :
				2471
				2472	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
				2473	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
				>	r through our voice-enabled features
				2474	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features
				2475	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				2476	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				2477	- Purchases or other transactions you make
				2478	- Hashtags you use
				2479	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				2480
				2481	Friends, followers and other connections
				2482
				2483	App, browser and device information :
				2484
				2485	- Device characteristics and device software
				2486	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				2487	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users
				2488	- Device signals
				2489	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
				2490	- Location-related information
				2491	- Information about the network you connect your device to and your connection,
				>	including your IP address
				2492	- Reports about our Products' performance on your device
				2493	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				2494
				2495	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				2496
				2497	Providing measurement, analytics and other business services if we show you ads
				2498
				2499	ⓘ For all registered users of the Meta Products, including those under the age o
				>	f majority
				2500
				2501	Why and how we process your information:
				2502
				2503	If we show you ads:
				2504
				2505	Providing measurement, analytics and other business services to businesses, adve
				>	rtisers and other partners:
				2506
				2507	Our systems automatically, as well as with some manual (human) processing, proce
				>	ss information we have collected and stored about you and others. We use this in
				>	formation to:
				2508
				2509	- Provide insights and measurement reports to businesses, advertisers and other
				>	partners to help them measure the effectiveness and distribution of their, or th
				>	eir client's ads, content and services, to understand the kinds of people who ar
				>	e seeing their content and ads, and how their content and ads are performing on
				>	and off the Meta Company Products, and
				2510	- Provide aggregated user analytics and insights reports that help businesses, a
				>	dvertisers and other partners better understand things like the audiences with w
				>	hom they may want to connect, as well as the types of people who use their produ
				>	cts and services and how people interact with their websites, apps, products and
				>	services, including to connect to Meta Products, and the performance of their c
				>	onnection and networks and users’ experience with them.
				2511
				2512	Legitimate interests relied on:
				2513
				2514	- In our interest to provide accurate and reliable reporting to our businesses,
				>	advertisers, and other partners, to ensure accurate pricing and statistics on pe
				>	rformance and to demonstrate the value that our partners realize using Meta Comp
				>	any Products, and to provide suitable payment and billing options to our adverti
				>	sers and other partners; and
				2515	- In the interests of advertisers, developers and other partners to help them un
				>	derstand their customers and improve their businesses, validate our pricing mode
				>	ls and evaluate the effectiveness of their products, services, online content an
				>	d advertising on and off the Meta Company Products.
				2516
				2517	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				2518
				2519	Your activity and information you provide :
				2520
				2521	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
				2522	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
				>	r through our voice-enabled features
				2523	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				2524	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				2525	- Purchases or other transactions you make
				2526	- Hashtags you use
				2527	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				2528
				2529	Friends, followers and other connections
				2530
				2531	App, browser and device information :
				2532
				2533	- Device characteristics and device software
				2534	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				2535	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users
				2536	- Device signals
				2537	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
				2538	- Location-related information
				2539	- Information about the network you connect your device to and your connection,
				>	including your IP address
				2540	- Reports about our Products' performance on your device
				2541	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				2542
				2543	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				2544
				2545	For WhatsApp users, learn more about what information is shared with Meta
				2546
				2547	Developing and improving AI at Meta
				2548
				2549	ⓘ For all registered users of the Meta Products, including those under the age o
				>	f majority
				2550
				2551	Why and how we process your information:
				2552
				2553	Develop and improve AI at Meta for Meta Products and for third parties.
				2554
				2555	Legitimate interests relied on:
				2556
				2557	- In our interest, and in the interests of users and third parties to create, pr
				>	ovide, support, improve and maintain artificial intelligence technology that ena
				>	bles people, businesses and others to express themselves, communicate, and disco
				>	ver and engage with information they’re interested in.
				2558	- In our interest, and in the interests of third parties and the public at large
				>	to offer artificial intelligence technology to third parties, including develop
				>	ers and researchers.
				2559	- In our interest, and in the interests of users and third parties to develop an
				>	d improve artificial intelligence technology while ensuring appropriate safeguar
				>	ds, such as improving model responses for safety and accuracy.
				2560
				2561	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				2562
				2563	Your activity and information you provide :
				2564
				2565	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features
				2566
				2567	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				2568
				2569	Improving Meta Products
				2570
				2571	ⓘ For all registered users of the Meta Products, including those under the age o
				>	f majority
				2572
				2573	Why and how we process your information:
				2574
				2575	Improve Meta Products by developing new features or updating existing features.
				>	We use information we collect to:
				2576
				2577	- Conduct research and analytics to evaluate the impact of new products and feat
				>	ures,
				2578	- Get feedback on our ideas for products or features, and
				2579	- Conduct surveys and other research on what we can do better for Meta Products
				>	and brands.
				2580
				2581	Legitimate interests relied on:
				2582
				2583	- In our interest to create, provide, support, improve and maintain Meta Product
				>	s that enable people, businesses and others to access new and innovative feature
				>	s to express themselves, communicate, and discover and engage with information t
				>	hey’re interested in.
