Policy covers Meta Products: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, AI at Meta, and Meta Quest with a Meta account
This Privacy Policy is issued by Meta Platforms, Inc. and describes the information it processes to provide what it calls Meta Products, or Products. The highlights list Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and AI at Meta as Products, and say the Policy also applies to Meta Quest if you log in with a Meta account. The full list of Meta Products is kept in a linked page that is not supplied here, so the complete product scope is not established by this document alone.
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This Privacy Policy applies to what we call Meta Products, or Products. Our Products include Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and
It also applies to Meta Quest if you log in with a Meta account
This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms, Inc., process to provide
which we also call "Products."
What Products does this Policy cover?
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and share your information. It also describes how long we keep your information and how we keep it safe when we transfer it.
The Privacy Policy also lets you know your rights
Qualifications & exceptions
Meta Quest is covered only if you log in with a Meta account.
The linked Meta Products page that defines the full product list is not supplied.
Not stated here
Which other services fall under Meta Products beyond those named here.
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Effective December 16, 2025; the page also announces an updated policy that is not supplied
The analyzed version states it is effective December 16, 2025. The top of the page carries a banner saying the Privacy Policy has been updated, with a link to read the new policy. That newer policy is not supplied in this source, so the analyzed text describes the December 16, 2025 version only and may no longer be the version in force.
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Effective December 16, 2025
We’ve updated our Privacy Policy.
Qualifications & exceptions
A newer policy is announced but its text is not part of this source.
Not stated here
The effective date and content of the updated policy linked from the banner.
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United States Regional Privacy Notice is referenced for Personal Information handling and rights
The Policy points readers to a separate United States Regional Privacy Notice for more detail on how Meta handles Personal Information and how to exercise rights. That notice is a linked document and is not supplied in this source, so its terms are unknown here.
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for more details about how we handle Personal Information and how to exercise your rights.
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Applies to United States residents by its title; the notice text is not supplied.
Not stated here
The contents of the United States Regional Privacy Notice.
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Policy explains collection, use, sharing, retention, transfer and rights, and points to settings
Meta says the Policy explains how it collects, uses, shares, retains and transfers information and tells you your rights; each section includes examples and simpler language, plus links to further resources. It also says it shows you where to manage your information in the settings of the Meta Products you use. These are descriptive statements about the document, not practices themselves.
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We at Meta want you to understand what information we collect, and how we use and share it.
In the Privacy Policy, we explain how we collect, use, share, retain and transfer information. We also let you know your rights.
It's important to us that you know how to control your privacy, so we also show you where you can manage your information in the settings of the Meta Products you use.
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Footnotes define Partner and restate that Products means Meta Products provided by Meta Platforms, Inc.
A Partner is defined as a person, business, organization or body using or integrating Meta's Products to advertise, market or support their products and services. The Products footnote restates that the Policy describes the information Meta Platforms, Inc. processes to provide Meta Products, also called Products; the linked list of Meta Products is not supplied.
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A person, business, organization or body using or integrating our Products to advertise, market or support their products and services
This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms, Inc., process to provide
Not stated here
The full list of Meta Products on the linked page.
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Definitions: integrated partner (plugins, login, checkout, games) and third party (not a Meta Company)
An integrated partner is a partner who uses technologies that help you make a connection to them through Meta's Products, including plugins, login, checkout experiences, instant games and other such integrations. A third party is a person, business, organization or body that is not part of the Meta Companies.
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A partner who uses technologies that help you make a connection to them through our Products, including plugins, login, checkout experiences, instant games, and other such integrations
A person, business, organization or body that is not part of the Meta Companies
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Footnote restates that Products means the Meta Products provided by Meta Platforms, Inc.
A repeated footnote restates that the Policy describes the information Meta Platforms, Inc. processes to provide Meta Products, also called Products; the linked product list is not supplied.
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This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms, Inc., process to provide
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Footnotes define Partner, Third party, Device and Service provider
Repeated footnotes define a Partner as a person, business, organization or body using or integrating Meta's Products to advertise, market or support their products and services; a Third party as one not part of the Meta Companies; Devices as computers, phones, hardware, connected TVs, Meta Quest and other web-connected devices; and a Service provider as a person, business, organization or body that provides services to Meta or to its users on Meta's behalf, for example investigating suspicious activity and providing customer support.
