My AI conversations are used to improve its responses

If you use My AI, Snap says its algorithms take those conversations into account to improve My AI responses.

This use concerns conversations with My AI; it does not describe private messages you send to friends.

Revoking contact permission may not remove shared contacts

If you share your contacts, changing device permissions may not remove the contacts already shared with Snapchat; the policy says to request removal in app settings.

This applies if you provide access to your phone or third-party contacts and share them with Snapchat.

Private messages to friends are excluded from ad personalization

Snap says it does not use private content and communications you send to friends to personalize your experience, recommendations, or ads.

Snaps and Chats default to deletion, but timing isn't guaranteed

Snap says Snaps and Chats are deleted by default within 24 hours after all recipients open them or they expire, but settings, saves, and retention exceptions can change this.

The default does not apply if you change relevant settings or save content, and the policy describes other retention exceptions without guaranteeing a specific deletion time.

Snap uses your activity and inferred interests to personalize

Unless you opt for less personalization, Snap uses what it knows and infers from service use to recommend content, ads, and other information; private messages to friends are excluded.

You can opt to receive less personalization. The exclusion applies to private content and communications sent to people who are your friends, and to personalization, recommendations, and ads.

Snap limits sharing private content with providers and partners

Service providers may process information for Snap but are not given private content to use for themselves; private content is excluded from sharing with business and integrated partners.

Cookie partners may combine activity across services

If third-party cookies are used on Snap services, companies may track your activity over time and combine it with information from other services to understand your online activity.

This applies when Snap lets other companies use cookies on its services.

Recipients can save or copy Snaps outside Snapchat

Anyone who views your Snaps, Chats, or other content can screenshot, save, or copy it outside the app, so deletion settings cannot control recipients’ copies.

You keep your content, but grant Snap a broad service-use license

You retain your ownership, but Snap and its affiliates get a worldwide, transferable, sublicensable license to use submitted content for service-related purposes.

Public posts receive a perpetual license, with no payment to you

If you submit content to public features, Snap, other users, and business partners may use it commercially without paying you.

This applies to content you submit to public services, such as Public Stories, Public Profiles, Spotlight, or Snap Map.

Memories may not keep your saved content available

If you rely on Memories, saved content may become unavailable because of glitches or account termination, and Snap does not promise it will always be stored.

This applies if you save content in Memories.

The terms allow Snap to end or restrict access for any reason

The terms allow Snap to restrict or terminate access for any reason; notice and an opportunity to appeal are specified for Community Guidelines violations.

The terms require individual arbitration and keep a class waiver

The terms send most disputes to individual arbitration and waive class actions; an arbitration-only opt-out leaves the class-action waiver in place.

You may opt out by written notice within 30 days after first becoming subject to the agreement. The terms say an arbitration-only opt-out leaves the class-action waiver in place.