				2584	- In our interest to evaluate the use of Meta Products and adoption of new featu
				>	res to inform the development of future features and improve product direction a
				>	nd development.
				2585	- In our interest to develop and improve Meta Products while ensuring appropriat
				>	e safeguards.
				2586	- In the interests of users, businesses and other third parties to access and be
				>	nefit from Meta Products that have new and innovative features.
				2587
				2588	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				2589
				2590	Your activity and information you provide :
				2591
				2592	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
				2593	- Your public information (including your name, username and profile picture)
				2594	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
				>	r through our voice-enabled features
				2595	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features
				2596	- Messages you send and receive, including their content, subject to applicable
				>	law
				2597	- Metadata about content and messages, subject to applicable law
				2598	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				2599	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				2600	- Purchases or other transactions you make, including truncated credit card info
				>	rmation
				2601	- Hashtags you use
				2602	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				2603	- Your photo or video selfie if you provide it when you contact us for account s
				>	upport
				2604
				2605	Friends, followers and other connections
				2606
				2607	App, browser and device information :
				2608
				2609	- Device characteristics and device software
				2610	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				2611	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
				2612	- Device signals
				2613	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
				2614	- Location-related information
				2615	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
				>	dress
				2616	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				2617
				2618	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				2619
				2620	Providing a seamless experience
				2621
				2622	ⓘ For all registered users of the Meta Products, including those under the age o
				>	f majority
				2623
				2624	Why and how we process your information:
				2625
				2626	Communicating, engaging and sharing across the Meta Company Products:
				2627
				2628	- To provide a seamless, consistent and richer, innovative, experience across th
				>	e Meta Company Products and to enable cross app interactions, sharing, viewing a
				>	nd engaging with content, including posts and videos.
				2629
				2630	Legitimate interests relied on:
				2631
				2632	In our interest to provide seamless, consistent and richer, innovative communica
				>	tion, engagement and sharing experiences across Meta Company Products.
				2633
				2634	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				2635
				2636	Your activity and information you provide :
				2637
				2638	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
				2639	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
				>	r through our voice-enabled features
				2640	- Metadata about content
				2641	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features
				2642	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				2643	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				2644	- Purchases or other transactions you make
				2645	- Hashtags you use
				2646	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				2647
				2648	Friends, followers and other connections
				2649
				2650	App, browser and device information :
				2651
				2652	- Device characteristics and device software
				2653	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				2654	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
				2655	- Device signals
				2656	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
				2657	- Location-related information
				2658	- Information about the network you connect your device to and your connection,
				>	including your IP address
				2659	- Reports about our Products' performance on your device
				2660	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				2661
				2662	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				2663
				2664	For WhatsApp users, learn more about what information is shared with Meta
				2665
				2666	Business intelligence and analytics
				2667
				2668	ⓘ For all registered users of the Meta Products, including those under the age o
				>	f majority
				2669
				2670	Why and how we process your information:
				2671
				2672	- To understand, in aggregate, your usage of and across our Products, to accurat
				>	ely count people and businesses; and
				2673	- Validate metrics directly related to these, in order to inform and improve pro
				>	duct direction and development and to adhere to (shareholder/earning) reporting
				>	obligations.
				2674
				2675	Legitimate interests relied on:
				2676
				2677	In our interest to measure the use of our Products and count the people who inte
				>	ract with our Products in order to inform and improve product direction and deve
				>	lopment and to enable provision of accurate and reliable reporting.
				2678
				2679	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				2680
				2681	Your activity and information you provide :
				2682
				2683	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
				2684	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
				>	r through our voice-enabled features
				2685	- Metadata about content and messages, subject to applicable law
				2686	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features
				2687	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				2688	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				2689	- Purchases or other transactions you make
				2690	- Hashtags you use
				2691	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				2692
				2693	Friends, followers and other connections
				2694
				2695	App, browser and device information :
				2696
				2697	- Device characteristics and device software
				2698	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				2699	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
				2700	- Device signals
				2701	- Location-related information
				2702	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
				2703	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
				>	dress
				2704	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				2705
				2706	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				2707
				2708	Providing marketing communications
				2709
				2710	ⓘ For all registered users of the Meta Products, including those under the age o
				>	f majority
				2711
				2712	Why and how we process your information:
				2713
				2714	- Depending on your settings, we’ll share marketing communications with you.
				2715	- We’ll collect and store your information and use it to send marketing communic
				>	ations to you, like an e-mail.
				2716
				2717	Legitimate interests relied on:
				2718
				2719	In our interest to promote Meta Company Products and send our direct marketing.
				2720
				2721	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				2722
				2723	Your activity and information you provide :
				2724
				2725	- Information and content you provide, including your contact information like e
				>	-mail address
				2726
				2727	App, browser and device information :
				2728
				2729	- Device identifiers
				2730
				2731	Undertaking research and innovation for social good
				2732
				2733	ⓘ For all registered users of the Meta Products, including those under the age o
				>	f majority
				2734
				2735	Why and how we process your information:
				2736
				2737	Research and innovate for social good:
				2738
				2739	- We carry out surveys and use information (including from researchers we collab
				>	orate with) to conduct and support research and innovation on topics of general
				>	social welfare, technological advancement, public interest, health and well-bein
				>	g.
