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Snapchat

Scans under US law · no EU evidence
owned by Snap Inc.
What we watch for — Snapchat discloses scanning under US law. We watch for the first sign of the EU regime: a derogation filing, an EU-specific scanning clause in these documents, or its name appearing in the Commission's next implementation report.
Status
Scans under US law · no EU evidence
Held since
26 Jul 2026
Documents
3 tracked
App Store label
Tracked
Changes recorded
4 — latest 9 Sep 2026

Tracked documents

DocumentLast fetchedSizeHashSnapshot
Privacy Policy
values.snap.com		 9 Sep 2026 39,055 chars 9dedeee174ad text · raw · wayback
Community Guidelines
values.snap.com		 9 Sep 2026 19,028 chars 3279dbb2d37b text · raw · wayback
Google Play Data Safety
play.google.com		 26 Jul 2026 4,688 chars eccfac79eec9 text · raw · wayback

text is the extracted record we hash and diff; raw is the page's original HTML kept verbatim as evidence — it renders without its styling here, by design.

App Store privacy label — Snapchat

Apple requires every app to declare the data it collects. This is Snapchat's current declaration, as shown on the App Store; ScanRecords records when it changes.

Data Used to Track You

  • Contact Info
  • Identifiers

Data Linked to You

  • Purchases
  • Location
  • Contact Info
  • Contacts
  • User Content
  • Search History
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

What we searched for

A status that rests on absence is only as good as the search behind it. Every one of Snapchat's 3 archived documents (62,774 characters) was searched for the same published vocabulary used on every company here — in English, German and French. The search is a plain function of the archived text and re-runs whenever that text changes, so it always describes the documents listed above. Re-run it against this archive yourself with tools/scan-terms.mjs.

TermHitsIn context
child sexual abuse / Kindesmissbrauch 4 “…re especially concerned with violations that pose a risk of severe harm to Snapchatters. Severe harms include child sexual exploitation, terrorism, and violent extremism, as well as other illegal content and conduct. When we identify accounts en…” — guidelines
“…ibit any activity that involves sexual exploitation or abuse, or sexualization, of a minor, including sharing child sexual exploitation or abuse imagery, grooming for sexual purposes, sexual extortion (sextortion), or attempts to persuade, trick…” — guidelines
“…nder the age of 18 (this includes sending or saving such images of yourself). We prohibit any engagement with child sexual exploitation or abuse imagery, regardless of intention, even the sharing of such content is to raise awareness or express…” — guidelines
NCMEC / CyberTipline 2 “…uch conduct to the appropriate authorities, including the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), in line with legal requirements. We prohibit promoting, distributing, or sharing pornographic content, inc…” — guidelines
“…t threat to human life. We also report information to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), in line with legal requirements. Learn more in our Moderation explainer . Do you consider off-platform beh…” — guidelines
scan / scanning / gescannt 1 “…lp protect your account and can send you email or text messages if we notice any suspicious activity. We also scan URLs sent on Snapchat to see if that webpage is potentially harmful, and can give you a warning about it. We…” — privacy
classifier / machine learning detection 5 “…our Services and your choices, please check out our Cookie Policy . Develop & Improve Features, Algorithms & Machine Learning Models Our teams are constantly coming up with new ideas for features and ways to improve our Services. In order to…” — privacy
“…eatures and ways to improve our Services. In order to do this, we also develop and improve the algorithms and machine learning models (an expression of an algorithm that combs through significant amounts of data to find patterns or make predi…” — privacy
“…of their input training data and then generate new data that has similar characteristics). We use algorithms, machine learning models , and generative AI for personalization, advertising, safety and security, fairness and inclusivity, augment…” — privacy

Found nowhere in these documents: Regulation 2021/1232 · derogation / Ausnahmeregelung / dérogation · Chat Control / Chatkontrolle · ePrivacy · CSAM / CSAE · PhotoDNA · hash matching / hash database · Internet Watch Foundation · automated detection / automatisierte Erkennung · monitor content / review content

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