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Even though Snapchat has promoted user privacy and autonomy since its founding, we’ve only recently been able to systematically track and report requests for user information. Beginning in July 2015, we will publish a bi-annual Transparency Report, which will explore government requests we have received for users’ account information, government demands to remove users’ content, and requests to takedown content for alleged copyright violations.

But in the interest of transparency, we figured why wait until we had a full six months of data before publishing our first Transparency Report. So what you’ll see here in our inaugural report covers all the various requests we received from November 1, 2014 through February 28, 2015—and how often we honored those requests.

For more information about how we handle these sorts of 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 Period

Requests

Account Identifiers*

Percentage of requests where some data was produced

November 1, 2014—February 28, 2015

375

666

92%

Subpoena

159

326

89%

Pen Register Order

0

N/A

N/A

Court Order

24

33

88%

Search Warrant

172

286

96%

Emergency

20

21

85%

Wiretap Order

0

N/A

N/A

National Security

Requests

Account Identifiers*

November 1, 2014—February 28, 2015

FISA

0-499

0-499

NSL

0

N/A

Reporting Period

Requests

Account Identifiers*

Percentage of requests where some data was produced

November 1, 2014—February 28, 2015

28

35

21%

Belgium - Emergency

1

2

100%

Canada - Emergency

3

3

100%

France - Other

9

9

0%

Hungary - Other

1

1

0%

Ireland - Other

2

2

0%

Norway - Emergency

1

2

100%

Norway - Other

1

1

0%

United Kingdom - Emergency

3

3

33%

United Kingdom - Other

7

12

0%

Reporting Period

Removal Requests

Percentage of requests where some content was removed

November 1, 2014—February 28, 2015

0

N/A

Reporting Period

DMCA Takedown Notices

Percentage of requests where some content was removed

November 1, 2014—February 28, 2015

0

N/A

Reporting Period

DMCA Counter-Notices

Percentage of requests where some content was reinstated

November 1, 2014—February 28, 2015

0

N/A