This page covers Snapchat's Terms of Service across 34 scrapes spanning 2022-07-11 to 2025-10-03 — the largest dataset processed in this wiki session by record count (977 records). Only 6 dates introduce genuinely new text (2022-07-11, 2023-07-14, 2023-08-09, 2024-03-07, 2024-11-19, 2025-03-06) out of 40 unique snippets; the rest are crop-window or cosmetic variants (entity-name updates from "Snap Inc." to "Snap Group Limited," minor punctuation, link-locale changes).
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Snapchat – Terms of Service
Dataset: PGAv2 (Platform Governance Archive v2) — 25 platforms, 2022–2026
PGAv2 (Platform Governance Archive v2) is this wiki’s legacy dataset: pre-tagged JSONL records covering 25 major social-media, messaging, and content-sharing platforms, with risk scores and keywords assigned via systematic extraction of 1,736 high-risk clauses from each platform’s Terms of Service, Privacy Policies, and Community Guidelines, spanning 2022–2026.
Note: This page contains documented policy clauses. Risk assessment is qualitative and context-dependent. For analysis of patterns across platforms, see:
Source: sources/jsonl/Snapchat_Terms_of_Service.jsonl
Last updated: 2025-10-03
Overview
This page covers Snapchat’s Terms of Service across 34 scrapes spanning 2022-07-11 to 2025-10-03 — the largest dataset processed in this wiki session by record count (977 records). Only 6 dates introduce genuinely new text (2022-07-11, 2023-07-14, 2023-08-09, 2024-03-07, 2024-11-19, 2025-03-06) out of 40 unique snippets; the rest are crop-window or cosmetic variants (entity-name updates from “Snap Inc.” to “Snap Group Limited,” minor punctuation, link-locale changes).
Notable finding — a fourth confirmed user-to-user Content-license grant: Snapchat’s baseline Content-license clause (2022-07-11) already grants the maximal rights over “Public Content” not just to Snap, but to “Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services, and our business partners” — confirming the user-to-user content-reuse pattern (also seen in Pinterest’s and Quora’s 2022-07-11 baselines, and TikTok’s 2025-06-25 rewrite) was present in Snapchat’s Terms of Service from this wiki’s earliest tracked scrape too.
Confirmed genuine strengthening (2024-03-07): the Public Content license is rewritten to add “unrestricted” and “perpetual” to the rights granted (previously just “worldwide, royalty-free, and irrevocable”), and now explicitly extends to “commercial and non-commercial purposes.” It also removes the prior sentence capping how long the license lasted after content deletion (“continue for so long as the Public Content is on the Services and for a reasonable period… after you remove or delete”). So the license on Public Content becomes both broader in scope and open-ended — it no longer expires when you delete your content.
Confirmed genuine AI-features rewrite (2025-03-06): the main Content-license clause is expanded to cover “all content you create using the Services” (not just content submitted), folding AI-generated content into the same maximal license. A substantial new AI Acceptable-Use clause is also added: it disclaims warranties on “AI Features and Outputs,” bans users from circumventing AI safety features or watermarks, bans misrepresenting AI Outputs as human-generated, and — notably — bans using or sharing AI Outputs “that will be used to train, develop or fine tune models, services or other AI technologies.” That last rule stops Snapchat’s own users from feeding its AI outputs into competing AI training pipelines. A longer, restructured anti-scraping/anti-bot “Respecting the Services” restriction is also added on this date.
Confirmed scraper/tagging-coverage artifact, not a genuine removal: starting 2023-08-09, the dataset stops tagging the baseline anti-bot sentence (“You will not use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper or other automated means… to access the Services or extract other users’ information”) under automated means. But cross-checking sources/raw/Snapchat/Terms of Service/2023-08-09T18-33-25Z.md shows the identical sentence is still present, verbatim, in the raw document at that date. So this is a tagging-coverage gap in the JSONL dataset, not an actual clause removal — the same kind of artifact already documented for LINE’s and Parler’s Terms of Service.
Flagged Keywords & Risks
royalty-free,sublicensable,transferable,derivative works,create derivative,irrevocable,perpetual right— Tag Snapchat’s Content-license clause, covering both regular content and “Public Content” (Stories, Spotlight, Snap Map, Lens Studio). Why it matters: the Public Content version is among the broadest in this wiki — unrestricted, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, extended to other users and business partners, with no compensation owed and, since 2024-03-07, no expiry tied to deleting your content.assignable— Appears alongsidesublicensablein the contract-formation/“legally binding contract” boilerplate, not in the Content-license clause itself.automated means,scrape— Ban bots, crawlers, and scrapers from accessing the Services or user data without authorization, added as part of the broader 2025-03-06 “Respecting the Services and Snap’s Rights” restructuring.artificial intelligence,train AI/models,fine-tune— Govern “AI Features and Outputs”: a liability disclaimer, an acceptable-use restriction (no removing watermarks, no misrepresenting Outputs as human-generated), and — most notably — a ban on using AI Outputs to train, develop, or fine-tune other models. Why it matters: this protects Snapchat’s own AI outputs from being harvested into third-party or competing AI training pipelines — the same data-moat logic seen in X’s Grok carve-out and Quora’s anti-AI-training restriction, here framed as an Acceptable Use policy for end users rather than a developer agreement.