				2740	- For example, we analyse information that we have about migration patterns duri
				>	ng crises. This helps relief organizations get aid to the right places.
				2741	- We collect, store, combine, analyse and apply automatic processing techniques
				>	like aggregation of information as well as manual (human) review, and share info
				>	rmation, as necessary to research and innovate for social good in this way.
				2742	- We support research in areas like artificial intelligence and machine learning
				>	.
				2743
				2744	Learn more about our research programmes.
				2745
				2746	Legitimate interests relied on:
				2747
				2748	In our interest and those of the general public to further the state-of-the-art
				>	or academic understanding on important social issues that affect our society and
				>	world in a positive way.
				2749
				2750	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				2751
				2752	Your activity and information you provide :
				2753
				2754	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
				2755	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
				>	r through our voice-enabled features
				2756	- Metadata about content and messages, subject to applicable law
				2757	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features
				2758	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				2759	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				2760	- Purchases or other transactions you make
				2761	- Hashtags you use
				2762	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				2763
				2764	Friends, followers and other connections
				2765
				2766	App, browser and device information :
				2767
				2768	- Device characteristics and device software
				2769	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				2770	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
				2771	- Device signals
				2772	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
				2773	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
				>	dress
				2774	- Location-related information
				2775	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				2776
				2777	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				2778
				2779	Anonymizing your information
				2780
				2781	ⓘ For all registered users of the Meta Products, including those under the age o
				>	f majority
				2782
				2783	Why and how we process your information:
				2784
				2785	In some cases, we anonymise information we have about you, such as your activity
				>	on and off our Products, and use the resulting information, for example, to pro
				>	vide and improve our Meta Products, including ads.
				2786
				2787	Legitimate interests relied on:
				2788
				2789	- In our interest to fund our provision of the Meta Products, provide relevant a
				>	dvertising to users, and improve ads delivery and Meta Products;
				2790	- In the interests of advertisers to help them to reach relevant audiences who m
				>	ay be interested in their information, products or services;
				2791	- In the interests of users that Meta practice data minimisation and privacy by
				>	design in respect of their information
				2792
				2793	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				2794
				2795	Your activity and information you provide :
				2796
				2797	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
				2798	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
				>	r through our voice-enabled features
				2799	- Metadata about content
				2800	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features
				2801	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				2802	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				2803	- Purchases or other transactions you make
				2804	- Hashtags you use
				2805	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				2806
				2807	Friends, followers and other connections
				2808
				2809	App, browser and device information :
				2810
				2811	- Device characteristics and device software
				2812	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				2813	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
				2814	- Device signals
				2815	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
				2816	- Location-related information
				2817	- Information about the network you connect your device to and your connection,
				>	including your IP address
				2818	- Reports about our Products' performance on your device
				2819	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				2820
				2821	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				2822
				2823	Sharing information with others including law enforcement and responding to lega
				>	l requests
				2824
				2825	ⓘ For all registered users of the Meta Products, including those under the age o
				>	f majority
				2826
				2827	Why and how we process your information:
				2828
				2829	See How do we respond to legal requests, prevent harm and promote safety and sec
				>	urity? for information on when we share information with law enforcement and oth
				>	ers.
				2830
				2831	The categories of information we access, preserve, use and share depend on the s
				>	pecific circumstances. For example, responses to legal requests where not compel
				>	led by law, will typically include limited information (such as contact details
				>	and login information).
				2832
				2833	However, the information we process will depend on the purposes, which could inc
				>	lude the following:
				2834
				2835	- In response to legal requests[56] from third parties such as civil litigants,
				>	law enforcement and other government authorities.
				2836	- To comply with applicable law or legitimate legal purposes.
				2837	- To promote the safety, security and integrity of Meta, Meta Products, Products
				>	, users, employees, property and the public.
				2838
				2839	Learn more about how we promote safety, security and integrity.
				2840
				2841	Legitimate interests relied on:
				2842
				2843	In our interest and the interest of the general public to prevent and address fr
				>	aud, unauthorised use of the Meta Company Products, violations of our terms or p
				>	olicies, or other harmful or illegal activity; to protect ourselves (including o
				>	ur rights, Meta personnel and property or Meta Products), our users or others, i
				>	ncluding as part of investigations or regulatory enquiries; or to prevent death
				>	or imminent bodily harm.
