Meta clarifies its Privacy Policies: wants users to better understand data usage

Clarity, not more information

To achieve this, the company has redesigned and rewritten its data policies, which now have new details and examples, facilitating access to data management controls and explaining how it uses and shares information with third parties.

Alongside this, it has also incorporated new controls to manage who sees people’s posts and the topics users want to see ads about.

The new Privacy Policy , which will take effect on July 26, and can be found in the new Privacy Center, which Meta hopes will provide a more centralized location and access to these resources.

The new policy applies to Facebook , Instagram , Messenger , and other Meta products, but not to WhatsApp, Workplace, Messenger Kids, or Quest devices used without a Facebook account.