Developers are strictly prohibited from selling user data obtained from Meta's platform or sharing it with advertising networks or data brokers for any commercial purpose.
Scope of prohibited transferees narrowed by removing 'data aggregation or analytics provider' and 'any other party that collects, brokers, or sells data about people,' now limited to advertising and monetization-related services only.
View full change record →Your personal data shared with third-party apps connected to your Meta accounts cannot legally be sold to data brokers or advertisers by those developers — this is an explicit contractual prohibition enforced by Meta.
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Compare across platforms →This restriction is one of the strongest data commercialization prohibitions in major platform policies and directly protects users from having their Facebook/Instagram data sold to data brokers without their knowledge.
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision directly addresses CCPA §1798.100 and §1798.135 'sale' of personal information restrictions and GDPR Art. 6 lawful basis requirements. The explicit prohibition on transfer to data brokers aligns with FTC guidance on data broker practices and FTC Act Section 5. State-level data broker registration laws (California AB 1202, Vermont Act 171) are also implicated for any developer that would otherwise qualify as a data broker.
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