				2844
				2845	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				2846
				2847	Your activity and information you provide :
				2848
				2849	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
				2850	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
				>	r through our voice-enabled features
				2851	- Metadata about content
				2852	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features
				2853	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				2854	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				2855	- Purchases or other transactions you make
				2856	- Hashtags you use
				2857	- Your photo or video selfie if you provide it when you contact us for account s
				>	upport
				2858
				2859	Friends, followers and other connections
				2860
				2861	App, browser and device information :
				2862
				2863	- Device characteristics and device software
				2864	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
				2865	- Device signals
				2866	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
				2867	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
				>	dress
				2868	- Location-related information
				2869	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				2870
				2871	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				2872
				2873	Promoting safety, integrity and security
				2874
				2875	ⓘ For all registered users of the Meta Products, including those under the age o
				>	f majority
				2876
				2877	Why and how we process your information:
				2878
				2879	Promote safety, integrity and security in limited circumstances outside of the p
				>	erformance of our contracts with you:
				2880
				2881	- Our Meta Products are delivered to ensure the safety, integrity and security o
				>	f those services and those people who enjoy them.
				2882	- We apply automated processing, as well as manual (human) review to verify acco
				>	unts and activity, combat harmful conduct, detect and prevent spam and other sec
				>	urity matters as well as bad experiences of other types, maintain the integrity
				>	of our Products, and promote safety, integrity and security on and off Meta Prod
				>	ucts.
				2883	- For example, we use information that we have to investigate suspicious activit
				>	y or breaches of our terms or policies, or to detect when someone needs help.
				2884
				2885	To learn more, visit the Facebook Security Help Centre and Instagram Security Ti
				>	ps .
				2886
				2887	Legitimate interests relied on:
				2888
				2889	- In our interest to secure our platform and network, to verify accounts and act
				>	ivity, to combat harmful conduct, to detect, prevent, and address spam and other
				>	bad experiences, to keep the Meta Company Products free of harmful or inappropr
				>	iate content, and to investigate and take action in respect of suspicious activi
				>	ty or breaches of our terms or policies; and
				2890	- In the interests of our users and the public at large, to prevent bad experien
				>	ces and promote safety, integrity and security.
				2891
				2892	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				2893
				2894	Your activity and information you provide :
				2895
				2896	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
				2897	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
				>	r through our voice-enabled features
				2898	- Metadata about content
				2899	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features
				2900	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				2901	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				2902	- Purchases or other transactions you make, including truncated credit card info
				>	rmation
				2903	- Hashtags you use
				2904	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				2905	- Your photo or video selfie if you provide it when you contact us for account s
				>	upport
				2906
				2907	Friends, followers and other connections
				2908
				2909	App, browser and device information :
				2910
				2911	- Device characteristics and device software
				2912	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				2913	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
				2914	- Device signals
				2915	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
				2916	- Location-related information
				2917	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
				>	dress
				2918	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				2919
				2920	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				2921
				2922	Sharing information with third parties at your request
				2923
				2924	ⓘ For all registered users of the Meta Products, including those under the age o
				>	f majority
				2925
				2926	Why and how we process your information:
				2927
				2928	You may choose to share your contact information, profile information and other
				>	data with our partners. The types of partners with whom information is shared de
				>	pends on the features of our service that you use and the manner in which you ch
				>	oose to use them. For example, you may choose to share your email address, birth
				>	day, friends list, hometown or other information with a partner if you choose to
				>	connect your Facebook account to their app.
				2929
				2930	Legitimate interests relied on:
				2931
				2932	- To deliver quality experiences to users who use our partners’ apps, in our bes
				>	t interest and in the interest of our users.
				2933	- To facilitate and improve users' experiences in their apps, in the interests o
				>	f our partners who want to facilitate and improve consumers' experiences in thei
				>	r apps.
				2934
				2935	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				2936
				2937	Information you provide (for example, your email address, birthday, friends’ lis
				>	t and hometown)
				2938
				2939	Developing and improving AI at Meta
				2940
				2941	ⓘ For registered users of the Meta Products over the age of majority (18 years o
				>	f over, in most applicable countries)
				2942
				2943	Why and how we process your information:
				2944
				2945	Develop and improve AI at Meta for Meta Products and for third parties.
				2946
				2947	Legitimate interests relied on:
				2948
				2949	- In our interest, and in the interests of users and third parties to create, pr
				>	ovide, support, improve and maintain artificial intelligence technology that ena
				>	bles people, businesses and others to express themselves, communicate, and disco
				>	ver and engage with information they’re interested in.
				2950	- In our interest, and in the interests of third parties and the public at large
				>	to offer artificial intelligence technology to third parties, including develop
				>	ers and researchers.
				2951	- In our interest, and in the interests of users and third parties to develop an
				>	d improve artificial intelligence technology while ensuring appropriate safeguar
				>	ds, such as improving model responses for safety and accuracy.
				2952
				2953	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				2954
				2955	Your activity and information you provide :
				2956
				2957	- Public content you or others create or share, like posts, comments or audio on
				>	Meta Products.
				2958	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features
				2959
				2960	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				2961
				2962	Promoting safety, integrity and security
				2963
				2964	ⓘ If we cannot associate you or your device with a registered user of the Meta P
				>	roducts
				2965
				2966	Why and how we process your information:
				2967
				2968	- Our Meta Products are delivered in a manner to ensure the safety, integrity an
				>	d security of those services and those people who enjoy them.
