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Instagram limits its liability for damages, including when it deletes your content or account, and provides its service "as is" without guarantees (risk_flags-1, risk_flags-3). Your content may be retained for longer than 90 days after deletion under specific circumstances (risk_flags-2). Instagram can unilaterally change your username if deemed necessary (risk_flags-4) and can remove your content or terminate your service for various reasons including policy violations (risk_flags-5). You cannot transfer your rights or obligations without consent (risk_flags-6).
Instagram collects and uses your data from its service, other Meta Company Products, and third-party partners; this data is shared among Meta Companies (data_use-1) and stored globally (data_use-3). By posting content, you grant Instagram a broad license to use your content worldwide (data_use-2).
Account deletion can take up to 90 days for content to be removed from systems and another 90 days for removal from backups (cancellation_renewal-1).
Instagram can use any feedback or suggestions you provide without compensation or confidentiality (gotchas-1).
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Risk Flags
Potentially problematic clauses that may be harmful to the user.
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Liability for damages is limited
Instagram's responsibility for anything that happens on the Service is limited as much as the law will allow. Instagram will not be responsible 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, even if Instagram knows they are possible. This includes when Instagram deletes user content, information, or account.
Why it matters: You may not be able to recover damages from Instagram if something goes wrong, even if Instagram deletes your content or account and even if Instagram knows about the potential for damage.
Our responsibility for anything that happens on the Service (also called "liability") is limited as much as the law will allow. If there is an issue with our Service, we can't know what all the possible impacts might be. You agree that we won't be responsible ("liable") 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, even if we know they are possible. This includes when we delete your content, information, or account.
**7. Our Agreement and What Happens if We Disagree**, paragraph 3 · Citation strength: strong
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Content may be retained after deletion
Content may not be deleted within 90 days if it has been used by others under the license and they have not deleted it, if deletion within 90 days is not technically possible, or if deletion would restrict Instagram's ability to investigate illegal activity, protect safety, comply with legal obligations, or comply with requests from authorities. In such cases, content will be retained only as long as necessary.
Why it matters: Even if you delete your content or account, Instagram may keep your content for longer than 90 days under certain circumstances, such as if others have used it, or due to technical limitations, legal obligations, or investigations.
Content will not be deleted within 90 days of the account deletion or content deletion process beginning in the following situations: * where your content has been used by others in accordance with this license and they have not deleted it (in which case this license will continue to apply until that content is deleted); or * where deletion within 90 days is not possible due to technical limitations of our systems, in which case, we will complete the deletion as soon as technically feasible; or * where deletion would restrict our ability to: * investigate or identify illegal activity or violations of our terms and policies (for example, to identify or investigate misuse of our products or
**6. Content Removal and Disabling or Terminating Your Account**, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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Service provided "as is" without guarantees
Instagram's Service is provided "as is." Instagram cannot guarantee that it will be safe, secure, or work perfectly all the time. Instagram disclaims all warranties, whether express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.
Why it matters: The service is provided without any guarantees of safety, security, or error-free operation. You use it at your own risk, and Instagram disclaims all warranties.
Our Service is provided "as is," and we can't guarantee it will be safe and secure or will work perfectly all the time. 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.
**7. Our Agreement and What Happens if We Disagree**, paragraph 3 · Citation strength: strong
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Meta can change username if necessary
If you choose a username or similar identifier for your account, Instagram may change it if they believe it is appropriate or necessary, for example, if it infringes someone's intellectual property or impersonates another user.
Why it matters: Instagram can change your username without your consent if they deem it necessary, for reasons like intellectual property infringement or impersonation.
If you select a username or similar identifier for your account, we may change it if we believe it is appropriate or necessary (for example, if it infringes someone's intellectual property or impersonates another user).
**5. Additional Rights We Retain**, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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Content may be removed or service terminated
Instagram can remove any content or information you share on the Service if they believe it violates these Terms of Use, their policies, or if required by law. They can also refuse or stop providing the Service to you (including terminating or disabling your access) to protect their community or services, if you create risk or legal exposure, violate their Terms or policies, repeatedly infringe intellectual property rights, or if required by law.
