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Advertiser warranty of lawful basis for Business Tool Data

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Key Facts

What must you and any data provider you use have for the disclosure and use of Business Tool Data?
Meta requires you (and any data provider you use) to have all necessary rights, permissions, and a lawful basis, in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and industry guidelines, for the disclosure and use of Business Tool Data.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This clause places full legal responsibility on the advertiser to ensure their data sharing is lawfully grounded, meaning any compliance failure — including by a third-party data provider — is the advertiser's contractual liability.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 6356 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Meta requires advertisers to warrant upfront that all data they share is legally authorized, exposing advertisers to liability if that warranty proves false.

How other platforms handle this

Leonardo AI Medium

Making sure that any Authorised Users, employees, contractors, professional advisors or agents of ours or yours only have access to confidential information on a 'need-to-know basis'.

Cerebras Medium

This Policy does not apply to Personal Data we process in our role as a data processor or service provider on behalf of our customers and partners.

ClickUp Medium

Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does not govern all the information ClickUp may process. Our commitment to customers and service providers is governed by a separate Data Protection Addendum.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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You represent and warrant that you (and any data provider that you may use) have all of the necessary rights and permissions and a lawful basis (in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and industry guidelines) for the disclosure and use of Business Tool Data.

Excerpt from Meta's Business Tools Terms

Provision details

Document information
Document
Meta Business Tools Terms
Entity
Meta
Document last updated
May 20, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 20, 2026
Last verified
May 20, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-063744
Document ID
CA-D-00867
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
a2e18a7f5cfaba81936850309523138f4ae73c4ba5bf210fc9d0eee882258d7d
Analysis generated
May 20, 2026 23:35 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Meta
Document: Meta Business Tools Terms
Record ID: CA-P-063744
Captured: 2026-05-20 23:35:50 UTC
SHA-256: a2e18a7f5cfaba81…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/meta/meta-business-tools-terms/provision/CA-P-063744/advertiser-warranty-of-lawful-basis-for-business-tool-data/
Accessed: Aug. 24, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Meta's Advertiser warranty of lawful basis for Business Tool Data clause do?

This clause places full legal responsibility on the advertiser to ensure their data sharing is lawfully grounded, meaning any compliance failure — including by a third-party data provider — is the advertiser's contractual liability.

How does this clause affect you?

Meta requires advertisers to warrant upfront that all data they share is legally authorized, exposing advertisers to liability if that warranty proves false.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 297 platforms. See the full comparison.

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