Legal Context & Research Significance
Atkinson (2025) explains that a website’s prohibition on using its content to train AI becomes enforceable against a bot’s deployer once the bot has accessed pages stating that prohibition; Snapchat’s 2025-03-06 ban on using AI Outputs “that will be used to train, develop or fine tune models, services or other AI technologies” applies that same notice-based logic in reverse, protecting Snapchat’s own AI outputs from being fed into competing training pipelines by its end users rather than by external scrapers. This restriction, together with the Public Content license’s 2024-03-07 expansion to “unrestricted,” “perpetual” rights with no deletion-tied expiry, falls under wearetosed’s “unilateral control” category, since Snapchat alone decides the scope of these grants and can rewrite them without renegotiating with users. The Public Content clause’s extension of reuse rights to “other users of the Services” and “business partners” with zero compensation also illustrates the provider-favoring asymmetry Soneji et al. (2025) find in roughly two-thirds of ToS;DR clauses they surveyed.
Changes Summary
| Date | What changed |
|---|---|
| 2022-07-11 | Baseline version (first scrape in this dataset). Content-license clause already extends to “other users of the Services” — a confirmed user-to-user grant from this wiki’s earliest tracked date for this platform. |
| 2022-09-20 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2023-05-12 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2023-05-17 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2023-07-14 | Cosmetic: “Public Story submissions and any other content…” phrasing and contract-formation section lightly reworded; no substantive change to license scope. |
| 2023-08-09 | Cosmetic: further light rewording of the contract-formation section; no substantive change. |
| 2023-08-14 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2023-08-29 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2023-09-16 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2024-03-07 | Confirmed genuine strengthening: Public Content license adds “unrestricted” and “perpetual,” extends to “commercial and non-commercial purposes,” and removes the prior deletion-tied license-duration cap. Entity reference also updated to “Snap Group Limited” for some users. |
| 2024-03-18 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2024-11-19 | Cosmetic: minor formatting differences (heading underline style) and duplicate-capture entity-name variants (“Snap Inc.” vs “Snap Group Limited”); no substantive wording change. |
| 2024-12-17 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-01-04 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-01-23 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-02-06 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-02-07 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-02-13 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-03-06 | Confirmed genuine AI-features rewrite: Content license expanded to cover content users “create using the Services” (folding in AI-generated content); new AI Acceptable-Use clause added (artificial intelligence, train AI/models, fine-tune newly flagged), including a ban on using AI Outputs to train/fine-tune other models; new anti-scraping/anti-bot restriction added (scrape newly flagged). |
| 2025-03-07 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-04-09 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-04-21 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-04-22 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-04-23 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-04-24 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-04-25 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-05-06 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-05-10 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-05-15 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-05-17 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-05-20 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-06-30 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-08-08 | No changes from previous version. |
| 2025-10-03 | No changes from previous version. |
Version History
2022-07-11
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,automated means
Clause: royalty-free, sublicensable, assignable
Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals or face any other similar prohibition; * You are not a convicted sex offender; and * You will comply with these Terms and all applicable local, state, national and international laws, rules and regulations. If you are using the Services on behalf of a business or some other entity, you state that you are authorised to bind that business or entity to these Terms and you agree to these Terms on behalf of that business or entity (and all references to “you” and “your” in these Terms will mean both you as the end user and that business or entity). 2. Rights we grant you ----------------------- As between you and us, Snap (and its licensors) is the owner of the Services, including all proprietary content, information, material, software, images, text, graphics (including any Bitmoji avatars that you may assemble using visual elements we provide), illustrations, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, video, music and “look and feel” of the Services and all related intellectual property rights. Snap grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable and non-sublicensable licence to use the Services. This licence is for the sole purpose of using and enjoying the Services in a way that these Terms and our policies, such as our Community Guidelines and Sounds on Snapchat Guidelines, allow. You may not use the Services in ways that are not authorised by these Terms. Nor may you help anyone else in doing so. 3.
