Data Use Checkup - Tutorial
Before you complete your Data Use Checkup, please review the following best practices.
Before You Start
To prepare Data Use Checkup, we recommend that you:
Review our Platform Terms and Developer Policies.
Review the Business Verification process and ensure the app is connected to a verified business. See our blog post for more information on Business Verification.
Review the Data Handling Questions. All developer apps that have been published live with a use case, or that have advanced access to any permissions or features are required to complete the data handling questions.
Update contact details and app administrator designation for each app within your organization to receive the most up-to-date notifications.
Audit your apps and remove those that are no longer needed.
Review the permissions and features your apps have access to and remove any that are no longer needed.
It is recommended that you consult with legal, policy, and privacy experts within your organization for guidance on how to complete your Data Use Checkup.
Data Use Checkup Tutorial
You, or another app Administrator, will receive a developer notification in your email and Alerts Inbox 60 days before DUC is due, and reminders will be sent indicating that DUC is required 60 days, 30 days, 10 days, and 3 days before your DUC deadline.
Note: Deadlines are unique to each app and will be displayed in your developer notification and the Apps Dashboard.
You or any Facebook user with an Administrator role on your app can start the DUC process in several ways - by loading the app in the App Dashboard, going to the Alerts > Inbox panel and clicking the link in the notification pertaining to DUC or by navigating to the the Required Actions section of the Dashboard.
Ensure app is connected to a verified business
Ensure that your app is connected to a verified Meta Business Account. If you don’t have one, follow this process to create a new Business Account and verify it. Only business administrators can complete this step. After you submit business verification, you can continue to the next step.
Answer data handling questions
To maintain access to personal data of users, please confirm that personal data received from Meta will be processed and transferred securely by answering our data handling questions. We recommend you consult with legal, policy, and data handling experts within your organization for guidance on how to answer these questions.
Certify data use
Examine the allowed usage for each use case, permission, or feature and certify your app follows the allowed usage. To certify, click the box next to each before continuing.
Provide testing instructions
As part of DUC, you will need to provide testing instructions for your application. For detailed information on the testing details and best practices, visit the ongoing reviews best practices page.
Certify compliance with Terms and Policies and submit DUC
Certify that you are following Meta’s Platform Terms and Developer Policies. To certify and submit DUC, click Submit.
How to view your results
Once you submit your Data Use Checkup, within a few days you will receive a message in an email and the Alerts Inbox with results. If the Data Use Checkup is complete, no further action will be required. If changes to your data handling practices are required, you will be asked to update these and re-submit the data handling questions.