Meta has the right to audit any developer's app, demand access to their systems and data, and require them to maintain and hand over compliance records at any time.
Meta's ability to audit third-party apps provides a mechanism to enforce data protection obligations on behalf of users, but the audit process itself involves Meta accessing developer systems that may contain user data, raising secondary privacy considerations.
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Meta's audit rights are broad and asymmetric — developers must grant Meta access to their systems and data with no specified limitation on scope, frequency, or advance notice, creating significant operational and confidentiality risk for developer businesses.
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Meta's audit rights engage GDPR Art. 28(3)(h), which requires processor agreements to allow for audits and inspections by the controller — however, where developers are independent controllers (not processors), Meta's audit rights take on a different legal character as a contractual right rather than a regulatory one. CCPA/CPRA does not impose equivalent audit rights on downstream recipients, but FTC consent decree obligations on Meta (2019 consent decree) include third-party oversight requirements that these audit provisions help implement. (2)
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