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Using Meta's services comes with several caveats. Meta doesn't guarantee its products are always safe, secure, or error-free (risk_flags-1) and explicitly disclaims all warranties (risk_flags-2). Furthermore, Meta limits its liability for various damages, including lost profits or data (risk_flags-3). Your account can be suspended or terminated for breaches of terms, intellectual property infringement, or legal reasons (risk_flags-4).
Regarding your data, Meta uses it for personalized ads (data_use-1) but states it doesn't sell personal data or share directly identifying information with advertisers without your permission (data_use-2). When you share content covered by intellectual property rights, you grant Meta a broad license to use and distribute it (data_use-3). Your name, profile picture, and actions can be used in connection with ads without compensation (data_use-4), and content may be retained for legal reasons even after deletion (data_use-5).
If you delete content, it may take up to 90 days to be fully removed from systems (cancellation_renewal-1). Be aware that any feedback you provide can be used by Meta without compensation or confidentiality (gotchas-1), and your username may be changed under certain circumstances (gotchas-2). Meta will generally notify you at least 30 days before updating its terms (gotchas-3).
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Risks of Using the Service
Potential risks or disadvantages to the user for using this product or service. These may include data security concerns, liability disclaimers, or limitations on user rights.
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No Guarantees on Product Safety or Functionality
Meta does not guarantee that its products will always be safe, secure, or error-free, or function without disruptions, delays, or imperfections, as products are provided "as is."
Why it matters: You are not guaranteed that the products will always be safe, secure, error-free, or function without disruptions, delays, or imperfections.
Our Products, however, are provided "as is," and to the extent permissible by law, we make no guarantees that they always will be safe, secure, or error-free, or that they will function without disruptions, delays, or imperfections.
Meta disclaims all warranties, both express and implied, including those related to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.
Why it matters: You lose your rights to express or implied warranties, including those of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.
To the extent permitted by law, we also DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
Meta limits its liability for lost profits, revenues, information, data, or various types of damages, even if advised of their possibility.
Why it matters: You cannot hold Meta liable for certain types of damages, including lost profits, revenues, information, or data, or consequential, special, indirect, exemplary, punitive, or incidental damages.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law under no circumstance will we be liable to you for any lost profits, revenues, information, or data, or consequential, special, indirect, exemplary, punitive, or incidental damages arising out of or related to these Terms or the Meta Products (however caused and on any theory of liability, including negligence), even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Meta may suspend or permanently disable access to its products and delete accounts for clear, serious, or repeated breaches of its Terms or Policies, or for repeated intellectual property infringement or legal reasons.
Why it matters: Your account may be suspended or permanently disabled, and your account deleted, if you violate Meta's Terms or policies, repeatedly infringe intellectual property rights, or for legal reasons.
If we determine, in our discretion, that you have clearly, seriously or repeatedly breached our Terms or Policies, including in particular the [Community Standards](https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards), we may suspend or permanently disable your access to Meta Company Products, and we may permanently disable or delete your account. We may also disable or delete your account if you repeatedly infringe other people’s intellectual property rights or where we are required to do so for legal reasons.
How the company collects, uses, shares, and protects user data. This includes details about data collection practices, data sharing with third parties, data retention, and user controls over their data.
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Use of Personal Data for Personalized Ads
Meta uses your personal data, including information about activity and interests, to show you personalized ads and sponsored content.
Why it matters: Your personal data and information about your activity and interests are used to show you personalized ads and sponsored content.
We use your personal data, such as information about your activity and interests, to show you personalized ads and sponsored content that may be more relevant to you.
Terms of Service, paragraph 29 · Citation strength: strong
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No Sale of Personal Data to Advertisers
Meta does not sell your personal data to advertisers and does not share information that directly identifies you without your specific permission.
Why it matters: Your personal data is not sold to advertisers. Information that directly identifies you is not shared with advertisers unless you give specific permission.
We don’t sell your personal data to advertisers, and we don’t share information that directly identifies you (such as your name, email address or other contact information) with advertisers unless you give us specific permission.
Terms of Service, paragraph 5 · Citation strength: strong
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Grant of License for User Content
You grant Meta a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative works of your intellectual property-covered content when shared on their products.
