Privacy Policy

To provide the Meta Products, we must process information about you. The types of information we collect depend on how you use our Products.

• Information you provide: We collect the content, communications and other information you provide when you use our Products, including when you sign up for an account, create or share content, and message or communicate with others.
• Networks and connections: We collect information about the people, accounts, hashtags, groups and Pages you're connected to and how you interact with them.
• Your usage: We collect information about how you use our Products, such as the types of content you view or engage with, the features you use, the actions you take, and the time, frequency and duration of your activities.
• Information about transactions made on our Products: We collect information when you purchase something through our Products.

• Information and content you provide. We collect the content, communications and other information you provide when you use our Products, including when you sign up for an account, create or share content, and message or communicate with others.
• Networks and connections. We collect information about the people, Pages, accounts, hashtags and groups you are connected to and how you interact with them across our Products.
• Your usage. We collect information about how you use our Products, such as the types of content you view or engage with; the features you use; the actions you take; the people or accounts you interact with; and the time, frequency and duration of your activities.
• Information about transactions made on our Products. If you use our Products for purchases or other financial transactions, we collect information about the purchase or transaction.

We collect information from and about the computers, phones, connected TVs and other web-connected devices you use that integrate with our Products, and we combine this information across different devices you use. For example, we use information collected about your use of our Products on your phone to better personalize the content or features you see when you use our Products on another device.

Information we obtain from these devices includes:

• Device attributes: information such as the operating system, hardware and software versions, battery level, signal strength, available storage space, browser type, app and file names and types, and plugins.
• Device operations: information about operations and behaviors performed on the device, such as whether a window is foregrounded or backgrounded, or mouse movements (which can help distinguish humans from bots).
• Identifiers: unique identifiers, device IDs, and other identifiers, such as from games, apps or accounts you use, and Family Device IDs.
• Device signals: Bluetooth signals, and information about nearby Wi-Fi access points, beacons, and cell towers.
• Data from device settings: information you allow us to receive through device settings you turn on, such as access to your GPS location, camera or photos.
• Network and connections: information such as the name of your mobile operator or ISP, language, time zone, mobile phone number, IP address, connection speed and, in some cases, information about other devices that are nearby or on your network.
• Cookie data: data from cookies stored on your device, including cookie IDs and settings.

We use the information we have to deliver our Products, including to personalize features and content and make suggestions for you on and off our Products. To create personalized Products that are unique and relevant to you, we use your connections, preferences, interests and activities based on the data we collect and learn from you and others; how you use and interact with our Products; and the people, places, or things you're connected to and interested in on and off our Products.

• Location-related information: We use location-related information such as your current location, where you live, the places you like to go, and the businesses and people you're near to provide, personalize and improve our Products.
• Product research and development: We use the information we have to develop, test and improve our Products, including by conducting surveys and research, and testing and troubleshooting new products and features.
• Ads and other sponsored content: We use the information we have about you to deliver ads to you, including interest-based ads.

We use the information we have to verify accounts and activity, combat harmful conduct, detect and prevent spam and other bad experiences, maintain the integrity of our Products, and promote safety and security on and off of Facebook Products. For example, we use data we have to investigate suspicious activity or violations of our terms or policies.

When you share and communicate using our Products, you choose the audience for what you share. For example, when you post on Facebook, you select the audience for the post, such as a group, all of your friends, the public, or a customized list of people.

Public information can be seen by anyone, on or off our Products, including if they don't have an account. This includes your Facebook username; any information you share with a public audience; information in your public profile on Facebook; and content you share on a Facebook Page, public Instagram account or any other public forum.

We work with third-party partners who help us provide and improve our Products or who use Facebook Business Tools to grow their businesses, which makes it possible to operate our companies and provide free services to people around the world. We don't sell any of your information to anyone, and we never will. We also impose strict restrictions on how our partners can use and disclose the data we provide.

Here are the types of third parties we share information with:

• Partners who use our analytics services: We provide aggregated statistics and insights that help people and businesses understand how people are engaging with their posts, listings, Pages, videos and other content on and off the Facebook Products.
• Advertisers: We provide advertisers with reports about the kinds of people seeing their ads and how their ads are performing, but we don't share information that personally identifies you.
• Measurement partners: We share information about you with companies that aggregate it to provide analytics and measurement reports to our partners.
• Vendors and service providers: We provide information and content to vendors and service providers who support our business.
• Researchers and academics: We also provide information and content to research partners and academics to conduct research that advances scholarship and innovation.
• Law enforcement or legal requests: We share information with law enforcement or in response to legal requests in the circumstances outlined below.

