Meta infers sensitive attributes about you — including political views, religious beliefs, and health interests — from your behavior on its platforms, and uses these inferences to target advertising.
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Processing inferred sensitive category data (political views, religious beliefs) for advertising purposes is subject to heightened regulatory scrutiny under GDPR Art. 9 and has been the subject of specific DPA enforcement actions across Europe.
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Meta may infer and process sensitive information about your political views, religious beliefs, or health interests based on your likes and content engagement, using this to categorize you for advertising targeting without you explicitly disclosing these attributes.
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"We also receive and use information from third-party partners and other sources. This may include: information about your interests, views, and opinions. Information about you from other companies' data. We may infer certain information about you based on other information we have. We may also infer certain information from what we know, for example, inferring your political, religious or other views based on the Pages you like or content you engage with.— Excerpt from Meta Ads's Meta Privacy Policy
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: GDPR Art. 9 prohibits processing of special categories of personal data (political opinions, religious beliefs, health data) without explicit consent or another Art. 9(2) exception. The EDPB Opinion 8/2023 on Meta's subscription model reaffirmed that behavioral advertising involving special categories requires explicit consent. CCPA/CPRA §1798.121 establishes 'sensitive personal information' as a protected category requiring opt-out rights. Enforcement: Irish DPC, EU national DPAs, CPPA, FTC.
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Processing inferred sensitive category data (political views, religious beliefs) for advertising purposes is subject to heightened regulatory scrutiny under GDPR Art. 9 and has been the subject of specific DPA enforcement actions across Europe.
Meta may infer and process sensitive information about your political views, religious beliefs, or health interests based on your likes and content engagement, using this to categorize you for advertising targeting without you explicitly disclosing these attributes.
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