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Facebook Marketplace

Ecommerce & PaymentsLast updated: 2026-06-10

Facebook Marketplace is a Meta product, reviewed for listings, messages, location, payments, and commerce activity, Meta cross-product sharing, ads, retention, and controls.

ScoreLatest FindingScore BreakdownSource & EvidenceCompanyAlternatives
ScoreLatest FindingScore BreakdownSource & EvidenceCompanyAlternatives

45

Weak

Weak
Poor
Poor
Weak
Mixed

Overall Score

45

Weak

AI Training:45
Weak
Data Sharing:35
Poor
Ads & Tracking:25
Poor
Data Retention:50
Weak
User Control:70
Mixed

Overall Score

45

Weak

AI Training:45
Weak
Data Sharing:35
Poor
Ads & Tracking:25
Poor
Data Retention:50
Weak
User Control:70
Mixed

Latest Policy Findings: 2026-06-10

Facebook Marketplace combines broad tracking with unusually strong privacy controls.

Strongest: User Control
70/100

Facebook Marketplace gives users more direct privacy control than its other categories, especially around account deletion.

Weakest: Ads & Tracking
25/100

Facebook Marketplace is weakest on ads and tracking because ad personalization or marketing measurement still shows up.

Recommended Action:

Score Breakdown:

AI Training

45

Weak

45

Weak

Facebook Marketplace data can support Meta product improvement, personalization, ads, and AI-related experiences.

-55Source [1]

Meta documents privacy settings and data controls across Meta Products.

+45Source [2]

Data Sharing

35

Poor

35

Poor

Meta can use activity that other businesses send to Meta to personalize Facebook and Instagram experiences and AI responses.

-35Source [3]

Users can limit this through the Activity from other businesses setting where the rollout is available.

+15Source [4]

Ads & Tracking

25

Poor

25

Poor

Meta already uses off-platform activity for ads and is expanding related personalization to feeds and AI responses.

-40Source [5]

The Activity from other businesses control can stop this data from being used for ads, feeds, and AI-response personalization in supported regions.

+15Source [6]

Data Retention

50

Weak

50

Weak

Retention depends on account state, public/shared content, safety, legal duties, backups, and business records.

-50Source [7]

Meta provides access, transfer, deletion, and account-management tools.

+50Source [8]

User Control

70

Mixed

70

Mixed

Cross-product defaults and social sharing can make privacy outcomes difficult to reverse.

-30Source [9]

Users can manage privacy settings, ads, activity, sharing, and account deletion.

+70Source [10]

Source & Evidence Links:

Sources:

Facebook Privacy Page

Open: facebook.com

Latest Finding

Open: theverge.com

Evidence:

1. Tracking

Facebook Marketplace data can support Meta product improvement, personalization, ads, and AI-related experiences.

Open: facebook.com

2. Controls

Meta documents privacy settings and data controls across Meta Products.

Open: facebook.com

Company Details:

Founded

Feb 2004

Founder

Mark Zuckerberg

Parent Company

Meta

Lifecycle

Active

Category

Ecommerce & Payments

CEO

Mark Zuckerberg

Security Team

Security Team

Date Added

06-10-2026

Alternatives:

Amazon Shopping logo

Amazon Shopping

Commerce

50

Weak

BigCommerce

Commerce

60

Mixed

PayPal logo

PayPal

Payments

60

Mixed

GitHub logo

GitHub

Developer Tools

60

Mixed

ActiveCampaign logo

ActiveCampaign

Email Marketing

60

Mixed

Facebook logo

Facebook

Social Network

45

Weak