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A person, business, organization or body using or integrating our Products to advertise, market or support their products and services
A person, business, organization or body that is not part of the Meta Companies
Devices include computers, phones, hardware, connected TVs, Meta Quest and other web-connected devices.
A person, business, organization or body that provides services to Meta or to our users on behalf of Meta. For example, our service providers do things like investigate suspicious activity and provide customer support.
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Definitions: transactions, commerce services platforms, measurement vendor and marketing vendor
Transactions you might make include subscribing to premium content, buying, selling or using products or services, and donating to charities. Commerce services platforms provide services including payments, marketing, shipping and customer engagement tools. A measurement vendor is a third party that creates reports to help advertisers understand content and ad performance, including whether people took an action after seeing an ad. A marketing vendor is a third party that helps market or advertise Meta and its Products, measures the effectiveness of Meta's own marketing campaigns and performs advertising research.
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Subscribing to premium content
Buying, selling or using products
Buying, selling or using services
Donating to charities
Commerce services platforms provide a range of commerce services, including:
Payments
Marketing
Shipping
Customer engagement tools
A third party that creates reports to help advertisers understand how their content and ads are performing. These reports also measure whether people took an action after seeing an ad.
A third party that helps market or advertise Meta and our Products, measures the effectiveness of our own marketing campaigns and performs advertising research
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Footnotes repeat the Partner, Measurement vendor, Service provider, Third party and Products definitions
The transfer section's footnotes repeat the definitions: a Partner uses or integrates Meta's Products to advertise, market or support products and services; a Measurement vendor is a third party creating reports on content and ad performance, including whether people acted after seeing an ad; a Service provider provides services to Meta or its users on Meta's behalf; a Third party is not part of the Meta Companies; and Products are the Meta Products provided by Meta Platforms, Inc.
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A person, business, organization or body using or integrating our Products to advertise, market or support their products and services
A third party that creates reports to help advertisers understand how their content and ads are performing. These reports also measure whether people took an action after seeing an ad.
A person, business, organization or body that provides services to Meta or to our users on behalf of Meta. For example, our service providers do things like investigate suspicious activity and provide customer support.
A person, business, organization or body that is not part of the Meta Companies
This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms, Inc., process to provide
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Meta accesses, preserves, uses and shares information for legal requests, law and safety; may respond voluntarily
Meta accesses, preserves, uses and shares your information in response to legal requests such as search warrants, court orders, production orders or subpoenas from third parties including civil litigants, law enforcement and other government authorities; in accordance with applicable law; and to promote the safety, security and integrity of Meta Products, users, employees, property and the public. It may access or preserve information for an extended time. It responds to legal requests where required by law, and at times where not compelled by law when a response may affect users in that jurisdiction and is consistent with internationally recognized standards including its Corporate Human Rights Policy, which is linked but not supplied. The highlights add that it keeps information when a law requires it and sometimes keeps information it thinks will help prevent or stop bad activity. The Third party and Products definitions are repeated.
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Sometimes we have to provide information to respond to legal requests when necessary
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.
We also sometimes keep information that we think will help prevent or stop bad activity, either on our Products or in the world
We access, preserve, use and share your information:
In response to legal requests, like search warrants, court orders, production orders or subpoenas. These requests come from third parties[78] such as civil litigants, law enforcement and other government authorities.
In accordance with applicable law
To promote the safety, security and integrity of Meta Products[80], users, employees, property and the public.
We may access or preserve your information for an extended amount of time.
A person, business, organization or body that is not part of the Meta Companies
We respond to legal requests where we’re required by law to do so, and at times where we're not compelled by law, but a response:
May affect users in that jurisdiction, and
Is consistent with internationally recognized standards including, for example, our
Learn more about
This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms, Inc., process to provide
Qualifications & exceptions
Voluntary responses require that the response may affect users in that jurisdiction and meets internationally recognized standards.
Not stated here
The Corporate Human Rights Policy and government request reports are linked but not supplied.