				2969	- We collect and store information we have for this purpose and apply automated
				>	processing and manual (i.e. human) review to verify accounts and activity, comba
				>	t harmful conduct, detect and prevent spam and other security matters as well as
				>	bad experiences of other types, maintain the integrity of our Products, and res
				>	earch and promote safety, integrity and security on and off Meta Products.
				2970	- For example, we use information that we have to investigate suspicious activit
				>	y or breaches of our terms or policies, or to detect when someone needs help.
				2971
				2972	To learn more, visit the Facebook Security Help Centre and Instagram Security Ti
				>	ps .
				2973
				2974	Legitimate interests relied on:
				2975
				2976	- In our interest to secure our platform and network, to verify accounts and act
				>	ivity, to combat harmful conduct, to detect, prevent, and address spam and other
				>	bad experiences, to keep the Meta Company Products free of harmful or inappropr
				>	iate content, and to investigate and take action in respect of suspicious activi
				>	ty or breaches of our terms or policies; and
				2977	- In the interests of our users generally and the public at large, to prevent ba
				>	d experiences and promote safety, integrity and security.
				2978
				2979	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				2980
				2981	Your activity and information you provide :
				2982
				2983	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features
				2984	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				2985	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				2986	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				2987
				2988	App, browser and device information :
				2989
				2990	- Device characteristics and device software
				2991	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				2992	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
				2993	- Device signals
				2994	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
				2995	- Location-related information
				2996	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
				>	dress
				2997	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				2998
				2999	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				3000
				3001	Providing marketing communications
				3002
				3003	ⓘ If we cannot associate you or your device with a registered user of the Meta P
				>	roducts
				3004
				3005	Why and how we process your information:
				3006
				3007	We’ll collect and store your information and use it to send marketing communicat
				>	ions to you, like an e-mail address.
				3008
				3009	Legitimate interests relied on:
				3010
				3011	In our interest to promote Meta Company Products and send our direct marketing.
				3012
				3013	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				3014
				3015	Your activity and information you provide :
				3016
				3017	- Information and content you provide including your contact information like yo
				>	ur e-mail address
				3018
				3019	Undertaking research and innovation for social good
				3020
				3021	ⓘ If we cannot associate you or your device with a registered user of the Meta P
				>	roducts
				3022
				3023	Why and how we process your information:
				3024
				3025	- We carry out surveys and use information (including from research partners we
				>	collaborate with) to conduct and support research and innovation on topics of ge
				>	neral social welfare, technological advancement, public interest, health and wel
				>	l-being.
				3026	- We collect, store, combine, analyse and apply automatic processing techniques
				>	like aggregation to information as well as manual (human) review as necessary to
				>	research and innovate for social good in this way.
				3027	- We support research in areas like artificial intelligence and machine learning
				>	.
				3028
				3029	Learn more about our research programs.
				3030
				3031	Legitimate interests relied on:
				3032
				3033	In our interest and in the interest of the general public to further the state-o
				>	f-the-art or academic understanding on important social issues that affect our s
				>	ociety and world in a positive way.
				3034
				3035	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				3036
				3037	Your activity and information you provide :
				3038
				3039	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features
				3040	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				3041	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				3042	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				3043
				3044	App, browser and device information :
				3045
				3046	- Device characteristics and device software
				3047	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				3048	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
				3049	- Device signals
				3050	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
				3051	- Location-related information
				3052	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
				>	dress
				3053	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				3054
				3055	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				3056
				3057	Sharing information with others including law enforcement and responding to lega
				>	l requests
				3058
				3059	ⓘ If we cannot associate you or your device with a registered user of the Meta P
				>	roducts
				3060
				3061	Why and how we process your information:
				3062
				3063	See ' How do we respond to legal requests, prevent harm and promote safety and s
				>	ecurity? ' for information on when we share information with law enforcement and
				>	others.
				3064
				3065	The categories of information we access, preserve, use and share depend on the s
				>	pecific circumstances. For example, responses to legal requests where not compel
				>	led by law, will typically include limited information (such as contact details
				>	and login information).
				3066
				3067	However, the information we process will depend on the purposes, which could inc
				>	lude the following:
				3068
				3069	- In response to legal requests[56] from third parties such as civil litigants,
				>	law enforcement and other government authorities.
				3070	- To comply with applicable law or legitimate legal purposes.
				3071	- To promote the safety, security and integrity of Meta, Meta Products, Products
				>	, users, employees, property and the public.
				3072
				3073	Learn more about how we promote safety, security and integrity.
				3074
				3075	Legitimate interests relied on:
				3076
				3077	In our interest and the interest of the general public to prevent and address fr
				>	aud, unauthorised use of the Meta Company Products, violations of our terms or p
				>	olicies, or other harmful or illegal activity; to protect ourselves (including o
				>	ur rights, Meta personnel and property or Meta Products), our users or others, i
				>	ncluding as part of investigations or regulatory enquiries; or to prevent death
				>	or imminent bodily harm.
