Meta

You are agreeing to cross-platform data sharing among Meta-owned applications and services.

“We share information we collect globally, both internally across our offices and data centers and externally with our partners, third parties and service providers.”

What that means: Privacy choices on one app do not necessarily limit data sharing with sister brands within the same family.

Data collected on Facebook is transferred to and processed by other Meta properties like Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, creating a unified profile.

You are agreeing to allow Meta to use third-party data to track your activity across other websites and apps for ad targeting.

“We’ll use information that advertisers, businesses and other partners provide us about activity off the Meta Company Products that we have associated with you to personalize ads that we show you on our Products, and on websites, apps and devices that use our advertising services.”

What that means: Advertisers can target you based on your browsing history and activity outside of Meta's own apps.

Meta collects data from third parties and uses it to track you across other websites and apps to serve targeted advertisements.

You are agreeing to the collection and processing of sensitive personal data such as health, religion, and political views.

“Any information with special protections that you choose to provide, such as your religious views, your sexual orientation, political views, health, racial or ethnic origin, philosophical beliefs or trade union membership...”

What that means: Highly sensitive personal details about your health, beliefs, and identity are stored and processed by Meta.

Meta explicitly collects highly sensitive personal data categories including health, politics, and religion, which users voluntarily provide.

You are agreeing to indefinite data retention determined by Meta's internal needs and legal requirements.

“We keep information as long as we need it to provide our Products, comply with legal obligations or protect our or other’s interests. We decide how long we need information on a case-by-case basis.”

What that means: Your data may be kept for an indefinite period even if you stop using the service actively.

The company retains data indefinitely at their sole discretion based on vague criteria like 'legitimate purposes' or 'protecting interests.'

You are agreeing to let Meta use your created content and metadata for product improvement, AI development, and commercial analytics.

“Content you create, like posts, comments or audio... Metadata about content and messages, subject to applicable law”

What that means: Your creative content and metadata are used to train AI models and improve platform features permanently.

While this policy focuses on usage rather than ownership, the broad collection and analysis of user-generated content (posts, photos, audio) for AI training and improvement implies a broad usage right beyond simple service delivery.

You are agreeing to rely on Meta's unilateral assurance that they will not sell your data.

“We don't sell any of your information to anyone, and we never will.”

What that means: If Meta violates this promise, users have limited immediate contractual remedies within this document.

This statement shifts the burden of trust entirely onto Meta's self-regulation, limiting recourse if they violate this specific promise without explicit contractual penalties defined here.