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Source-backed from Snap Privacy Policy

72
reviewed findings
15
key findings
3
free to read here
3
verified controls

1 of them depends on where you live.

Privacy Snapshot

What the published policy covers, and how much we found under each. Tap one to read it.

  • Location 4 findings
  • Camera & Photos 1 finding
  • Microphone & Audio 2 findings
  • Contacts 8 findings
  • Messages 8 findings
  • Sensitive Data 3 findings
  • Tracking 2 findings
  • Advertising & Profiling 11 findings
  • Sharing 12 findings
  • Controls & Permissions 11 findings
  • Other 10 findings

3 findings, in full

The first 3 of this report’s 15 key findings, complete — claim, reasoning, and the policy’s own wording.

Messages Snapchat uses your conversations with My AI to improve the AI's responses

What this means

Conversations Snapchatters have with My AI are used by Snapchat to improve how My AI responds.

Snapchat uses conversations Snapchatters have with My AI to improve the AI's responses.

Why this matters

An assistant inside a messaging app is easy to treat as a private chat, and this says the conversation is used.

What the policy says

For example, our algorithms and machine learning models take into account the conversations Snapchatters are having with My AI to improve the responses from My AI.

From Snap Privacy Policy

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Advertising & Profiling What you share with AI features can include images, audio and precise location

What this means

Content shared with AI features, which Snapchat calls Inputs, can include text, images, video, audio, precise location and engagement information, and is used to generate AI responses.

Content you share with AI features, called Inputs, can include text, images, video, audio, precise location, and engagement information, used to generate AI responses.

Why this matters

The inputs to an AI feature are broader than the words you typed into it.

What the policy says

Of course, you’ll also provide us with information you send through or save within our Services, including content and information about that content, and content you share and generate with our AI Features (content, or “Inputs,” including text, images, video, audio, precise location, and engagement, including content you share with My AI, used to generate content and responses, or “Outputs,”).

From Snap Privacy Policy

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Contacts Changing device permissions may not remove contacts you already shared

What this means

Updating device permissions may not remove the contacts a user has already shared with Snapchat.

Updating device permissions may not remove contacts a user has already shared with Snapchat.

Why this matters

Turning a permission off stops what comes next, not what already arrived.

What the policy says

Similarly, we keep your shared list of contacts until you ask us to remove them in our app settings (note: updating your device permissions may not remove the contacts you’ve previously shared with Snapchat).

From Snap Privacy Policy

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12 more key findings a free account opens, by topic

  • Messages 3
  • Advertising & Profiling 2
  • Location 2
  • Sharing 2
  • Camera & Photos 1
  • Contacts 1
  • Microphone & Audio 1

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  • Location 2 more
  • Microphone & Audio 1 more
  • Contacts 6 more
  • Messages 4 more
  • Sensitive Data 3 more
  • Tracking 2 more
  • Advertising & Profiling 8 more
  • Sharing 10 more
  • Controls & Permissions 11 more
  • Other 10 more

  • Complete report

    57 additional reviewed findings, each shown with the policy wording behind it, like the 15 above.

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    3 verified privacy controls, 2 of them high-impact — where each one is, what it changes, and what may stop working.

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