				3078
				3079	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				3080
				3081	Your activity and information you provide :
				3082
				3083	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features
				3084	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				3085	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				3086	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				3087
				3088	App, browser and device information :
				3089
				3090	- Device characteristics and device software
				3091	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				3092	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
				3093	- Device signals
				3094	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
				3095	- Location-related information
				3096	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
				>	dress
				3097	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				3098
				3099	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				3100
				3101	Providing and improving Meta Products
				3102
				3103	ⓘ If we cannot associate you or your device with a registered user of the Meta P
				>	roducts
				3104
				3105	Why and how we process your information:
				3106
				3107	We use information we collect to:
				3108
				3109	- Provide products and curate features
				3110	- See if our Products are working correctly, such as troubleshooting, and fixing
				>	it when it’s not working
				3111	- Test out new products and features to see if they work
				3112	- Get feedback on our ideas for products or features
				3113	- Conduct surveys and other research on what we can do better for Meta Products
				>	and brands
				3114
				3115	Legitimate interests relied on:
				3116
				3117	To provide and improve the Meta Company Products in a consistent manner, to corr
				>	ect technical glitches, and to optimise functionality.
				3118
				3119	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				3120
				3121	Your activity and information you provide :
				3122
				3123	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				3124	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				3125	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				3126
				3127	App, browser and device information :
				3128
				3129	- Device characteristics and device software
				3130	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				3131	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
				3132	- Device signals
				3133	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
				3134	- Location-related information
				3135	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
				>	dress
				3136	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				3137
				3138	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				3139
				3140	Providing, developing and improving AI at Meta
				3141
				3142	ⓘ If we cannot associate you or your device with a registered user of the Meta P
				>	roducts
				3143
				3144	Why and how we process your information:
				3145
				3146	To provide, develop and improve AI at Meta for Meta Products and for third parti
				>	es outside of the performance of our contract with you.
				3147
				3148	Legitimate interests relied on:
				3149
				3150	- In our interests, and in the interests of users and third parties to create, p
				>	rovide, support, improve and maintain artificial intelligence technology that en
				>	ables people, businesses and others to express themselves, communicate, and disc
				>	over and engage with information they’re interested in.
				3151	- In our interests, and in the interests of third parties and the public at larg
				>	e to offer artificial intelligence technology to third parties, including develo
				>	pers and researchers.
				3152	- In our interests, and in the interests of users and third parties to develop a
				>	nd improve artificial intelligence technology while ensuring appropriate safegua
				>	rds, such as improving model responses for safety and accuracy.
				3153
				3154	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				3155
				3156	Activity and information provided by a registered user :
				3157
				3158	- Public content that you or others create or share, like posts, comments or aud
				>	io on Meta Products.
				3159	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features
				3160
				3161	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				3162
				3163	When we process your information as necessary to pursue our legitimate interests
				>	or those of a third party, you have the right to object to, and seek restrictio
				>	n of, such processing; to exercise your right, visit the Facebook settings and t
				>	he Help Center and Instagram settings .
				3164
				3165	We will consider several factors when assessing an objection, including: our use
				>	rs' reasonable expectations; the benefits and risks to you, us, other users or t
				>	hird parties; and other available means to achieve the same purpose that may be
				>	less invasive and do not require disproportionate effort. Unless we find that we
				>	have compelling legitimate grounds for this processing which are not outweighed
				>	by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms or the processing is neede
				>	d for legal reasons, your objection will be upheld, and we will cease processing
				>	your information. To learn more about the circumstances in which an objection m
				>	ay be successful, please visit the Help Center .
				3166
				3167	If you are under the age of majority in your country and there is no enforceable
				>	contract in place, we will take particular account of the fact that you are bel
				>	ow the age of majority when conducting our assessment of our legitimate interest
				>	s and the balancing of your interests and rights. We provide specific protection
				>	s for people below the age of majority to ensure that they are aware of the risk
				>	s, consequences, safeguards and rights associated with the processing of their i
				>	nformation.
				3168
				3169	## Tasks carried out in the public interest
				3170
				3171	The purposes for which we anticipate processing your information as a task in th
				>	e public interest, the processing we undertake, and the information we use is se
				>	t out below:
				3172
				3173	Undertaking research for social good
				3174
				3175	Why and how we process your information:
				3176
				3177	We collect, store, combine, analyse and apply automatic processing techniques li
				>	ke aggregation to information as well as manual (human) review as necessary to u
				>	ndertake research and other tasks in the public interest, such as sharing releva
				>	nt research data with third parties like international organisations and academi
				>	cs both in and outside the EEA. The public interest is required to be laid down
				>	in Union law or Member State law or other applicable law to which we are subject
				>	. In this case, we rely on Articles 168 and 179 of the Treaty on the Functioning
				>	of the European Union.
