What is the Privacy Policy and what does it cover?
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This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and share your information. It also describes how long we keep your information for and how we keep
it safe when we transfer it.
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The Privacy Policy also lets you know your rights.
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This policy applies to what we call Meta Products, or Products. Our Products include Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Portal.
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It also applies to Meta Quest if you log in with a Facebook or Meta account.
What information do we collect?
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In this policy, we list the kinds of information that we collect. Here are some important ones. We collect:
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The information that you give us when you sign up for our Products and create a profile, such as your email address or phone number.
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What you do on our Products. This includes what you click on or like, your posts and photos and messages that you send. If you use end-to-end encrypted messaging, we can't read those messages unless users report them to us for review.
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Who your friends or followers are, and what they do on our Products.
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Information from the phone, computer or tablet that you use our Products on, like what kind it is and what version of our app you're using.
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Information from partners about things you do both on and off our Products. This could include other websites you visit, apps you use or online games you play.
How do we use your information?
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Here are some of the ways we use your information:
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We personalise your experience, for instance by suggesting reels to watch or communities to join.
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We improve our Products by applying information about what you use them to do, and what else is happening on your device when our app crashes.
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We work to prevent harmful behaviour and keep people safe on our Products.
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We send you messages about the Products that you use or ones you might like, if you let us.
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We research for the good of people around the world, for instance to advance technology or to help out in a crisis.
How is your information shared on Meta Products or with integrated partners?
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You can choose to share information on our Products or with integrated partners.
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Remember to share only with people you trust.
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You might decide to use a product that integrates with one of ours, such as if you use Facebook Login to log in to a music service or a shopping site.
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If you do, that organisation will ask you to receive some information about you, such as your email address or date of birth.
How do we share information with third parties?
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We share certain information with:
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Advertisers who show ads on our Products.
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Businesses we hire to market our Products for us.
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Businesses we hire to do things such as offer customer service or conduct surveys.
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Researchers who use it to do things such as innovate, advance technology or improve people's safety.
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We don't sell your information and we never will.
How do the Meta Companies work together?
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Meta owns Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Portal and the other Products covered by this policy.
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Meta also owns the Meta Companies, which include WhatsApp.
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Sometimes we share information within these Companies.
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We do this to make new features or shared experiences between different products. Then you can do things such as use WhatsApp to chat on Portal.
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We also share information, such as your name and email address, to help verify your accounts and monitor suspicious activities. This helps us keep your accounts safe.
How can you manage or delete your information and exercise your rights?
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You have rights to view and download the information that we have about you.
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You can use the settings in this section to manage your privacy.
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You also can delete your account or specific account information, if you want to.
How long do we keep your information for?
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We keep information for as long as we need it to provide a feature or service.
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But you can request that we delete your information.
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We'll delete that information unless we have to keep it for something else, for instance for legal reason.
How do we transfer information?
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Because we connect people all around the world, we need to transfer information all around the world too.
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When we do this, we follow international regulations to keep your information safe.
How do we respond to legal requests, comply with applicable law and prevent harm?
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Sometimes we have to provide information to respond to legal requests when necessary.
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If there's a law that says we need to keep your information for some reason, we need to comply with it. So we'll keep information to obey that law.
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We also sometimes keep information that we think will help prevent or stop bad activity, either on our Products or in the world.
What are cookies and what does this policy cover?
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Effective from 16 June 2023
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Cookies are small pieces of text used to store information in web browsers. Cookies are used to store and receive identifiers and other information on computers, phones and other devices. Other technologies, including data that we store on your web browser or device, identifiers associated with your device and other software, are used for similar purposes. In this policy, we refer to all of these technologies as "cookies".
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We use cookies if you have a Facebook account, use the Meta Products, including our website and apps, or visit other websites and apps that use the Meta Products (including the Like button). Cookies enable Meta to offer the Meta Products to you and to understand the information that we receive about you, including information about your use of other websites and apps, whether or not you are registered or logged in.
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This policy explains how we use cookies and the choices you have. Except as otherwise stated in this policy, the Privacy Policy will apply to our processing of the data that we collect via cookies.
Why do we use cookies?
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Cookies help us provide, protect and improve the Meta Products, such as by personalising content, tailoring and measuring ads, and providing a safer experience. The cookies that we use include session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay in your browser until they expire or you delete them. The cookies that we use and how we use them may change over time as we improve and update Meta Products.