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What Facebook's terms say

F privacy grade · facebook.com · Social & messaging

Facebook's terms of service and privacy policy have 63 rated points: 4 serious, 21 bad, 22 worth knowing and 16 good. 50 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 13 only once you have an account.

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Whenever you use Facebook

Serious 2

  • Your personal information may be collected, regardless of whether you interacted directly with the service or not

    Your data is collected even if you did not interact with the service directly

  • Your personal data is used for automated decision-making, profiling or AI training

Bad 20

  • You are tracked via web beacons, tracking pixels, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting

  • This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not essential to its operation

    Purpose included: marketing

  • Your personal data may be sold or otherwise transferred as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction

  • Your personal information is used for many different purposes

  • Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world

  • Your personal data may be disclosed to comply with government requests without notice to you

  • Many different types of personal data are collected

    "email address, phone number or age" "what you click on or like, your posts and photos, your chats with AI at Meta, and messages you send" "Who your friends or followers are, and what they do on our Products" "Information from the phone, computer, or tablet you use our Products on" "Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, or through our voice-enabled features" "Interactions with AI at Meta and related metadata." "Types of content, including ads, you view or interact with, and how you interact with it. Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them." "Purchases or other transactions you make, such as through Meta checkout experiences, including credit card information" "The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products" "What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or if your mouse is moving" "Information you’ve shared with us through device settings, like GPS location, camera access, photos and related metadata"

  • Your profile is combined across various products

  • Third-party cookies are used for advertising

  • Your personal data is used to employ targeted third-party advertising

  • Third-party cookies are employed, but with opt out instructions

    Third party cookies are employed, but with opt out instructions

  • You may be tracked on other websites

    This service tracks you on other websites

  • Your biometric data is collected

  • Information is gathered about you through third parties

  • App required for this service requires broad device permissions

  • This service receives your precise location through GPS coordinates

  • You are being tracked via social media cookies/pixels

  • Many third parties are involved in operating the service

  • Location data may be collected, used and/or shared

    This service may collect, use, and share location data, even if you turn off location sharing

  • Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

Worth knowing 16

  • Spidering, crawling, or accessing the site through any automated means is not allowed

    Spidering or crawling is not allowed

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  • The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk

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  • You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

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  • The service assumes no liability for any damages the user incurs

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  • Invalidity of any portion of the Terms of Service does not entail invalidity of its remainder

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  • Failure to enforce any provision of the Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of such provision

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  • No guarantee is made reguarding the accuracy and/or reliability of the information provided

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  • No warranty is made regarding an uninterrupted, timely, secure and/or error-free experience

    The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service

  • This service does not guarantee that it or the products obtained through it meet your expectations or requirements

  • Other rules, terms, conditions and/or guidelines may apply

    Other applicable rules, terms, conditions or guidelines

  • This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation

  • Blocking first-party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

    Blocking first party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

  • Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location

  • Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

    Your personal data is aggregated into statistics

  • First-party cookies are used

  • This service informs you that its Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party services

Good 12

  • This service claims that your personal data is not being sold

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  • An onion site accessible over Tor is provided

    This service provides an onion site accessible over Tor

    Facebook is also reachable at https://www.facebookwkhpilnemxj7asaniu7vnjjbiltxjqhye3mhbshg7kx5tfyd.onion/

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  • Information is provided about how your personal data is used

  • Information is provided about what kind of personal information is collected

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  • When the service wants to make a material change to its terms, you are notified at least 30 days in advance

  • If you offer suggestions to the service, they may use that without your approval or compensation, but they do not become the owner

  • You aren’t forced into binding arbitration in case of disputes

  • You can opt out of targeted advertising

  • A list of all cookies used by the service is provided

    A list of all cookies set by the website is provided

  • This service provides a list of third parties involved in its operation

    This Service provides a list of Third Parties involved in its operation.

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is collected

  • Third parties are not allowed to access your personal information without a legal basis

With an account

If you have a Facebook account

Serious 2

  • Your identity is used in ads that are shown to other users

  • Private messages can be read

    Private messages that are not end-to-end encrypted can be read

    Does not apply to Facebook Messenger or other end-to-end encrypted conversations.

Bad 1

  • Tracking pixels are used in service-to-user communication

Worth knowing 6

  • Your content can be deleted if you violate the terms

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  • You cannot distribute or disclose your account to third parties

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  • Your account can be suspended for several reasons

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  • The posting of pornographic content is prohibited

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  • You are prohibited from sending chain letters, junk mail, spam or any unsolicited messages

  • Banned users are prohibited from creating a new account

    Users who have been permanently banned from this service are not allowed to re-register under a new account

Good 4

  • You maintain ownership of your content

  • Copyright license limited for the purposes of that same service but transferable and sublicenseable

  • You can delete your content from this service

  • You can choose with whom you share content

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Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.