The policy states that Meta accesses, preserves, uses, and shares user information in response to legal requests including search warrants, court orders, production orders, and subpoenas from civil litigants, law enforcement, and government authorities, and may preserve information for extended periods in connection with these processes.
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This provision establishes that a broad range of user data, including content, messages, metadata, device identifiers, and transaction information, may be accessed and shared with law enforcement and government authorities in response to legal requests. The provision applies to mandatory legal obligations as well as non-mandatory disclosures Meta determines to make.
Under this provision, the full range of data Meta collects, including messages, content, location information, device identifiers, and transaction records, may be disclosed to law enforcement, government authorities, and civil litigants in response to valid legal requests. The policy distinguishes between mandatory disclosures required by law and voluntary responses to requests where Meta is not legally compelled.
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Compare across platforms →"We access, preserve, use and share your information: In response to legal requests, like search warrants, court orders, production orders or subpoenas. These requests come from third parties such as civil litigants, law enforcement and other government authorities... Where we are under an obligation to disclose information such as, for example, if we receive a valid legal request for certain information such as a search warrant, we will access, preserve and/or share your information with regulators, law enforcement or others.Excerpt from Meta's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Stored Communications Act, and equivalent frameworks in other jurisdictions governing government access to digital communications and stored data.
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This provision establishes that a broad range of user data, including content, messages, metadata, device identifiers, and transaction information, may be accessed and shared with law enforcement and government authorities in response to legal requests. The provision applies to mandatory legal obligations as well as non-mandatory disclosures Meta determines to make.
Under this provision, the full range of data Meta collects, including messages, content, location information, device identifiers, and transaction records, may be disclosed to law enforcement, government authorities, and civil litigants in response to valid legal requests. The policy distinguishes between mandatory disclosures required by law and voluntary responses to requests where Meta is not legally compelled.
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