Login with Facebook and Facebook Platform Policy

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8 years ago

My startup has built a web app and we would like to integrate Login with Facebook. I'm trying to determine whether our particular use of Login with Facebook subjects us to Facebook's Platform Policy.

According to Facebook:

"Apps may ask for the following three permissions from any person without submitting for review by Facebook: public profile email user_friends"

(https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/overview)

We only want to access these 3 permissions and therefore will not be undergoing Login Review by Facebook (in which Facebook's "review team actually use your app and will provide guidance and feedback to ensure you're meeting our Platform Policies").

Since we are not undergoing Login Review, is our web app still subjected to Facebook's Platform Policy? There are several clauses in the Platform Policy that I find very concerning, such as:

"We can analyze your app, website, content, and data for any purpose, including commercial."

"You give us the right to link to or frame your app, and place content, including ads, around your app."

(https://developers.facebook.com/policy/)

We would love to improve our onboarding experience by including Login with Facebook but I'm not sure it's worth agreeing to those terms, especially since our product is competing somewhat with certain Facebook features. Does anyone have any guidance on this matter? Thanks in advance.