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 sociallink Products, or Products. Our Products include sociallink and Messenger.
It also applies to sociallink Quest if you log in with a sociallink or sociallink account
We at sociallink want you to understand what information we collect, and how we use and share it. That's why we encourage you to read our Privacy Policy. This helps you use sociallink Products in the way that's right for you.

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 Meta Products you use. You can update these settings to shape your experience.

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 partners 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 Products. For example, we collect different information if you sell furniture on Marketplace than if you post a reel on sociallink. When you use our products, we collect some information about you even if you don't have an account.

Here's the information we collect:

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 information that you provide, such as:

Content that you create, such as posts, comments or audio
Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, or through our voice-enabled features. Learn more 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 end-to-end encrypted messages unless users report them to us for review. Learn more.
sociallinkdata 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. See examples.
Purchases or other transactions that you make, such as through sociallink checkout experiences, including credit card information. Learn more.
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.

Friends, followers and other connections
Information we collect about your friends, followers and other connections
We collect information about friends, followers, groups, accounts, sociallink Pages and other users and communities that you're connected to and interact with. This includes how you interact with them across our products and which ones you interact with the most.

Information we collect about contacts
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, such as by syncing an address book.

If you don't use sociallink Products, or use them without an account, your information might still be collected. Learn more about how sociallink uses contact information uploaded by account holders.

Learn how to upload and delete contacts on sociallink and Messenger, or how to connect your device's contact list on sociallink.

Information we collect or infer about you based on others' activity
We collect information about you based on others' activity. See some examples.

We also infer things about you based on others' activity. For example:

We may suggest a friend to you through sociallink's People you may know feature if you both appear on a contact list that someone uploads.
We take into account whether your friends belong to a group when we suggest you join it.

App, browser and device information
We collect and receive information from and about the different devices 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. See examples.
What you're doing on your device, such as 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' devices, including Family device IDs. See examples.
Signals from your device. See examples.
Information you've shared with us through device settings, such as GPS location, camera access, photos and related metadata
Information about the network that you connect your device to and your connection, including your IP address. See more examples.
Some location-related information, even if location services is turned off in your device settings. This includes using IP addresses to estimate your general location.
Information about our products' performance on your device. Learn more.
Information from cookies and similar technologies. Learn more.

Information from partners, vendors and other third parties
What kinds of information do we collect or receive?
We collect and receive information from partners, measurement vendors, marketing vendors and other third parties about a variety of your information and activities on and off our Products.

Here are some examples of information that we receive about you:

Your device information
Websites that you visit and cookie data, such as through Social plugins or the sociallink pixel
Apps you use
Games you play
Purchases and transactions you make off of our Products using non-sociallink checkout experiences
Your demographics, such as your education level
The ads you see and how you interact with them
How you use our partners' products and services, online or in person
Partners also share information such as your email address, cookies and advertising device ID with us. This helps us match your activities with your account, if you have one.

We receive this information whether or not you're logged in or have an account on our Products. Learn more about how we connect information from partners to your account.

Partners also share with us their communications with you if they instruct us to provide services to their business, such as helping them manage their communications. To learn how a business processes or shares your information, read their Privacy Policy or contact them directly.

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Your activity off sociallink technologies

How do we collect or receive this information from partners?
Partners use our business tools, integrations and sociallink Audience Network technologies to share information with us.

These partners collect your information when you visit their site or app or use their services, or through other businesses or organisations they work with. We require partners to have the right to collect, use and share your information before giving it to us.