When you post anything on Snapchat — photos, videos, messages — you give Snap a permanent, free license to use, copy, modify, and distribute that content, including for advertising, anywhere in the world.
Your photos, videos, and other content posted to Snapchat can be used by Snap for advertising and commercial purposes globally without additional consent or compensation, for as long as the content remains on the platform.
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Shopify operates globally and may transfer, store, and process your information in countries other than your own, including Canada, the United States, and other countries. We use standard contractual clauses and other lawful transfer mechanisms to facilitate these transfers in accordance with applic...
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We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13, or equivalent minimum age depending on jurisdiction, without verifiable parental consent. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete the informa...
This means Snapchat could use your photos or videos in its own advertising or share them with business partners without paying you or asking again, and this right lasts as long as the content is on the platform.
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implicates GDPR Art. 6(1) (lawful basis for processing — the breadth of the license may exceed what is necessary for service provision, straining the legitimate interest basis under Art. 6(1)(f)); GDPR Art. 5(1)(b) (purpose limitation); GDPR Art. 7 (conditions for consent, especially regarding minors); CCPA/CPRA §1798.140 (definition of 'sale' and 'sharing' of personal information — sublicensable content rights to third parties may constitute sharing); COPPA 16 CFR §312.5 (verifiable parental consent required before collecting personal information, including images/video, from children under 13). Primary enforcement: FTC (COPPA, FTC Act Section 5), CPPA (CCPA/CPRA), EU/EEA DPAs (GDPR). (2)
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