Snapchat collects the names and phone numbers from your device's contact list if you grant permission, even for people who are not Snapchat users.
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This means third parties who have not agreed to Snapchat's terms and have no relationship with Snap have their contact information collected and stored by the company.
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Granting contact access allows Snapchat to collect personal data of individuals who have never consented to Snap's data practices, raising significant third-party privacy concerns.
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"if you provided access to your phone or third party platform contacts to make friending easier, you can change that later on in your app settings. Of course, if you do that, certain features and Services, like finding friends in your contact book, won't work.— Excerpt from Snapchat's Snap Privacy Policy
Collecting data about non-users without their consent raises compliance issues under GDPR (no lawful basis for non-user data subjects) and represents a risk area flagged by data protection authorities including the Irish DPC and UK ICO.
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This means third parties who have not agreed to Snapchat's terms and have no relationship with Snap have their contact information collected and stored by the company.
Granting contact access allows Snapchat to collect personal data of individuals who have never consented to Snap's data practices, raising significant third-party privacy concerns.
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