SnapChat
Updated on 2025-06-08 Charlotte Leriche
Data Access
Data Breaches
Updated on June 8, 2025
Have I Been Pwned
1Snapchat
📅 January 1, 2014
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Compromised data :
Terms Changes
3Policy changes detected by Open Terms Archive
Snapchat lowers its standards for monetising content
April 13, 2026Snapchat relaxed its content monetisation criteria, removing requirements on visible faces, audible audio, and originality, and dropping the exclusion of AI-generated content.
Snapchat clarifies activity tracking for personalising ads
April 3, 2026Snapchat narrowed the scope of its ad personalisation tracking, limiting interest inferences to friends rather than household members, and excluding gender, interest, and friends' interest cohorts for teen accounts in the EU, UK, Norway, and Switzerland.
Snapchat adds minimum age requirements in Australia
December 9, 2025Snapchat added Social Media Minimum Age (SMMA) requirements for Australian users, requiring age verification through third-party provider k-ID.
Sanctions and transfer policy
Our services connect you with your friends all around the world./n To do this, we may collect your personal information, transfer it, store it, and process it in the United States or in other countries outside your place of residence./n When we share information outside your place of residence, we ensure that safeguards are put in place to protect the data as required by the law of your place of residence.
