5. How we identify and address salient human rights risks
Privacy
“Getting privacy right is a continual, collective
investment across our company and is the
responsibility of everyone at Meta to advance
our mission.”
Michel Protti, Chief Privacy Officer for Product
The Right to Privacy is core to Meta’s mission and a necessary condition
for the realization of other human rights, such as freedom of expression,
freedom of assembly and association, and freedom of belief and religion.
We are committed to improve and adapt our practices and policies to anticipate
and address challenges to people’s privacy on our services and apps.
Examples of potential inherent salient
human rights risks identified in CSRA
Examples of how Meta addresses
the potential risk
Overbroad or unnecessary government
We protect users from unlawful or overbroad
demands for user data
government data requests through our
dedicated Law Enforcement Response team.
We push back on government requests
that do not meet internationally recognized
standards, including those set out in our
Corporate Human Rights Policy, and
challenge them in court if necessary.
We respond to valid legal requests where we
have a good-faith belief that we’re required by
law to do so. We also respond to certain legal
requests where not compelled by law but where
we have a good-faith belief that a response:
• is required by law in another jurisdiction
in which a user may be located,
• affects users in that jurisdiction, and
• is consistent with internationally
recognized standards, including our
Corporate Human Rights Policy.
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