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Meta will notify you before material changes and let you review the revised Policy before continuing
Meta says it will notify you before it makes material changes to this Policy, and you will have the opportunity to review the revised Policy before you choose to continue using its Products. The Policy does not say how notice is given or how long before the change.
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We'll notify you before we make material changes to this Policy. You’ll have the opportunity to review the revised Policy before you choose to continue using our Products.
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Advance notice is promised for material changes; non-material changes are not addressed.
Not stated here
The notice method and lead time.
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US residents are referred to a Regional Privacy Notice; contact Meta online or by mail at Menlo Park
United States residents can learn about consumer privacy rights that may be available to them in the United States Regional Privacy Notice, which is linked but not supplied. For questions about this Policy or questions, complaints or requests about your information, you can contact Meta online or by mail at Meta Platforms, Inc., ATTN: Privacy Operations, 1 Meta Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025; help pages on Facebook, Instagram and the Help Center are linked but not supplied.
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You can learn more about the consumer privacy rights that may be available to you by reviewing the
If you have questions about this Policy or have questions, complaints or requests regarding your information, you can contact us as described below.
or by mail at:
Meta Platforms, Inc.
ATTN: Privacy Operations
1 Meta Way
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Qualifications & exceptions
US rights depend on the separate Regional Privacy Notice, not supplied.
Not stated here
The contents of the United States Regional Privacy Notice.
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Sharing with others including law enforcement to respond to legal requests is a stated processing purpose
Meta lists sharing information with others, including law enforcement and to respond to legal requests, as a processing purpose, referring to the Policy's legal requests section for when it shares with law enforcement and others; the categories continue in the next packet.
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Sharing information with others including law enforcement to respond to legal requests
Why and how we process your information:
Sharing information with others, including law enforcement and to respond to legal requests.
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Legal-request sharing depends on circumstances; voluntary responses typically give limited contact and login data
The categories Meta accesses, preserves, uses and shares for legal purposes depend on the specific circumstances; responses to legal requests where Meta is not compelled by law will typically include limited information such as contact details and login information. The processing depends on the purpose, which could be responding to legal requests from third parties such as civil litigants, law enforcement and other government authorities; complying with applicable law or legitimate legal purposes; or promoting the safety, security and integrity of Meta Companies, Meta Products, users, employees, property and the public. The Policy's legal requests section is cross-referenced.
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section of the Meta Privacy Policy for more for information on when we share information with law enforcement and others.
The categories of information we access, preserve, use and share depend on the specific circumstances. For example, responses to legal requests where not compelled by law will typically include limited information (such as contact details and login information).
However, the information we process will depend on the purposes, which could include the following:
In response to legal requests from third parties such as civil litigants, law enforcement and other government authorities
To comply with applicable law or legitimate legal purposes
To promote the safety, security and integrity of Meta Companies, Meta Products, users, employees, property and the public
Learn more about how we promote safety, security and integrity.
Qualifications & exceptions
Uncompelled responses are described as typically limited to contact details and login information.
For legal-request and safety sharing, the activity categories Meta may use depending on circumstances include content you create, camera and voice content, metadata about content subject to applicable law, AI at Meta interactions and metadata, content viewed and how, apps and features used, purchases, hashtags, your selfie if provided for account support, and friends, followers and other connections.
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The actual information we use depends on your factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:
Your activity and information you provide:
Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, or through our voice-enabled features
Metadata about content, subject to applicable law
and related metadata. For example, information you or others exchange with AI at Meta like content and messages
Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
Purchases or other transactions you make
Hashtags you use
Your photo or video selfie if you provide it when you contact us for account support
Friends, followers and other connections
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Metadata use is subject to applicable law.
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Legal-purpose device and partner categories: identifiers, signals, location, IP, cookies, partner data
The device categories for legal-request and safety sharing are device characteristics and software; device activity such as foreground state or mouse movement used to tell humans from bots; identifiers; device signals; device-settings data; location-related information; network information including IP address; and cookies and similar technologies; plus information from partners, vendors and third parties.
