The information we collect and process about you depends on how you use our Products. For example, we collect different information if you sell furniture on Marketplace than if you post a reel on Instagram.
We call all of the things you can do on our Products "activity." We collect your activity across our Products and
, such as:
Content you create, like posts, comments or
Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, or through our voice-enabled features.
about what we collect from these features, and how we use information from the camera for masks, filters, avatars and effects.
Messages you send and receive, including their content, subject to applicable law. We can't see the content of
messages unless users report them to us for review.

about content and messages, subject to applicable law
Types of content 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, including credit card information.

Hashtags you use
The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
Information with special protections
You might choose to provide information about your religious views, your sexual orientation, political views, health, racial or ethnic origin, philosophical beliefs or trade union membership. These and other types of information could have special protections under the laws of your jurisdiction.
We also collect your contacts’ information, such as their name and email address or phone number, if you choose to upload or import it from a device, like by syncing an address book.
We collect and receive information from and about the different
you use and how you use them.
Device information we collect and receive includes:
The device and software you’re using, and other device characteristics.

What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots) Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’, including Family Device IDs.

Signals from your device.

Information you’ve shared with us through device settings, like GPS location, camera access, photos and
Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP address.

Information about our Products’ performance on your device.

Information from cookies and similar technologies.
We access, preserve, use and share your information:
In response to legal requests, like search warrants, court orders, production orders or subpoenas. These requests come from third parties such as civil litigants, law enforcement and other government authorities.
about when we respond to legal requests.
In accordance with applicable law
To promote the safety, security and integrity of Meta Products, users, employees, property and the public.

We may access or preserve your information for an extended amount of time.

Your information, including financial transaction data related to purchases or money transfers made on our Products, may be preserved and accessed for a longer time period if it’s related to any of the following:
A legal request or obligation, including obligations of Meta Companies or to comply with applicable law
A governmental investigation
An investigation of possible violations of our terms or policies
To prevent harm
For safety, security and integrity purposes
To protect ourselves, including our rights, property or products
If it’s needed in relation to a legal claim, complaint, litigation or regulatory proceedings

In some cases, we may preserve your information based on the above reasons even after you request deletion of your account or some of your content. We may also preserve information from accounts that have been disabled and content that has been removed for violations of our terms and policies.