Snapchat may transfer your personal data to the United States and other countries that may not have the same level of data protection as your home country.
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The provision establishes the operational framework for international data flows necessary to deliver the service's core functionality of connecting users globally. It creates an authorization structure for cross-border data transfers while conditioning such transfers on compliance with local legal safeguard requirements.
Snapchat's privacy policy now includes expanded language describing how the platform collects, processes, and shares user data. The updated policy discloses additional practices and operational procedures governing user information. Review of the specific added sentences is necessary to determine whether new data collection, retention, or sharing practices are described, or whether existing practices receive clarified disclosure.
View change record →Your personal data may be processed in the US and other jurisdictions with different privacy standards, and while Snap uses Standard Contractual Clauses as a transfer mechanism, the practical level of protection may differ.
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"Our Services connect you with your friends around the world. To make that possible, we may collect your personal information from, transfer it to, and store and process it in the United States or other countries outside of where you live. Whenever we share information outside of where you live, we ensure safeguards are in place to protect the data as required by law where you live.— Excerpt from Snapchat's Snapchat Privacy Policy
Cross-border transfers from the EEA require a lawful transfer mechanism under GDPR Chapter V (typically Standard Contractual Clauses post-Schrems II); UK GDPR requires equivalent International Data Transfer Agreements; compliance teams should assess whether SCCs are supplemented by appropriate technical and organisational measures.
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The provision establishes the operational framework for international data flows necessary to deliver the service's core functionality of connecting users globally. It creates an authorization structure for cross-border data transfers while conditioning such transfers on compliance with local legal safeguard requirements.
Your personal data may be processed in the US and other jurisdictions with different privacy standards, and while Snap uses Standard Contractual Clauses as a transfer mechanism, the practical level of protection may differ.
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