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fbMarketingTextSizeLegal fbMarketingTextColorLight fbMarketingTextWeightNormal">Last updated: September 23, 2011</div></div><div class="mtl"><div class="fbMarketingBlockSpacingRight fbMarketingBlock fbMarketingBlock5Column"><div class="prm"><h3><div class="fbMarketingTextSizeMedium fbMarketingTextColorDark fbMarketingTextWeightBold"><a href="/web/20120116204318/http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info">Information we receive and how it is used</a></div></h3><div class="fbMarketingTextSizeSmall fbMarketingTextColorNormal fbMarketingTextWeightNormal">Learn about the types of information we receive, and how that information is used.</div><h3 class="mtm"><div class="fbMarketingTextSizeMedium fbMarketingTextColorDark fbMarketingTextWeightBold"><a href="/web/20120116204318/http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info-on-fb">Sharing and finding you on Facebook</a></div></h3><div class="fbMarketingTextSizeSmall fbMarketingTextColorNormal fbMarketingTextWeightNormal">Get to know the 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