Control what additional data you share with Meta when using Meta Quest devices and Meta Horizon products
Meta automatically collects different categories of data and uses it for different purposes, including to ensure your Meta Quest devices and Meta Horizon products work as intended, to implement your settings, and to maintain safety, security and integrity.
Meta also collects anonymized data about your device usage for things like building better experiences and improving Meta Quest devices and Meta Horizon products.
You can choose to share additional data about how you use your Meta Quest devices and Meta Horizon products to improve these products and better personalize your experiences.
We provide more details about the data we collect and the choice you have below.
Data we collect
As outlined in the Supplemental Meta Platforms Technologies Privacy Policy, we collect different categories of data and use it for different purposes, including to:
- Ensure that your Meta Quest devices and Meta Horizon products are working as intended. Examples of this data include:
- Bluetooth connectivity status
- Battery status and condition
- Wi-Fi connectivity status
- Errors or crashes that occur
- Application status and performance
- Personalize your Meta Quest devices and Meta Horizon products based on your settings. Examples of this data include:
- Your settings on your Meta Quest devices and Meta Horizon products
- Data to rank and recommend content in the Meta Horizon Store, depending on your age
- Help maintain safety, security and integrity. Examples of this data include:
- Your email address and password, which are required to authenticate you with Meta
- Information about hardware performance
- Data associated with potential security intrusions
- Data determining whether necessary software updates are in place
- Data used to respond proactively or reactively to potential abuse or policy violations, like interactions submitted as part of an abuse report
Anonymized data
We also collect data that is anonymized so it does not identify you. We use this data to improve Meta Quest devices and Meta Horizon products, build better user experiences, and for the other reasons we use your information as described in the Supplemental Meta Platforms Technologies Privacy Policy. Anonymized data can include an anonymized version of any of the examples provided in this article.
Your choice to share additional data
You can choose to share additional data to help personalize your experiences and improve Meta Quest devices and Meta Horizon products for everyone.
Examples of the additional data you can share include:
- Data to improve Meta Quest devices and Meta Horizon products experiences, such as:
- How you configure your Home environment to help us determine which environments are popular with users
- How often and how you use an application to help us understand which applications are popular with users
- Which features you use in our products, like if you use full-screen mode in the browser or if you’ve achieved a goal in Move
- Analytics regarding product, accessory and application use and performance. For example, the number of eye-tracking calibration errors in order to improve the feature generally.
- Data to improve app and feature performance, such as:
- Data about how well our apps or features are working to help us improve them, like how long it takes an application to load, or how fast you are typing and how often swipe typing is correctly interpreted when you use the keyboard
- More data about your hardware beyond what is needed for it to function, like the manufacturer of the battery
- Analytics regarding products and feature performance and usage to help us improve features and develop new products and features
- Feedback from Voice Dictation, if you choose to provide feedback on your Voice Dictation experience or have dictation improvements turned on. Note: When you use Voice Dictation, we delete the voice recording and transcription immediately, unless you choose to provide feedback or have dictation improvements turned on.
You can choose to share additional data during your initial setup and can change your choice at any time in Settings.
To change your choice in Settings:
- Put on your headset, then hover over the clock on the left side of the universal menu. When Quick Settings appears, select it to open the Quick Settings panel.
- Select
Settings, then select Privacy and safety.
- Select Data and Analytics, then select your preference by using the toggle next to Share additional data.
Apps and features your choice applies to:
- System OS
- Store
- Browser
- Explore
- Settings
- Social and Messenger
- Home
- Events
- Files
- TV
- Scoreboards
- Move
Manage what additional information is shared from your child’s Meta account
You can choose to share additional data during the initial setup of your child’s Meta account. You can change your choice at any time in Family Center.
To choose whether additional data is shared from your child’s Meta account:
- Go to Family Center, then select your child's account.
- Select the device underneath Their devices.
- Select Share additional data to improve Meta Quest.
- If this additional data is not currently shared, you can select between Share or Don’t share. If the additional data is currently shared, you can select Stop sharing.