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The provision establishes Meta's authority to construct and maintain derived demographic and preference profiles through algorithmic inference rather than direct user declaration. This inferred data functions as operational input for audience segmentation, ad targeting, and content personalization systems.
The updated Privacy Policy no longer explicitly directs US residents to the United States Regional Privacy Notice, which previously provided details about consumer privacy rights available under state laws like the California Consumer Privacy Act and similar regulations. This removal does not eliminate those rights themselves, but it makes the Privacy Policy less clear about where consumers can find information on how to exercise those rights. Consumers can still locate the Regional Privacy Notice through Meta's website or by searching for it directly, but the removal reduces the accessibility and prominence of that guidance within the primary policy document.
View change record →Users operate under terms that authorize Meta to maintain inferred sensitive attribute profiles derived from behavioral signals and third-party data. These inferred attributes become available for use in ad targeting, content ranking, and other platform operations without separate consent mechanisms for specific inferred categories.
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We use information about you to provide, improve, and develop our products and services, personalize your experience, show you relevant content and ads, and communicate with you. We draw inferences about your interests and preferences based on your activity on Pinterest and elsewhere.
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"We infer your interests based on your activity. For example, we make inferences about things like your age range, your interests, and your political views, religious beliefs, or sexual orientation based on what you do on and off Meta Products and information that you and others provide.— Excerpt from Meta Ads's Meta Privacy Policy
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The provision establishes Meta's authority to construct and maintain derived demographic and preference profiles through algorithmic inference rather than direct user declaration. This inferred data functions as operational input for audience segmentation, ad targeting, and content personalization systems.
Users operate under terms that authorize Meta to maintain inferred sensitive attribute profiles derived from behavioral signals and third-party data. These inferred attributes become available for use in ad targeting, content ranking, and other platform operations without separate consent mechanisms for specific inferred categories.
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