Threads is Meta Platforms' text-based social app, operated by Instagram, Inc. and governed by Meta's unified Privacy Policy plus a Threads Supplemental Privacy Policy that adds Threads-specific detail. The supplemental policy discloses collection of profile information (name, email), activity data (posts, follows, interactions), and data from linked Third Party Services via an interoperable (ActivityPub-based) protocol, and states that username, name, profile picture, and bio remain public regardless of a private/public setting. Meta's own policy describes an ads system that matches users to advertiser-defined audiences and describes information sharing across the 'Meta Companies' (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Meta Quest, WhatsApp). Corporate ownership is traceable through SEC filings naming Meta Platforms, Inc. (CIK 0001326801) as the public-company parent. No Threads-specific regulator fine, breach, or enforcement action was found in fetched sources, and Threads is notably absent from Meta's list of EU DMA-designated core platform services (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Meta Ads), unlike its sibling apps.
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The European Commission's DMA gatekeepers portal lists Meta's designated core platform services as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Meta Ads; Threads is not among Meta's DMA-designated core platform services, and no Threads-specific regulator fine or enforcement action was found in fetched sources.
The Threads Supplemental Privacy Policy states Meta collects Threads Profile Information (name, email address, settings/preferences, some inherited from a linked Facebook/Instagram account) and Threads Activity (content created/viewed, how features are used, hashtags used, and time/frequency/duration of activity).
Meta's Privacy Policy states in its own words that Meta owns Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Meta Quest among the Products it covers, and also owns the broader family of Meta Companies, which includes WhatsApp -- the corporate structure under which Threads operates.
SEC EDGAR's filing index for Meta's most recent Form 10-K names Meta Platforms, Inc. as the filer, CIK 0001326801, incorporated in Delaware, headquartered at 1 Meta Way, Menlo Park, CA.
The Threads Supplemental Privacy Policy states Threads is integrated with Third Party Services via an interoperable protocol allowing outside users to view, follow, and interact with a Threads user's content, and that a public profile's username, name, profile picture, and bio remain public regardless of the account's privacy setting.
The European Commission's DMA gatekeepers portal lists Meta's designated core platform services as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Meta Ads; Threads is not among Meta's DMA-designated core platform services, and no Threads-specific regulator fine or enforcement action was found in fetched sources.
Threads' App Store privacy label discloses that data linked to a user's identity -- including Location, Contact Info, and Financial Info categories -- may be used for the stated purpose of Third-Party Advertising.