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15
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Privacy Snapshot

What the published policy covers, and how much we found under each. Tap one to read it.

  • Location 1 finding
  • Camera & Photos 5 findings
  • Microphone & Audio 1 finding
  • Contacts 1 finding
  • Messages 8 findings
  • Sensitive Data 5 findings
  • Tracking 8 findings
  • Advertising & Profiling 20 findings
  • Sharing 25 findings
  • Controls & Permissions 2 findings
  • Other 10 findings

3 findings, in full

The first 3 of this report’s 15 key findings, complete — claim, reasoning, and the policy’s own wording.

Advertising & Profiling Privacy control available Facebook uses what you do on other companies' sites to choose your ads

What this means

Advertisers, businesses and other partners tell Meta about your activity on their own websites and apps, and Facebook uses that to personalize the ads it shows you.

Facebook uses information that advertisers, businesses, and other partners provide about your activity off Meta Company Products to personalize the ads you see.

Why this matters

This is the ad input people are least aware of, because it happens away from Facebook entirely.

What the policy says

Receiving and using information from third parties to tailor the ads you see: 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. We receive this information whether or not you’re logged in or have an account on our Products, see the Cookies Policy for more information.

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Messages Facebook collects the messages you exchange with AI at Meta features

What this means

Interactions with Meta's AI features are collected along with related metadata, and that includes the content of what you and others send those features.

Facebook collects information about your interactions with AI at Meta features, including content and messages exchanged with those features.

Why this matters

An AI assistant inside an app you already use is easy to treat as a private conversation, and this says it is collected.

What the policy says

Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadata. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange with these features

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Sensitive Data Facebook collects your purchases, including truncated credit card information

What this means

Transactions you make are collected, and Meta states the record can include a truncated version of the card number.

Facebook collects information about your purchases or other transactions, including truncated credit card information.

Why this matters

Purchase history is unusually revealing, and most people do not expect a social network to hold any part of a card number.

What the policy says

Purchases or other transactions you make, including truncated credit card information

From Meta Privacy Policy

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12 more key findings a free account opens, by topic

  • Sharing 4
  • Advertising & Profiling 3
  • Tracking 2
  • Camera & Photos 1
  • Messages 1
  • Sensitive Data 1

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  • Location 1 more
  • Camera & Photos 4 more
  • Microphone & Audio 1 more
  • Contacts 1 more
  • Messages 6 more
  • Sensitive Data 3 more
  • Tracking 6 more
  • Advertising & Profiling 16 more
  • Sharing 21 more
  • Controls & Permissions 2 more
  • Other 10 more

  • Complete report

    71 additional reviewed findings, each shown with the policy wording behind it, like the 15 above.

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