Developers are required to delete all platform-sourced data promptly upon loss of platform access and upon any user request for deletion, unless Meta has provided written authorization for retention or applicable law requires otherwise.
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This provision creates a time-sensitive operational obligation that applies upon platform access termination or user request, requiring developers to have implemented data mapping and deletion workflows capable of identifying and purging all Meta platform-sourced data across their systems and sub-processors.
Interpretive note: The term 'promptly' is not defined with a specific timeline, creating ambiguity regarding the deadline for compliance that may differ from GDPR's one-month standard.
The updated terms establish new obligations for developers integrating Meta's AI models into their products. The agreement now requires developers to comply with applicable AI labeling, disclosure, provenance-marking, and system classification requirements under applicable law, with responsibility falling on the developer to implement these disclosures to end users. The expanded definition of Inputs now explicitly includes code, libraries, databases, and any content accessed through connectors or integrations, which may broaden what user-submitted content Meta claims the right to process for safety and security purposes.
View change record →The updated terms remove developer restrictions that previously applied to large-scale platforms, meaning companies with more than 700 million monthly active users can now access Meta's AI models without special permission. The terms also eliminate the restriction on EU developers accessing multimodal models and consolidate account management under either managed accounts or Meta accounts. Developers previously subject to these restrictions should review whether the updated terms now permit their use case.
View change record →The updated terms authorize Meta to retain user-submitted content if its systems flag the content for a potential policy violation, in addition to retention tied to legal compliance and contractual rights. This expands the circumstances under which content may be preserved without explicit time limits. Under the revised language, content retention decisions may now be driven by automated policy-violation flagging in addition to legal or contractual necessity. Developers integrating the Llama API should understand that flagged content may be retained indefinitely pending policy review.
View change record →This new provision creates explicit data deletion obligations both upon platform access loss and per user request, establishing developer liability for data retention compliance.
View full change record →This clause establishes that users may request deletion of their data held by any developer that accessed it through Meta's platform, and the developer is contractually required to honor that request promptly. The terms also require developers to delete all such data if their platform access is terminated.
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"If you lose access to Platform, you must promptly delete all Platform Data unless we tell you otherwise in writing or applicable law requires retention. If a user asks you to delete their data that you received from Platform, you must do so promptly.Excerpt from Meta's Llama API Terms of Service
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This provision creates a time-sensitive operational obligation that applies upon platform access termination or user request, requiring developers to have implemented data mapping and deletion workflows capable of identifying and purging all Meta platform-sourced data across their systems and sub-processors.
This clause establishes that users may request deletion of their data held by any developer that accessed it through Meta's platform, and the developer is contractually required to honor that request promptly. The terms also require developers to delete all such data if their platform access is terminated.
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