Snapchat transparency reports are released twice a year. These reports provide important insight into the volume and nature of governmental requests for Snapchatters' account information and other legal notifications.
Federal law requires a six-month delay in reporting certain statistics related to national security requests. Now that six months have elapsed since our previous transparency reports, we have updated them with new national security data. Our previous transparency reports are available here and here.
Since 15 November 2015, our policy has been to notify Snapchatters when we receive legal processing seeking their account information, with exceptions for cases where we are legally prohibited from doing so or when we believe there are exceptional circumstances (like child exploitation or an imminent risk of death or bodily injury).
For more information about how we handle law enforcement data requests, please take a look at our Law Enforcement Guide, Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Reporting period
Requests
Account identifiers*
Percentage of requests where some data was produced
1 July 2015 – 31 December 2015
862
1,819
80%
Subpoena
356
1,044
76%
Pen register order
8
9
50%
Court order
64
110
89%
Search warrant
368
573
85%
Emergency
66
83
70%
Wiretap order
0
N/A
N/A
National security
Requests
Account identifiers*
1 July 2015 – 31 December 2015
FISA
0–499
0–499
NSL
0–499
0–499
Reporting period
Emergency requests
Account Identifiers for Emergency Requests
Percentage of emergency requests where some data was produced
Other information requests
Account Identifiers for Other Requests
Percentage of other information requests where some data was produced
1 July 2015 – 31 December 2015
22
24
82%
66
85
0%
Australia
1
2
100%
2
2
0%
Canada
3
4
100%
0
N/A
N/A
Denmark
0
N/A
N/A
3
4
0%
France
2
2
50%
26
33
0%
Germany
0
N/A
N/A
5
8
0%
Mexico
0
N/A
N/A
1
1
0%
Netherlands
0
N/A
N/A
1
1
0%
Norway
1
1
0%
3
3
0%
Spain
0
N/A
N/A
2
2
0%
Sweden
0
N/A
N/A
2
3
0%
United Kingdom
15
15
80%
19
21
0%
Reporting period
Removal requests
Percentage of requests where some content was removed
1 July 2015 – 31 December 2015
0
N/A
Reporting period
DMCA takedown notices
Percentage of requests where some content was removed
1 July 2015 – 31 December 2015
7
100%
Reporting period
DMCA counter-notices
Percentage of requests where some content was reinstated
1 July 2015 – 31 December 2015
0
N/A