Due to the increasing number of citizens contacting the Office of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection with requests to exercise their rights regarding the personal data protection processed by Meta Platforms Inc. (which owns the social networks Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp), the Commissioner issues the following release:
Meta Company Privacy Policy, which applies to users of Facebook and Instagram services in Serbia, can be accessed via the following link:
https://sr-rs.facebook.com/privacy/policy/?entry_point=facebook_page_footer
Meta Company's Privacy Policy contains information for users regarding the mechanisms through which they can effectively exercise their privacy rights. This includes a contact form in the section of Meta Company's Privacy Policy called "How to contact Meta Company if you have questions". Through these mechanisms, users in Serbia can directly exercise their privacy rights in their local language.
In accordance with local laws, individuals in Serbia are provided with various tools to access, manage, download, and delete their information that they share with Meta when interacting with their services. Namely, users can manage their information in the settings of the products they use and, if they wish, set their content to be public or private, or delete their content (e.g., posts, photos) from their Facebook and Instagram accounts.
Users can also complete a “Privacy Checkup,” a process that guides its users through their important privacy and security settings on Facebook, helping them strengthen the security of their accounts and manage who can see what they share, as well as verify how their information is being used. Further information can be found at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/checkup/.
Meta has introduced the Privacy Center, a central point where users can better understand the company’s practices and make informed decisions about their privacy in a way that suits them. The Privacy Center includes various modules, including topics on sharing, collection, and use of content, as well as security and advertising, that are directly related to privacy issues or concerns about the relevant privacy and security controls that Meta offers its users. You can find more information about this at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/center/.
The Privacy Center was created to enable users to make privacy choices that are right for them and to explain how they can manage and control their privacy on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and other Meta products.
The aforementioned “Privacy Checkup” process and Meta’s “Privacy Center” are also available in Serbian.