You can manage the content and information you share when you use Facebook through the following tools:

• Privacy Shortcuts: You can control some of the information Facebook uses to show you ads through our privacy shortcuts.
• Activity Log: Your Activity Log is a tool that lets you review and manage many of your activities on Facebook.
• Access Your Information: This is a tool that lets you access and download your Facebook information.
• Privacy Checkup: This guides you through key privacy settings for your account.
• Download Your Information: You can download a copy of your Facebook information at any time.

You can deactivate your account at any time by going to your Facebook settings. When you deactivate your account, your profile won't be visible to other people on Facebook, and people won't be able to search for you. Some information, such as messages you sent to friends, may still be visible to others.

If you want to delete your account entirely, you can do that in your Facebook settings as well. When you delete your account, we delete your posts, photos, videos, comments, likes and other information. Information that others have shared about you isn't part of your account and won't be deleted.

We share information globally, both internally within the Meta Companies, and externally with our partners and with those you connect and share with around the world in accordance with this policy. Your information may, for example, be transferred or transmitted to, or stored and processed in the United States or other countries outside of where you live for the purposes as described in this policy.

This transfer is necessary to provide the services outlined in the Facebook Terms and Instagram Terms and to globally operate and provide our Products to you. We utilize standard contract clauses, rely on the European Commission's adequacy decisions about certain countries, as applicable, and obtain your consent for these data transfers to the United States and other countries.

We store data until it is no longer necessary to provide our services and Facebook Products, or until your account is deleted - whichever comes first. This is a case-by-case determination that depends on things like the nature of the data, why it is collected and processed, and relevant legal or operational retention needs.

When you delete your account, we delete things you have posted, such as your photos and status updates, and you won't be able to recover that information later. Information that others have shared about you isn't part of your account and won't be deleted.

We access, preserve and share your information with regulators, law enforcement or others:

• In response to a legal request (like a search warrant, court order or subpoena) if we have a good faith belief that the law requires us to do so.
• When we have a good-faith belief it is necessary to: detect, prevent and address fraud, unauthorized use of the Products, violations of our terms or policies, or other harmful or illegal activity; to protect ourselves (including our rights, property or Products), you or others, including as part of investigations or regulatory inquiries; or to prevent death or imminent bodily harm.

Information we receive about you can be accessed and preserved for an extended period when it is the subject of a legal request or obligation, governmental investigation, or investigations of possible violations of our terms or policies, or otherwise to prevent harm. We also retain information from accounts disabled for terms violations for at least a year to prevent repeat abuse or other term violations.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires a legal basis for our use of personal information. Our basis varies depending on the specific purpose for which we use personal information. We generally rely on:

• Contractual Necessity: To provide you with the Facebook Products you have contracted for
• Legitimate Interests: When we have legitimate interests that are not overridden by your rights
• Consent: Where you have given us consent to process your data
• Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary to comply with the law

You have the right to access, rectify, port and erase your data, as well as the right to restrict and object to certain processing of your data. This includes the right to object to our processing of your data for direct marketing and the right to object to our processing of your data where we are performing a task in the public interest or pursuing our legitimate interests or those of a third party.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires us to provide California residents with some additional information about the categories of personal information we collect and share, where we get that personal information, and how and why we use it.

Under the CCPA, you have the following rights:

• Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose to you the personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell.
• Right to Delete: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information that we collect or maintain.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.

To exercise your "right to know" or your "right to delete," please contact us.

We'll notify you before we make material changes to this Policy and give you the opportunity to review the revised Policy before you choose to continue using our Products.

We always indicate the date the most recent changes were published. If we make changes to the policy, we will post the new policy with a new effective date.

You can contact us online or by mail at:

Meta Platforms, Inc.
ATTN: Privacy Operations
1601 Willow Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025

If you have questions about this policy, you can contact us through our Help Center. You can also contact Meta's Data Protection Officer.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.