Recent changes
A chronological feed of substantive shifts in the legal documents we track. 53 changes so far.
WhatsApp replaced a brief privacy overview with a full policy detailing extensive data collection, sharing with Meta/businesses/third parties, global transfers, retention, and user rights.
added: detailed categories of data collected, including usage, device, location, contacts, payments, and support data
added: sharing with other Meta companies, businesses, service providers, and third-party integrations
added: global data transfers, merger/acquisition sharing, and legal disclosure rules
clarified: message handling, including temporary storage of undelivered messages and forwarded media
added: account access, portability, deletion, and retention practices
Meta greatly expands disclosed data collection, sharing, AI training, cross-company use, and retention practices, including data from non-users, partners, devices, and legal/safety requests.
added: collection from partners, devices, cookies, contacts, and non-users
added: AI interactions and some videos may be used to develop/improve AI
added: broader sharing with Meta companies, integrated partners, law enforcement, and third parties
added: detailed retention/deletion timelines and reasons to preserve deleted data
clarified: location and off-platform activity can be used for personalized ads
Meta greatly expands disclosed data collection, sharing, AI training, cross-company use, retention, and legal/law-enforcement access, including for non-users and off-platform activity.
added: AI interactions and media may be collected and used to develop/improve AI
added: partner/off-platform, device, location, contacts, and non-user data collection details
added: broader sharing with Meta companies, integrated partners, third parties, and law enforcement
added: retention/deletion timelines and longer preservation for legal, security, and litigation reasons