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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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Any personal information we collect from you to verify your identity in connection with your request will be used solely for the purposes of verification.
We may use information about you, your activity, content, media uploads and related data in your account to prevent, detect, investigate and address safety, security, fraud and abuse risks, and to develop our algorithms and models to identify violations...
"we use that account information to improve the experience of following and connecting with others on Threads (and vice versa), including by helping you find and follow profiles you knowExcerpt from Threads's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “we use that account information to improve the experience of following and connecting with others on Threads (and vice versa), including by helping you find and follow profiles you know”
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