Facebook Dating

We ding this product for combining data it has on users with data received from third-party advertisers and marketers, even if users do not have account at its products. Facebook Dating Supplemental

Privacy Policy

"Dating uses information without special protections in the following ways:

To provide and personalize your Dating experience by showing you suggested matches and suggesting you to other Dating users, and to personalize your experience in Facebook. If you have added your accounts to the same Accounts Center, you will have the ability to turn on Facebook Dating across apps and manage connected experiences across these apps.

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For measurement and analytics purposes. For example, Meta uses aggregate information about Dating alongside other Facebook information to derive internal analytics by comparing Dating with other features, such as News and Marketplace. This allows us to evaluate the efficacy of these features, product integrity and overall product performance and identify changes in how the product functions to identify bugs or ways to improve the product."

"With your consent, we will process the information with special protections listed above for the following purposes:

Provide and personalise your Dating experience by showing you suggested matches and suggesting you to other Dating users.

Improve the Dating experience. For example, identifying categories of users that may be receiving less matches and messages and ways to provide a better service for those users. Promote safety, integrity and security. For example, we may check if certain users are being targeted or harassed based on their religion or sexual orientation.

We don’t use the information with special protections listed above to show you ads."

Meta Privacy Policy

"We use information we collect to provide a personalized experience to you, including ads (if we show you ads on Meta Products), along with the other purposes we explain in detail below."

"We collect and receive information from partners, measurement vendors, marketing vendors and other third parties about a variety of your information and activities on and off our Products. Here are some examples of information we receive about you:

Your information

Websites you visit and cookie data, like through Social Plugins or the Meta Pixel

Apps you use

Games you play

Purchases and transactions you make off of our Products using non-Meta checkout experiences

The ads you see and how you interact with them

How you use our partners’ products and services, online or in person Partners also share information like your email address, cookies and advertising device ID with us. This helps us match your activities with your account, if you have one. We receive this information whether or not you’re logged in or have an account on our Products. <...>

Partners also share with us their communications with you if they instruct us to provide services to their business, like helping them manage their communications. To learn how a business processes or shares your information, read their privacy policy or contact them directly."

"We offer tools to businesses and organizations that help us give people a better Facebook experience, while also letting businesses and organizations reach the right people for their business. These tools allow a business to send information about people's interactions on their website or app to Facebook, such as when someone makes a purchase or opens an app. Businesses share information, like email addresses, cookies and advertising device IDs, that help Facebook connect those interactions with a person’s Facebook account so that we can improve their ads and help businesses measure ad effectiveness. If the activity sent by the business isn’t connected, Facebook can't tell if the person took this action because they saw a business’ Facebook ad or not. In some instances, we rely on other information, like IP address and user agent to help connect events."

"Other third parties we get information from

Some people, businesses, organizations and bodies share information with Meta but don’t necessarily use our Products. We collect and receive information from these other, including:

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Marketing and advertising vendors and data providers, who have the rights to provide us with your information

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"We don't sell any of your information to anyone, and we never will. We also require and other to follow rules about how they can and cannot use and disclose the information we provide."

"Meta Products share information with other Meta Companies:

To promote safety, security and integrity and comply with applicable laws

To personalize offers, ads and other sponsored or commercial content

To develop and provide features and integrations

To understand how people use and interact with Meta Company Products"

"We also receive information about you from third parties, including third-party apps, developers, other online content providers and marketing partners that provide us with information. For example, we receive information from developers about your achievements in their app and share that information with your friends on Meta Quest. We may also get information from companies or organisations that provide content such as videos, photos and audio."

"To decide what to show you and others, we use your basic information and, depending on your choices, the other information that we have about you, including:

Your profile information

Your activity on and off our Products, including information we receive through cookies and similar technologies, according to your settings

Content you create or interact with across Facebook and Instagram

Things we infer about you, like topics we think you may be interested in

Information about your friends, followers or other connections, including their activity or interests"

"We provide advertisers with reports about the number and kinds of people who see and engage with their ads. These reports include information about the general demographics and interests of people who engaged with an advertiser’s ad. Then advertisers can better understand their audience. Meta also provides advertisers and their vendors with information about:

Ads people engaged with, if any

When people engaged with ads

Where that ad was shown (for example, on Instagram, or on Facebook) We also confirm which ads you viewed that led you to take an action with an advertiser, such as downloading an advertiser's app. But we don't share information with these advertisers and their vendors that by itself can be used to contact or identify you, such as your name or email address, unless you give us permission."

"When you use our Products, you see ads, such as boosted posts or product listings in Shops. You also see ads shown through Meta Audience Network when you visit other apps. We want everything you see to be interesting and useful to you, so we personalize ads for you and measure how they perform. We use information from your account or across accounts in your Accounts Center and cookies on our Products for this. You can control whether we show you ads and which information we use to show you ads in Ad Preference."

How Meta uses information for generative AI models

"We’re investing so much in this space because we believe in the benefits that generative AI can provide for creators and businesses around the world. To train effective models to unlock these advancements, a significant amount of information is needed from publicly available and licensed sources. We keep training data for as long as we need it on a case-by-case basis to ensure an AI model is operating appropriately, safely and efficiently. We also may keep it to protect our or other’s interests, or comply with legal obligations."

We ding this product as it is unclear if all users regardless of location can get their data deleted. Facebook Dating Supplemental Privacy Policy

"You can withdraw your consent for Meta to process profile field information, like religious beliefs information, at any time by accessing your profile settings and changing that field to “Prefer not to Say.” As for the gender(s) of the people you are interested in, as explained above, this information is necessary for the provision of Dating. If you do not wish for Meta to process this information, you should not create a Dating profile or should delete your existing Dating profile, as applicable. Note that you will not be able to use Dating if you do this."

Meta Privacy Policy

"You have the right to request that we erase your information, if there are valid grounds for doing so and subject to applicable law."

"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. Here’s what we consider when we decide:

If we need it to operate or provide our Products. For example, we need to keep some of your information to maintain your account.

The feature we use it for, and how that feature works. For example, messages sent using Messenger’s vanish mode are retained for less time than regular messages.

How long we need to retain the information to comply with certain legal obligations.

If we need it for other legitimate purposes, such as to prevent harm; investigate possible violations of our terms or policies; promote safety, security and integrity; or protect ourselves, including our rights, property or products. In some instances and for specific reasons, we’ll keep information for an extended period of time."

"If you request that we delete your account or content, it may take up to 90 days to delete your information after we begin the account deletion process or receive a content deletion request. After the information is deleted, it may take us up to another 90 days to remove it from backups and disaster recovery. If you leave your deleted content in your trash on Facebook or your Recently Deleted folder on Instagram, the deletion process will begin automatically in 30 days. Or you can start the deletion process right away by deleting the content from your trash or Recently Deleted folder."

"Withdraw consent Where we rely on your consent to process your information, you can withdraw your consent at any time. If you choose to withdraw your consent this will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. To exercise your rights, visit our Help Centers, your settings for Facebook and Instagram and your device-based settings."