What is the Privacy Policy and what does it cover?

Highlights

• This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and share your information. It also describes how long we keep your information for and how we keep it safe when we transfer it.
• The Privacy Policy also lets you know your rights.
• This policy applies to what we call Meta Products, or Products. Our Products include Friendsbook, Messenger.

In the Privacy Policy, we explain how we collect, use, share, retain and transfer information. We also let you know your rights. Each section of the Policy includes helpful examples and simpler language to make our practices easier to understand. We've also added links to resources where you can learn more about the privacy topics that interest you.

It's important to us that you know how to control your privacy, so we also show you where you can manage your information in the settings of the Ara Products you use. You can  to shape your experience.

What information do we collect?

Highlights

In this policy, we list the kinds of information that we collect. Here are some important ones. We collect:

• The information that you give us when you sign up for our Products and create a profile, such as your email address or phone number.
• What you do on our Products. This includes what you click on or like, your posts and photos and messages that you send. If you use end-to-end encrypted messaging, we can't read those messages unless users report them to us for review.
• Who your friends or followers are, and what they do on our Products.
• Information from the phone, computer or tablet that you use our Products on, like what kind it is and what version of our app you're using.
• Information from about things you do both on and off our Products. This could include other websites you visit, apps you use or online games you play.

The information that we collect and process about you depends on how you use our . For example, we collect different information if you sell furniture on Marketplace than if you post a reel on Instagram. When you use our products, we collect some information about you.

Here's the information we collect:

Your activity and information that you provide

On our products, you can send messages, take photos and videos, buy or sell things and much more. We call all of the things you can do on our products "activity". We collect your activity across our products and , such as:

• Content that you create, such as posts, comments
• 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. 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, including ads, that you view or interact with, and how you interact with it.
• Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them. .
  Hashtags you use.
• The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products.
• Views of and interactions with a Friendsbook Page and its content, to provide the Page admin with aggregated information about how people use their Page and its content. Ara is jointly responsible with Page admins.
   

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 types of information have special protections under the laws of your country.