				3178
				3179	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				3180
				3181	Your activity and information you provide :
				3182
				3183	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
				3184	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
				>	r through our voice-enabled features
				3185	- Metadata about content
				3186	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features like content and messages
				3187	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				3188	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				3189	- Purchases or other transactions you make
				3190	- Hashtags you use
				3191	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				3192
				3193	Friends, followers and other connections
				3194
				3195	App, browser and device information :
				3196
				3197	- Device characteristics and device software
				3198	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				3199	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
				3200	- Device signals
				3201	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
				3202	- Location-related information
				3203	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
				>	dress
				3204	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				3205
				3206	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				3207
				3208	Promoting safety, integrity and security
				3209
				3210	Why and how we process your information:
				3211
				3212	In limited fact specific circumstances, we will access, preserve and share your
				>	information with regulators, law enforcement or others where necessary to perfor
				>	m a task in the public interest. For example, we might share information with ot
				>	hers for the purposes of combatting unlawful or harmful behaviour where it is in
				>	the public interest to do so and where the public interest is laid down in Unio
				>	n law or Member State law or other applicable law to which we are subject. In th
				>	is case, we rely on Section 53 of the Data Protection Act 2018 and Regulation (E
				>	U) 2021/1232.
				3213
				3214	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				3215
				3216	Your activity and information you provide :
				3217
				3218	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
				3219	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
				>	r through our voice-enabled features
				3220	- Metadata about content
				3221	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features like content and messages
				3222	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				3223	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				3224	- Purchases or other transactions you make, including truncated credit card info
				>	rmation
				3225	- Hashtags you use
				3226	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				3227
				3228	Friends, followers and other connections
				3229
				3230	App, browser and device information :
				3231
				3232	- Device characteristics and device software
				3233	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				3234	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
				3235	- Device signals
				3236	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
				3237	- Location-related information
				3238	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
				>	dress
				3239	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				3240
				3241	Information from Partners, vendors and third parties
				3242
				3243	When we process your information as necessary for a task carried out in the publ
				>	ic interest, you have the right to object to, and seek restriction of, our proce
				>	ssing. To exercise your rights, visit the Facebook settings and the Help Center
				>	and Instagram settings. In assessing an objection, we will consider several fact
				>	ors, including: our users' reasonable user expectations; the benefits and risks
				>	to you, us, other users or third parties; and other available means to achieve t
				>	he same purpose that may be less invasive and do not require disproportionate ef
				>	fort.
				3244
				3245	Your objection will be upheld, and we will cease processing your information, un
				>	less we find that we have compelling legitimate grounds for this processing whic
				>	h are not outweighed by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms or the
				>	processing is needed for legal reasons. To learn more about the circumstances i
				>	n which an objection may be successful, please visit the Help Center .
				3246
				3247	## Protection of your vital interests or that of another person
				3248
				3249	The categories of information we use, why we process your information to protect
				>	your vital interests or those of another person and how it’s processed are set
				>	out below
				3250
				3251	Protecting vital interests
				3252
				3253	Why and how we process your information:
				3254
				3255	Protecting the vital interests of you and/or those of another person: We apply a
				>	utomated processing techniques, conduct manual (human) review and share informat
				>	ion, including with law enforcement and others, in circumstances where someone’s
				>	vital interests require protection, such as in the case of emergencies. These v
				>	ital interests include protection of your life, physical or mental health, wellb
				>	eing or integrity or that of others, and detecting, removing, and reporting ille
				>	gal content. In protecting such vital interests we aim to combat harmful conduct
				>	and promote safety, integrity and security, including, for example, when we are
				>	investigating reports of harmful conduct or taking appropriate action, such as
				>	sharing information with relevant authorities, when someone needs help.
				3256
				3257	**Information categories we use (see 'What Information do we collect?' for more
				>	detail on each information category). The actual information we use depends on y
				>	our factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:**
				3258
				3259	Your activity and information you provide :
				3260
				3261	- Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
				3262	- Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, o
				>	r through our voice-enabled features
				3263	- Messages you send and receive, including their content, subject to applicable
				>	law
				3264	- Metadata about content and messages, subject to applicable law
				3265	- Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadat
				>	a. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange wit
				>	h these features like content and messages
				3266	- Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
				3267	- Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
				3268	- Purchases or other transactions you make, including truncated credit card info
				>	rmation
				3269	- Hashtags you use
				3270	- The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
				3271	- Your photo or video selfie if you provide it when you contact us for account s
				>	upport
				3272
				3273	Friends, followers and other connections
				3274
				3275	App, browser and device information :
				3276
				3277	- Device characteristics and device software
				3278	- What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or
				>	if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
				3279	- Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
				3280	- Device signals
				3281	- Information you’ve shared through your device settings
				3282	- Location-related information
				3283	- Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP ad
				>	dress
				3284	- Information from cookies and similar technologies
				3285
				3286	Information from partners, vendors and third parties
				3287
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	2409			3289
	2410	## How our ads system works		3290	## How our ads system works
	2411			3291
	2414	- *We use your information to determine the ad interests most relevant to you.		3294	- *We use your information to determine the ad interests most relevant to you.
