Developers who access Facebook or Instagram data through Meta's APIs are strictly prohibited from selling that data or sharing it with data brokers, ad networks, or analytics aggregators.
Your Facebook and Instagram data accessed by third-party apps cannot legally be sold to data brokers or ad networks under these terms — but enforcement depends on Meta's ability to detect violations through audits rather than technical prevention.
How other platforms handle this
We receive data about you from certain advertising or marketing partners, including device identifiers such as hashed contact information. They also provide us with inferences, which are the partners' understanding of your interests and preferences. This allows us to deliver more relevant ads and ma...
Microsoft complies with applicable legal requirements providing adequate protection for the transfer of personal data to countries outside of the EEA. We transfer personal data from the EEA using the European Commission approved Standard Contractual Clauses.
Apple products and our many services are operated internationally. Personal data collected by Apple may be stored and processed in any country or region where Apple or its service providers operate facilities. By using Apple's products or services, or providing us with your personal data, you consen...
This provision directly prevents the commercialization of Meta user data through secondary markets — a significant consumer protection, but one enforced only through contractual obligation on developers rather than technical controls.
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision engages CCPA/CPRA §1798.120 (right to opt out of sale of personal information) and CPRA's expanded definition of 'sharing' for cross-context behavioral advertising; GDPR Art. 6 (lawful basis — legitimate interests do not extend to unauthorized onward data sales); the FTC Act Section 5 (unfair or deceptive practices in data brokering); and the proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) which would restrict data broker activities at the federal level if enacted. The FTC is the primary US enforcement authority; EU DPAs have jurisdiction over GDPR violations. (2)
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