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This provision establishes data handling restrictions that define permissible uses of User Data within the API ecosystem. The clause creates operational boundaries for data commercialization and establishes procedural requirements for lawful data transfers.
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 →Users of the Llama API are restricted from monetizing or transferring User Data except through defined channels: direct service provider arrangements, corporate transactions with Meta notification, or legal compulsion. These restrictions apply to any User Data obtained through API access.
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You may not automatedly crawl or query the Services for any purpose or by any means (including, without limitation, screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers and any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) unless you have received prior exp...
relate to transactions involving (f) the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory or the financial exploitation of a crime... (i) involve offering or receiving payments for the purpose of bribery or corruption.
You must not, and must not allow others to: Facilitate illegal or harmful activity through the End User Services; Cause harm to us or others through the End User Services;
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"You must not sell, license, or purchase User Data obtained from us. You must not transfer User Data obtained from us without our prior written permission except when: transferring to your service provider acting on your behalf and in compliance with this Policy; transferring as part of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets with prior written notice to Meta; or as required by law.— Excerpt from Meta's Llama API Terms of Service
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This provision establishes data handling restrictions that define permissible uses of User Data within the API ecosystem. The clause creates operational boundaries for data commercialization and establishes procedural requirements for lawful data transfers.
Users of the Llama API are restricted from monetizing or transferring User Data except through defined channels: direct service provider arrangements, corporate transactions with Meta notification, or legal compulsion. These restrictions apply to any User Data obtained through API access.
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