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App, browser and device information:
Device characteristics and device software
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)
Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
Device signals
Information you’ve shared through your device settings
Location-related information
Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP address
Information from cookies and similar technologies
Information from partners, vendors and third parties
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When legally obliged, such as by a valid search warrant, Meta shares only the information necessary to comply
Where Meta is under an obligation to disclose information, for example on a valid legal request such as a search warrant, it will access, preserve and/or share your information with regulators, law enforcement or others. How information is processed depends on the circumstances; the categories depend on each mandatory request or obligation, and Meta says only the information necessary to comply with the relevant legal obligation will be shared or processed. For civil matters this typically includes limited information such as contact details and login information. A linked guide on operational guidelines for law enforcement is not supplied.
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Processing information when required by law
Why and how we process your information:
For processing information when the law requires it: Where we are under an obligation to disclose information such as, for example, if we receive a valid legal request for certain information such as a search warrant, we will access, preserve and/or share your information with regulators, law enforcement or others.
The way in which the information will be processed depends on the specific circumstances.
The actual information we use depends on your factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:
The categories of information depend on the specific circumstances of each mandatory request or obligation. Only the information necessary to comply with the relevant 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:
Qualifications & exceptions
Limited to information necessary to comply with the specific legal obligation.
Civil matters typically involve only contact details and login information.
Not stated here
The law enforcement guidelines page is linked but not supplied.
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Mandatory disclosures could reach content, messages, metadata, AI interactions, purchases and selfies
Depending on the circumstances of a mandatory request, the activity categories that could be processed include content you create, camera and voice content, messages you send and receive including their content and metadata about content and messages (both subject to applicable law), AI at Meta interactions and metadata, content viewed and how, apps and features used, purchases including truncated credit card information, hashtags, timing of activities, and your selfie if provided for account support. The list continues with connections and device data in the next packet.
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Your activity and information you provide:
Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, or through our voice-enabled features
Messages you send and receive, including their content, subject to applicable law
Metadata about content and messages, subject to applicable law
and related metadata. For example, information you or others exchange with AI at Meta like content and messages
Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
Purchases or other transactions you make, including truncated credit card information
Hashtags you use
The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
Your photo or video selfie if you provide it when you contact us for account support
Qualifications & exceptions
Message content and metadata are subject to applicable law.
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Mandatory disclosures may also cover connections, device data, identifiers, location, IP, cookies, partner data
For processing required by law, the remaining categories that could be processed depending on the circumstances are friends, followers and other connections; app, browser and device information (device characteristics and software, device activity such as foreground state or mouse movement, identifiers, device signals, device-settings data, location-related information, network information including IP address, and cookies and similar technologies); and information from partners, vendors and third parties.
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Friends, followers and other connections
App, browser and device information:
Device characteristics and device software
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)
Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
Device signals
Information you’ve shared through your device settings
Location-related information
Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP address
Information from cookies and similar technologies
Information from partners, vendors and third parties
Qualifications & exceptions
Only information necessary to comply with the specific obligation is shared, as the previous packet states.
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Closing footnotes repeat Products, Metadata, Device, IP address, Partner, Third party and Service provider definitions
The final footnotes repeat the definitions used throughout: Products are the Meta Products provided by Meta Platforms, Inc.; metadata is information about content (such as photo location or file creation date) and about messages (such as type and send time); devices include computers, phones, hardware, connected TVs, Meta Quest and other web-connected devices; an IP address is the unique number assigned to a device so it can communicate over the internet; a Partner uses or integrates Meta's Products to advertise, market or support products and services; a Third party is not part of the Meta Companies; and a Service provider provides services to Meta or its users on Meta's behalf, such as investigating suspicious activity and customer support.
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This Policy describes the information we, Meta Platforms, Inc., process to provide
Information about the content itself, like the location where a photo was taken or the date a file was created
Information about the message itself, like the type of message or the date and time it was sent
Devices include computers, phones, hardware, connected TVs, Meta Quest and other web-connected devices.
Stands for "internet protocol address." It’s a unique number assigned to a device, like a phone or computer, that allows it to communicate over the internet.
your device needs an IP address to receive information on the internet.
A person, business, organization or body using or integrating our Products to advertise, market or support their products and services
A person, business, organization or body that is not part of the Meta Companies
A person, business, organization or body that provides services to Meta or to our users on behalf of Meta. For example, our service providers do things like investigate suspicious activity and provide customer support.