Why it matters: Your content can be removed and your access to the service terminated or disabled if you violate the terms, policies, infringe intellectual property, or if Instagram perceives a risk or legal exposure.
We can remove any content or information you share on the Service if we believe that it violates these Terms of Use, our policies (including our [Community Standards](https://transparency.meta.com/policies/community-standards/)), or we are permitted or required to do so by law.
**6. Content Removal and Disabling or Terminating Your Account**, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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You cannot transfer your rights or obligations
You are not allowed to transfer your rights or obligations under this agreement without Instagram's consent.
Why it matters: You cannot assign or transfer your agreement with Instagram to another party without their permission.
You cannot transfer your rights or obligations under this agreement without our consent.
**7. Our Agreement and What Happens if We Disagree**, paragraph 2 · Citation strength: strong
Data Use
How the company collects, uses, and shares your data.
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Content license granted for broad use
When you share, post, or upload content covered by intellectual property rights, you grant Instagram a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, 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 and application settings. This license ends when your content is deleted from Instagram's systems.
Why it matters: By posting content, you give Instagram broad rights to use your content globally, including the ability to modify, distribute, and display it, until you delete it from their systems.
When you share, post, or upload content that is covered by intellectual property rights (like photos or videos) on or in connection with our Service, you hereby grant to us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, 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 and application settings). This license will end when your content is deleted from our systems.
**4. Your Commitments**, paragraph 11 · Citation strength: strong
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Data transfer and storage globally for service operation
To operate the global Service, Instagram must store and transfer data across systems worldwide, including outside of your country of residence. This use of global infrastructure is necessary and essential to provide the Service, and may involve infrastructure owned or operated by Meta Platforms, Inc., Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, or their affiliates.
Why it matters: Your data may be stored and transferred globally, outside your country of residence, by Instagram and its affiliates to operate the service.
To operate our global Service, we must store and transfer data across our systems around the world, including outside of your country of residence. The use of this global infrastructure is necessary and essential to provide our Service. This infrastructure may be owned or operated by Meta Platforms, Inc., Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, or their affiliates.
**1. The Instagram Service**, paragraph 6 · Citation strength: strong
Cancellation and Renewal
How to stop using the service, and what happens when you do.
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Account deletion process takes up to 90 days after request
When you request to delete content or your account, the deletion process automatically begins no more than 30 days after your request. It may take up to 90 days to delete content after the deletion process begins. For another 90 days after content is deleted, it may take to remove it from backups and disaster recovery systems.
Why it matters: After you initiate content or account deletion, it may take up to 30 days for the process to start, then up to 90 days for content to be deleted, and another 90 days for it to be removed from backups. Your content will not be visible to other users during the deletion process.
When you request to delete content or your account, the deletion process will automatically begin no more than 30 days after your request. It may take up to 90 days to delete content after the deletion process begins. While the deletion process for such content is being undertaken, the content is no longer visible to other users, but remains subject to these Terms of Use and our [Privacy Policy](https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/). After the content is deleted, it may take us up to another 90 days to remove it from backups and disaster recovery systems.
**6. Content Removal and Disabling or Terminating Your Account**, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
Gotchas
Unexpected clauses that may be hidden in the fine print.
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Instagram can use feedback without compensation or confidentiality
Instagram appreciates feedback or other suggestions and may use them without any restrictions or obligation to compensate you for them, and they are under no obligation to keep them confidential.
Why it matters: Any feedback or suggestions you provide to Instagram can be used by them freely, without paying you or keeping your ideas confidential.
We always appreciate feedback or other suggestions, but may use them without any restrictions or obligation to compensate you for them, and are under no obligation to keep them confidential.
**7.4 How We Will Handle Disputes.**, paragraph 3 · Citation strength: strong
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