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Sign-up creates an immediate and explicit data collection obligation covering personal identifiers and behavioral configuration data.
The updated privacy policy now explicitly states that your interactions with AI will be used to improve AI at Meta, and requires agreement to Meta's AI terms as a condition of service use. The policy reorganizes privacy disclosures into new sections covering data use, sharing, and management. You can review the updated AI terms and privacy sections before continuing to use Threads, though the policy does not describe an opt-out mechanism for AI interaction data use.
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Sign-up creates an immediate and explicit data collection obligation covering personal identifiers and behavioral configuration data.
Signing up for Threads requires providing personal information — including name and email address — which Threads collects.
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