Transparency Report

January 1, 2015 – June 30, 2015

Released: July 20, 2015

Updated: March 29, 2016

Every six months, we publish our Snapchat Transparency Report. As we said in our inaugural report, we think these regular scorecards promote user privacy and autonomy by disclosing the nature and number of governmental requests for users' account information, demands from various governments to remove users' content, and takedown requests for alleged copyright infringement. And, of course, our reports always note how often we honor those requests.

For more information about how we handle law enforcement data requests, please take a look at our Law Enforcement GuidePrivacy Policy, and Terms of Service.

United States Criminal Legal Requests

Requests for User Information pursuant to U.S. legal process.

Reporting PeriodRequestsAccount Identifiers*Percentage of requests where some data was produced
January 1, 2015—June 30, 20157621,28686%
Subpoena35360984%
Pen Register Order0N/AN/A
Court Order396677%
Search Warrant33156891%
Emergency384382%
Wiretap Order0N/AN/A

United States National Security Requests

Requests for User Information pursuant to national security legal process.

National SecurityRequestsAccount Identifiers*
January 1, 2015—June 30, 2015
FISA0-4990-499
NSL0-4990-499

International Government Information Requests

Requests for User Information from government entities outside the United States.

Reporting PeriodEmergency RequestsAccount Identifiers for Emergency RequestsPercentage of emergency requests where some data was producedOther Information RequestsAccount Identifiers for Other RequestsPercentage of other information request where some data was produced
January 1, 2015—June 30, 2015172476%73930%
Australia15100%110%
Canada33100%0N/AN/A
Czech Republic0N/AN/A110%
Denmark0N/AN/A330%
France110%37500%
India0N/AN/A110%
Ireland0N/AN/A220%
New Zealand0N/AN/A110%
Norway55100%580%
Spain0N/AN/A330%
Sweden11100%330%
United Kingdom6950%16200%

Governmental Content Removal Requests

This category identifies demands by a government entity to remove content that would otherwise be permissible under our Terms of Service or Community Guidelines.

Reporting PeriodRemoval RequestsPercentage of requests where some content was removed
January 1, 2015—June 30, 20150N/A

Copyrighted Content Takedown Notices (DMCA)

This category reflects any valid takedown notices we received under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Reporting Period DMCA Takedown NoticesPercentage of requests where some content was removed
January 1, 2015—June 30, 20150N/A
Reporting Period DMCA Counter-NoticesPercentage of requests where some content was reinstated
January 1, 2015—June 30, 20150N/A

* “Account Identifiers” reflects the number of identifiers (e.g. username, email address, phone number, etc.) specified by law enforcement in legal process when requesting user information. Some legal process may include more than one identifier. In some instances, multiple identifiers may identify a single account. In instances where a single identifier is specified in multiple requests, each instance is included.

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