Protecting Your App’s Holiday Success During Peak Season: Complete Your Data Use Checkup Early

The holiday season is busy under the best of circumstances and can be particularly chaotic for app developers on Meta Horizon. This chaos is only amplified when your team needs to complete your Data Use Checkup (DUC) during that time of year. That’s why we’re working to make things easier for you to submit your annual certifications and help your team complete your DUC well ahead of time, avoiding the holiday rush.

We’re sending notifications now if you have a DUC deadline between November 1, 2025 and January 16, 2026, so please check your emails! Review our various resources listed below and complete your DUC early so you can focus on building great experiences, growing your user base, and driving revenue.

As a developer on our platform, you are required to annually recertify your DUC or to submit a DUC each time you request new features for your app. DUC submission allows Meta to confirm that you are operating within the boundaries of the Developer Data Use Policy. While necessary, the DUC can be a burden on your team’s resources during the busy holiday period. If a DUC is not completed and the app becomes noncompliant, enforcement can impact your app’s success and your users.

Since we started sending early notifications, numbers show that the majority of developers have already taken advantage of this opportunity to submit their DUC early. By doing so, they proactively reduced their compliance burden during the holiday season, which in turn lowers the risk of disruption—such as Store or feature removal—if their DUC does not pass.

We offer a variety of DUC resources available to you to help ensure you’re completing your DUC with ease. These include a written DUC guide and a selection of video tutorials covering a broad array of DUC submission tips and tricks.

To summarize, we’re sending notifications to Meta Horizon developers with DUC deadlines falling between November 1, 2025 and January 16, 2026. If you receive this DUC reminder, please review our resources and complete your DUC early.

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