	>	* We try to predict your ad interests based on the information we have, includin		>	* We try to predict your ad interests based on the information we have, includin
	>	g any choices you've made in Ad preferences.		>	g any choices you've made in Ad preferences.
	2415	- **Advertisers tell us which audience they want to reach based on who they thin		3295	- **Advertisers tell us which audience they want to reach based on who they thin
	>	k will be most interested.** This can include things like age, gender, location		>	k will be most interested.** This can include things like age, gender, location
	>	where advertisers want to show their ad or interests, such as women, based in Du		>	where advertisers want to show their ad or interests, such as women, based in Du
	>	blin, who like golf.		>	blin, who like golf.
	2416	- **We review the potential ads that we could show you to identify the most rele		3296	- **We review the potential ads that we could show you to identify the most rele
	>	vant ones.** Our ads system automatically reviews all the potential ads where yo		>	vant ones.** Our ads system automatically reviews all the potential ads where yo
	>	u might fit the audience that advertisers want to reach. For example, you may se		>	u might fit the audience that advertisers want to reach. For example, you may se
	>	e potential ads because you match the age range and interest category. We determ		>	e potential ads because you match the age range and interest category. We determ
	>	ine which ones to show you based on things like whether it best achieves the adv		>	ine which ones to show you based on things like whether it best achieves the adv
	>	ertiser’s goal and is most relevant to you. To do this, we use algorithms and ma		>	ertiser’s goal and is most relevant to you. To do this, we use algorithms and ma
	>	chine learning to order the ads we may show you. We use different factors such a		>	chine learning to order the ads we may show you. We use different factors such a
	>	s the ad quality, the advertiser's desired audience and budget. We also consider		>	s the ad quality, the advertiser's desired audience and budget. We also consider
	>	how likely we think it is that you will react to the ad based on things like yo		>	how likely we think it is that you will react to the ad based on things like yo
	>	ur activity on Meta Products. Learn more.		>	ur activity on Meta Products. Learn more.
n	2417	- All of this information helps us show you the most relevant ads. When you	n	3297	- All of this information helps us show you the most relevant ads. When you
	>	see an ad on Meta Company Products, we use this process to choose the most relev		>	see ads on Meta Company Products, we use this process to choose the most relevan
	>	ant ad to show you.		>	t ad to show you.
	2418			3298
n	2419	6	n	3299	56
	2420			3300
n	2421	## Metadata	n	3301	## How we promote safety, security and integrity
	2422			3302
n	2423	- Information about the content itself, like the location where a photo was take	n	3303	We share your information with law enforcement, government authorities, Meta Com
	>	n or the date a file was created		>	panies and other third parties (including industry peers) when we have a good fa
				>	ith belief it’s necessary to detect, prevent and address a variety of situations
				>	, such as:
	2424	- Information about the message itself, like the type of message or the date and
	>	time it was sent
	2425			3304
n	2426	10	n	3305	- Unauthorized use of our Products. See an example.[57]
				3306	- Violations of our terms and policies. See an example.[58]
				3307	- Investigating suspicious activity
				3308	- Protecting ourselves, including our rights, property, personnel or Products
				3309	- Preventing abuse, fraud, or other harmful or illegal activity, on and off our
				>	Products
				3310	- Protecting you or others, including as part of investigations or regulatory in
				>	quiries
				3311	- Emergency situations, such as risk of death or imminent bodily harm
	2427			3312
n	2428	## Device	n	3313	57
	2429			3314
n	2430	Devices include computers, phones, hardware, connected TVs, Meta Quest and other	n	3315	## Unauthorized use of our Products
	>	web-connected devices.
	2431			3316
n	2432	16	n	3317	For example, if you unlawfully collect and use Facebook user data, we may share
				>	your information to defend ourselves against claims or in litigation.
	2433			3318
n	2434	## IP address	n	3319	58
	2435			3320
n	2436	Stands for "internet protocol address." It’s a unique number assigned to a devic	n	3321	## Violations of our terms and policies
	>	e, like a phone or computer, that allows it to communicate over the internet. Nu
	>	mbers are assigned according to standard guidelines, or protocols.
	2437			3322
t	2438	Just like you need a mailing address to receive a letter from a friend, your dev	t	3323	For example, if you post threatening or harmful content, we may share your infor
	>	ice needs an IP address to receive information on the internet.		>	mation across the Meta Companies to protect ourselves and others. This can inclu
				>	de blocking your access to certain features or disabling your account across the
				>	Meta Companies.
	2439
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	2441
	2442	## Partner
	2443
	2444	A person, business, organization or body using or integrating our Products to ad
	>	vertise, market or support their products and services
	2445
	2446	24
	2447
	2448	## Third party
	2449
	2450	A person, business, organization or body that is not part of the Meta Companies
	2451
	2452	35
	2453
	2454	## Service provider
	2455
	2456	A person, business, organization or body that provides services to Meta or to ou
	>	r users on behalf of Meta. For example, our service providers do things like inv
	>	estigate suspicious activity and provide customer support.
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