Meta processes your personal data based on several legal justifications including contract necessity, your consent, legal obligations, and its own 'legitimate interests' — the last of which is the broadest and most contested basis under EU law.
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The clause operationalizes Meta's data processing authority by specifying multiple independent legal grounds for collection and use, establishing that processing may proceed under legitimate interests unless user interests or fundamental rights require heightened protection, and creating a framework where consent is one of several permissible bases rather than the sole authorization mechanism.
Meta's reliance on 'legitimate interests' as a legal basis for processing your data for advertising means you may not be asked for explicit consent for many data uses — EU residents can object to this processing under GDPR Art. 21, but there is no equivalent right for most US users.
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The clause operationalizes Meta's data processing authority by specifying multiple independent legal grounds for collection and use, establishing that processing may proceed under legitimate interests unless user interests or fundamental rights require heightened protection, and creating a framework where consent is one of several permissible bases rather than the sole authorization mechanism.
Meta's reliance on 'legitimate interests' as a legal basis for processing your data for advertising means you may not be asked for explicit consent for many data uses — EU residents can object to this processing under GDPR Art. 21, but there is no equivalent right for most US users.
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