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Retention is governed by three separate triggers—user instruction, operational need, and legal obligation—meaning data may persist beyond a user's preferences if law or operational need requires it.
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 information may be retained by Snapchat beyond what you direct if Snapchat needs it to provide its Services or is required to keep it by law.
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"we keep information as long as you tell us to, and otherwise as long as we need it to provide our Services, or as required by law.— Excerpt from Snapchat's Snapchat Privacy Policy
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Retention is governed by three separate triggers—user instruction, operational need, and legal obligation—meaning data may persist beyond a user's preferences if law or operational need requires it.
Your information may be retained by Snapchat beyond what you direct if Snapchat needs it to provide its Services or is required to keep it by law.
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