Why it matters: By sharing content covered by intellectual property rights, you grant Meta broad permissions to use, modify, and distribute that content, consistent with your privacy settings.
Specifically, when you share, post, or upload content that is covered by intellectual property rights on or in connection with our Products, you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, and worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative works of your content (consistent with your [privacy](https://www.facebook.com/help/325807937506242) and [application](https://www.facebook.com/help/1727608884153160) settings).
Terms of Service, paragraph 54 · Citation strength: strong
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Use of Name, Profile Picture, and Actions with Ads
You give Meta permission to use your name, profile picture, and information about your actions on Facebook in connection with ads, offers, and other sponsored content, without compensation.
Why it matters: Your name, profile picture, and actions on Facebook can be used for advertising purposes without you being paid.
You give us permission to use your name and profile picture and information about actions you have taken on Facebook next to or in connection with ads, offers, and other sponsored or commercial content that we display across our Products, without any compensation to you.
Terms of Service, paragraph 62 · Citation strength: strong
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Retention of Content for Legal Reasons
Content may be retained longer than 90 days after deletion if necessary to investigate illegal activity, protect product safety, comply with legal obligations (like evidence preservation), or respond to requests from authorities.
Why it matters: Even if you delete your content, it may be kept for more than 90 days if Meta needs it for legal investigations, safety protection, evidence preservation, or to comply with official requests.
* investigate or identify illegal activity or violations of our terms and policies (for example, to identify or investigate misuse of our Products or systems); * protect the safety, integrity, and security of our Products, systems, services, our employees, and users, and to defend ourselves; * comply with legal obligations for the preservation of evidence, including data Meta Companies providing financial products and services preserve to comply with any record keeping obligations required by law; or * comply with a request of a judicial or administrative authority, law enforcement or a government agency;
Terms of Service, paragraph 59 · Citation strength: strong
Cancellation and Renewal Terms
Details regarding how a user can cancel their subscription or terminate their agreement, and any clauses about automatic renewals.
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Account Deletion Process and Content Visibility
Full content deletion initiated by account deletion or a specific content deletion request may take up to 90 days, with content no longer visible to other users during the deletion process which begins automatically after 30 days if sent to trash.
Why it matters: After you delete your account, or send content to the trash, it may take up to 90 days for content to be fully removed from systems, though it becomes invisible to others after the process begins.
It may take up to 90 days to delete content after we begin the account deletion process or receive a content deletion request. If you send content to trash, the deletion process will automatically begin in 30 days unless you chose to delete the content sooner. While the deletion process for such content is being undertaken, the content is no longer visible to other users. After the content is deleted, it may take us up to another 90 days to remove it from backups and disaster recovery systems.
Terms of Service, paragraph 56 · Citation strength: strong
Watch Out For These 'Gotchas'
Unexpected or subtle clauses that might limit user rights, impose obligations, or lead to unforeseen consequences. These are often buried in the fine print and can be easily missed.
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Feedback May Be Used Without Compensation or Confidentiality
Meta may use your feedback and suggestions about their products and services without restriction, without compensating you, and without any obligation to keep them confidential.
Why it matters: Any feedback or suggestions you provide to Meta can be used freely by them, without compensating you or keeping it confidential.
But we may use feedback and other suggestions without any restriction or obligation to compensate you, and we are under no obligation to keep them confidential.
Meta may change the username for your account in certain circumstances, such as if someone else claims the username and it appears unrelated to your real-life name.
Why it matters: Your username may be changed by Meta without your direct control, especially if it's claimed by another party or doesn't align with your everyday name.
We may change the username for your account in certain circumstances (for example, if someone else claims the username and it appears unrelated to the name you use in everyday life).
Meta will notify you at least 30 days before making changes to the Terms, providing an opportunity to review them before they take effect, unless legal requirements prevent this notice.
Why it matters: You will generally receive at least 30 days' notice before changes to the Terms go into effect, allowing you to review them.
We will notify you (for example, by email or through our Products) at least 30 days before we make changes to these Terms and give you an opportunity to review them before they go into effect, unless changes are required by law.
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