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"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 (like GPS location). Information about the network you connect your device to."

Meta collects broad device-level data including device signals, mouse movements, network information, camera roll access, and voice-enabled feature data — well beyond what is needed for core social networking functionality.

"Information you've shared through your device settings (like GPS location). Location-related information. Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP address. Information from cookies and similar technologies."

Meta collects location data from multiple sources including GPS, IP address, and network information, and uses it across nearly every processing purpose listed in the policy — personalization, ads, analytics, research, and sharing with third parties.

"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."

While Meta promises notification of material changes, the framing implies that continuing to use the products constitutes acceptance of new terms, with no mechanism for users to reject changes while retaining their accounts.

"We share information we collect globally, both internally across our offices and data centers and externally with our partners, third parties and service providers. Because Meta is global, with users, partners, vendors and employees around the world, transfers are necessary."

Meta shares user data with a broad set of third parties including advertisers, Audience Network publishers, analytics partners, measurement vendors, marketing vendors, commerce partners, integrated partners, and external researchers.

"We use information we collect to provide a personalized experience to you, including ads, along with the other purposes we explain in detail below. For some of these purposes, we use information across our Products and across your devices. The information we use for these purposes is automatically processed by our systems."

Meta tracks users across all Meta products (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc.), across devices, and across third-party websites and apps via the Audience Network, cookies, and device identifiers to build unified advertising profiles.

"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. In some instances and for specific reasons, we'll keep information for an extended period of time."

Meta provides no specific retention timelines, instead deciding on a 'case-by-case basis' and reserving the right to retain data for extended periods for vague reasons like protecting interests.