Study from Facebook

Facebook Viewpoints participants invited to the Study programme will need to download this app in order to participate. If you haven't been invited to join the programme, this app won't work on your phone.

About Study from Facebook:

Insights from this programme help us learn which apps people value and how they're used. That way, we can build better products for Facebook and the community.

What info does the Study app collect?

Through the Study app, we collect and analyse participants' apps usage data. This includes info about:

• The apps installed on participants' phones

• Time participants spend using apps

• Participants' country, device, network type, network provider and language settings

• Features participants use in certain apps, such as home screen or support

• Names of service providers displayed in your app, such as advertising networks

• The Paired Devices programme collects and analyses information from your phone about the Bluetooth devices paired and device identification codes

How does Facebook use this info?

We gain insights using data from groups of participants for business and product research

• Info from participants helps us learn which apps people value and how they're used

• We're able to better understand our community to improve Facebook Company Products

• The Study app doesn't collect user IDs, passwords or content that people share, including messages or ad content

• We don't sell data from this app to third parties

To analyse data from the Study app, we may reference other info that Facebook Viewpoints and Facebook have about you, such as your age, gender and how you use Facebook Company Products. This allows us to learn more about how you use different services.

Connecting to Facebook Company Products

We don't add the apps usage data that we collect through your participation in the Study programme to accounts on other Facebook Company Products.

Your apps usage data will not be used to personalise your experience, including to provide and improve ads for you and others, on Facebook Company Products.

However, info you provided to Facebook Viewpoints or Facebook, such as your age, country and gender, may be used to personalise your experience, including to provide and improve ads for you and others, on Facebook Company Products.

Read our Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/help/viewpoints/data_policy

Read our terms: http://www.facebook.com/help/viewpoints/tos