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 Guide, Privacy Policy, and Terms of Service.
Reporting Period
Requests
Account Identifiers*
Percentage of requests where some data was produced
January 1, 2015—June 30, 2015
762
1,286
86%
Subpoena
353
609
84%
Pen Register Order
0
N/A
N/A
Court Order
39
66
77%
Search Warrant
331
568
91%
Emergency
38
43
82%
Wiretap Order
0
N/A
N/A
National Security
Requests
Account Identifiers*
January 1, 2015—June 30, 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 request where some data was produced
January 1, 2015—June 30, 2015
17
24
76%
73
93
0%
Australia
1
5
100%
1
1
0%
Canada
3
3
100%
0
N/A
N/A
Czech Republic
0
N/A
N/A
1
1
0%
Denmark
0
N/A
N/A
3
3
0%
France
1
1
0%
37
50
0%
India
0
N/A
N/A
1
1
0%
Ireland
0
N/A
N/A
2
2
0%
New Zealand
0
N/A
N/A
1
1
0%
Norway
5
5
100%
5
8
0%
Spain
0
N/A
N/A
3
3
0%
Sweden
1
1
100%
3
3
0%
United Kingdom
6
9
50%
16
20
0%
Reporting Period
Removal Requests
Percentage of requests where some content was removed
January 1, 2015—June 30, 2015
0
N/A
Reporting Period
DMCA Takedown Notices
Percentage of requests where some content was removed
January 1, 2015—June 30, 2015
0
N/A