Meta updated its Meta Business Tools Terms on May 21, 2026, making primarily grammatical and stylistic corrections throughout the document, including capitalization adjustments (e.g., 'Log in' to 'Log In', 'Meta pixel' to 'Meta Pixel'), punctuation standardization (adding commas before 'and' in lists), and clarifying the scope of Event Data by explicitly stating what information is and is not included. The most substantive change clarifies that Event Data includes information collected when people access websites or apps with Facebook Login or Social Plugins, but does not include information created by individuals interacting with Meta's own platform through those same tools, which remains governed by the Platform Terms. These changes do not materially alter user obligations or Meta's data collection authority.
The updated Business Tools Terms clarify what data Meta collects and how it categorizes that information. The revised language distinguishes between Event Data, which includes information you collected and transferred when people access your websites or apps with Facebook Login or Social Plugins, and data created when individuals interact directly with Meta's own platform, which remains governed by separate Platform Terms. This clarification does not change Meta's authority to collect the data but rather makes explicit what was previously implicit about data categorization. No new user action is required.
Clarified to explicitly exclude information created when individuals interact with Meta's platform via Facebook Login, Social Plugins, or otherwise; such information remains governed by Platform Terms.
Standardized capitalization (Meta Pixel, Log In) and punctuation throughout; updated 'programmes' to 'programs' and 'alpha or beta' to 'alpha, or beta'.
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This update is primarily editorial and clarifying in nature. Meta has added specificity to its definition of Event Data, distinguishing between data merchants collect from their own properties (covered by Business Tools Terms) and data …
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