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The policy prohibits developers from selling, licensing, or otherwise transferring Facebook platform data to data brokers or third parties who aggregate and resell user information.
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This provision establishes that platform data obtained through Facebook APIs may not be monetized through secondary data markets, restricting the downstream commercial use of user identifiers, social graph data, and behavioral signals by developers.
Interpretive note: The document fragment was substantially truncated; this provision is characterized based on Meta's publicly known Platform Policy structure rather than directly quoted clause text.
The updated policy removes explicit disclosure that interactions with Meta AI are used to improve Meta's AI systems. The policy previously stated this practice directly; the revised language no longer includes this statement. Under the updated terms, users accessing the policy will see consolidated references to Meta Terms, AI terms, and Privacy Policy rather than separate Meta AI-specific terms, though the Privacy Policy may contain related disclosures about AI training and data use. You can review Meta's Privacy Policy directly to understand how interaction data may be used for AI improvement purposes.
View change record →Under this provision, user data accessed by third-party Facebook applications, including profile identifiers and activity signals, may not be sold or transferred to data brokers, establishing a stated restriction on secondary commercial use of that data.
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(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages with CCPA provisions governing data sales and opt-out rights, FTC Act principles on deceptive data practices, and GDPR purpose limitation requirements under Article 5. The FTC and California Privacy Protection Agency are the primary enforcement authorities. The CCPA definition of 'sale' is broad and may interact with how this provision is applied in practice. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The enforceability of this restriction depends on Meta's audit and enforcement mechanisms, which are not fully described in the available document fragment. Developers who transfer data to analytics vendors that also operate as data brokers may face interpretive uncertainty about whether such transfers are covered. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: California-based developers and those serving California residents face heightened exposure under CCPA, which grants consumers a right to opt out of data sales and requires disclosure of sale practices. EU/EEA developers face GDPR Article 5 purpose limitation requirements that independently restrict secondary data use. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Vendor agreements that involve sharing Facebook platform data with analytics partners, marketing platforms, or data enrichment services should be reviewed to confirm they do not constitute prohibited transfers. Indemnification clauses in developer agreements with Meta may shift liability for prohibited data transfers to the developer. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should map all data flows involving Facebook platform data to confirm that no transfers to third parties constitute data sales or broker arrangements. CCPA-specific data sale opt-out mechanisms should be reviewed for consistency with this provision.
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This provision establishes that platform data obtained through Facebook APIs may not be monetized through secondary data markets, restricting the downstream commercial use of user identifiers, social graph data, and behavioral signals by developers.
Under this provision, user data accessed by third-party Facebook applications, including profile identifiers and activity signals, may not be sold or transferred to data brokers, establishing a stated restriction on secondary commercial use of that data.
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