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Where the law allows us to, we may use the content you and other users have posted for training or to help us to improve the way we filter content on our platform.
In accordance with applicable legal requirements, we may use your information to tailor and provide you with content and advertisements.
We also may use automatic scanning technology on messages to allow us to recognize patterns on our messaging platform to make your professional communications more efficient and informed...check links shared in messages for malicious sites and looks for blacklisted keywords to detect spam and fraud.
"we also scan URLs sent on Snapchat to see if that webpage is potentially harmful, and can give you a warning about it.Excerpt from Snapchat's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “we also scan URLs sent on Snapchat to see if that webpage is potentially harmful, and can give you a warning about it.”
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