Data Report Card · Snapchat
Snapchat Data Report Card
Snapchat account
Data
Practices
Practices
2Access1Portability1Friction2Deletion2Sells1Trains AI
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B
9/12
Agent
Readiness
Readiness
2Access
1Portability
0API access
=
C
3/6
Agent Readiness is a derived signal — a synthesis of two existing cells (Access, Portability) plus one sourced factor (API access), not an independently measured grade. API access scale: Best (2) consumer-grantable API · Moderate (1) partial / encumbered · Restrictive (0) manual export only. What is Agent Readiness?
Reviewed Jun 2026 · policies are checked weekly for changes · stated — every cell is read from Snapchat's published policy; none has been tested (run by us) yet.
2Accessstated
Self-serve export via accounts.snapchat.com or in-app Settings → My Data, covering account info, Snap/chat history, Memories, location and search history, no fee.
Snapchat Support — Download My Data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Portabilitystated
Export arrives as a
Snapchat Support — Download My Data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗.zip built around an index.html viewer rather than a clean machine-readable JSON/CSV bundle.1Frictionstated
Self-serve request but delivery is asynchronous — Snap "strives to deliver within 7 days," longer for large exports.
Snapchat Support — Download My Data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗2Deletionstated
Self-serve deletion via the accounts web portal with a 30-day reactivation grace period, then permanent deletion by ~day 60 (longer in India).
Snapchat Support — Deactivate or delete account · accessed Jun 2026 ↗2Sells / sharesstated
States it does not sell data or share for cross-context behavioral advertising; offers in-app opt-out of activity-based ads and honors universal opt-out signals where state law requires.
Snapchat Support — Your Privacy Choices · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Trains AIstated
My AI conversations are retained and "may be used to improve Snap's products" with no setting to stop retention, but a Settings opt-out exists for using public content to train generative-AI models.
Snap — My AI Privacy Hub · accessed Jun 2026 ↗0API access — feeds Agent Readiness, not the /12stated
Snapchat's Login Kit OAuth grants only identity fields (display name, Bitmoji, an app-specific ID) and states it does not provide access to personal data; getting your snaps, chats, memories or friends requires the manual "My Data" download request.
Snapchat — Download My Data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗Snapchat scores well on self-serve access, deletion and a no-sell / GPC-honoring stance, but its export is an HTML-zip rather than clean machine-readable data and My AI chat content is trained on with only a partial opt-out. Source-verified Jun 2026; all cells stated (read from published policy/support docs), none yet tested via live export.
How to request your data from Snapchat
- Go to https://accounts.snapchat.com/accounts/downloadmydata — Snapchat's data-request entry point.
- accounts.snapchat.com → My Data (or Settings → My Data).
- Expected wait: strives to deliver within 7 days — Snapchat's stated turnaround (we haven't independently timed a request yet).
- No self-serve option, or want a formal request? Contact Snap Inc. — Privacy Team: https://help.snapchat.com/hc/en-us/articles/7012305371156-How-do-I-download-my-data-from-Snapchat.
These steps reflect Snapchat's documented process as of Jun 2026. The wait time is the company's stated figure, not yet independently measured by us.