This is where the additional sharing for cross-app experiences occurs. Accounts Center is a central place where users can manage settings and connected experiences across their Meta accounts.
What is Shared:
Account Information: Phone number, profile picture (to display in Accounts Center).
Age Information: From Meta accounts (e.g., Facebook) to reconcile age discrepancies and determine eligibility for Meta products.
Device and Connection Information: Required to link accounts and for cross-app functionality.
Usage Information (cross-post activity): If you choose to share WhatsApp Status to Facebook/Instagram Stories, Meta will receive information about this activity (e.g., how often you cross-post).
User Content (if you cross-post): If you share your WhatsApp Status to czech republic phone number list Facebook or Instagram, that content becomes subject to the privacy policies of those respective platforms.
Purposes:
Connected Experiences: Enabling features like sharing Status between WhatsApp and Instagram/Facebook Stories, single sign-on for WhatsApp if already logged into another Meta app.
Personalized Experiences: To personalize content and suggestions, including ads if Meta shows you ads on Facebook or Instagram. This is a crucial point: while WhatsApp personal message content is not used for ads, data from your interactions with Meta's other products (if linked via Accounts Center) can be used to personalize ads on those platforms.
Reconciling Information: To ensure consistency across linked accounts (e.g., age, identity).