Messenger — History
Change log of legal documents, generated whenever the source text changes.
Mostly updated wording (e.g., “personalized,” punctuation, capitalization) with no clear changes to user rights, data collection, fees, or dispute/termination rules.
Updated the Messenger privacy policy text to switch to a newer effective date and clearer wording, without adding or removing substantive privacy rights or data practices.
Clarified the wording of the licence grant to use your content, without changing the scope or duration of the permissions provided.
Meta shifted to a US-based, broader ad-supported terms framework, expanded data use and liability disclaimers, and changed dispute resolution to California courts for non-consumers.
Meta expanded ad, cross-account, and partner-use explanations, renamed rights management, and clarified some data uses and controller details.
Meta added a detailed GDPR legal-basis section and expanded Accounts Centre, ads, partner-data, and transaction disclosures.
Meta clarified and expanded ad/measurement, Accounts Centre, and integrated-partner processing, and renamed rights and legal-basis sections, with the controller changing to Meta Platforms, Inc.
Added a paid no-ads subscription, shifted the contract to Meta Platforms Ireland, and revised dispute, liability, and content-moderation rules.
Meta added a legal-basis section, named its Ireland entity, and expanded ad and cross-account data use disclosures including Accounts Centre and partner processing.
Meta expanded ad, data-use, liability, and dispute terms, while removing some EU-specific notices and reducing user review/notice protections.
Meta expanded ad and account-sharing disclosures, added a new rights-management section, and clarified use of Messenger interactions and Marketplace/Shop transactions.
Meta added a formal legal-basis section, clarified ad targeting and account-centre data sharing, and stated it may process certain partner data as joint controller.
Meta expanded ad/personalization and account-linking uses, added guidance for managing/deleting information, and changed some legal-entity references and partner-sharing details.
Meta added EU messaging contract information, introduced an ad-free subscription, and revised dispute, liability, and content enforcement terms.
Meta shifted to a broader global Terms framework, added clearer personalized ads and data-use disclosures, and strengthened its liability, dispute, and account-termination provisions.
Meta moved the terms to Meta Platforms Ireland, added EU messaging information, introduced paid ad-free subscriptions, and shifted dispute rules to users’ home courts or Ireland.
Meta added a detailed legal-basis section, clarified rights, and expanded ad and account-centre processing disclosures.
Meta revised its Terms to center personalized ads, expand data-sharing and global service language, and replace EU-specific dispute and liability rules with broader California-court terms.
Meta changed its Terms to add ad-free subscription terms, EU messaging disclosures, updated complaints and misuse processes, and revised dispute and liability rules.
Messenger now points to Meta’s broader Privacy Policy, expanding disclosed collection, sharing, AI training, cross-company use, off-platform tracking, and longer retention/deletion timelines.