Clause: royalty-free, transferable
Rights you grant us ----------------------- Many of our Services let you create, upload, post, send, receive and store content. When you do that, you retain whatever ownership rights to that content you had to begin with. But, you grant us a licence to use that content. How broad that licence is depends on which Services you use and the settings you have selected. For all content you submit to the Services, you grant Snap and our affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licencable, and transferable licence to host, store, cache, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, analyse, transmit, and distribute that content. This licence is for the limited purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, other service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing such Services. We call Story submissions as “Public Content” that are set to be viewable by everyone as well as content you submit to public Services, like Public Profiles, Snap Map, or Lens Studio. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services, and our business partners all of the same rights you grant for non-Public Content in the previous paragraph, as well as a worldwide, royalty-free, and irrevocable right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, synchronise, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform, and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content (including the separate video, image, sound recording, or musical compositions contained therein) in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed.
Clause: royalty-free, derivative works, create derivative, irrevocable
For all content you submit to the Services, you grant Snap and our affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licencable, and transferable licence to host, store, cache, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, analyse, transmit, and distribute that content. This licence is for the limited purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, other service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing such Services. We call Story submissions as “Public Content” that are set to be viewable by everyone as well as content you submit to public Services, like Public Profiles, Snap Map, or Lens Studio. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services, and our business partners all of the same rights you grant for non-Public Content in the previous paragraph, as well as a worldwide, royalty-free, and irrevocable right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, synchronise, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform, and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content (including the separate video, image, sound recording, or musical compositions contained therein) in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed. When you appear in, create, upload, post, or send Public Content (including your Bitmoji), you also grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services, and our business partners an unrestricted, worldwide, royalty-free, and irrevocable right and licence to use the name, likeness, and voice, of anyone featured in your Public Content. This means, among other things, that you will not be entitled to any compensation if your content, videos, photos, sound recordings, musical compositions, name, likeness, or voice are used by us, our affiliates, users of the Services, or our business partners. The licences granted by you for Public Content continue for so long as the Public Content is on the Services and for a reasonable period of time after you remove or delete the Public Content from the Services (provided we may retain server copies of your Public Content indefinitely). For information about how to tailor who can watch your content, please take a look at our Privacy Policy and Support Site.
Clause: royalty-free, irrevocable
This licence is for the limited purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, other service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing such Services. We call Story submissions as “Public Content” that are set to be viewable by everyone as well as content you submit to public Services, like Public Profiles, Snap Map, or Lens Studio. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services, and our business partners all of the same rights you grant for non-Public Content in the previous paragraph, as well as a worldwide, royalty-free, and irrevocable right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, synchronise, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform, and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content (including the separate video, image, sound recording, or musical compositions contained therein) in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed. When you appear in, create, upload, post, or send Public Content (including your Bitmoji), you also grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services, and our business partners an unrestricted, worldwide, royalty-free, and irrevocable right and licence to use the name, likeness, and voice, of anyone featured in your Public Content. This means, among other things, that you will not be entitled to any compensation if your content, videos, photos, sound recordings, musical compositions, name, likeness, or voice are used by us, our affiliates, users of the Services, or our business partners. The licences granted by you for Public Content continue for so long as the Public Content is on the Services and for a reasonable period of time after you remove or delete the Public Content from the Services (provided we may retain server copies of your Public Content indefinitely). For information about how to tailor who can watch your content, please take a look at our Privacy Policy and Support Site. All Public Content must be appropriate for people ages 13+.
Clause: automated means
So we cannot—and do not—guarantee that other users or the content they provide through the Services will comply with our Terms or Community Guidelines. 7. Respecting the Services and Snap’s Rights --------------------------------------------- You must also respect Snap’s rights and adhere to the Snapchat Brand Guidelines, Bitmoji Brand Guidelines, and any other guidelines, support pages, or FAQ’s published by Snap or our affiliates. That means, among other things, you may not do, attempt to do, enable, or encourage anyone else to do, any of the following: * Use branding, logos, icons, user interface elements, designs, photographs, videos, or any other materials that Snap makes available via the Services, except as explicitly allowed by these Terms, the Snapchat Brand Guidelines, Bitmoji Brand Guidelines or other brand guidelines published by Snap Inc. or our affiliates; * Violate or infringe Snap’s or our affiliates’ copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights; * Copy, modify, archive, download, upload, disclose, distribute, sell, lease, syndicate, broadcast, perform, display, make available, make derivatives of, or otherwise use the Services or the content on the Services, other than temporary files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display purposes, as otherwise expressly permitted in these Terms, as otherwise expressly permitted by us in writing, or as enabled by the Service’s intended functionality; * Create more than one account for yourself, create another account if we have already disabled your account, attempt to access the Services through unauthorised third-party applications, solicit login credentials from other users, or buy, sell, rent, or lease access to your account, a username, Snaps, or a friend link; * Reverse engineer, duplicate, decompile, disassemble, or decode the Services (including any underlying idea or algorithm), or otherwise extract the source code of the software of the Service; * You will not use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper or other automated means or interface to access the Services or extract other users’ information. * You will not use or develop any third-party applications that interact with the Services or other users’ content or information without our written consent. * You will not use the Services in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other users from fully enjoying the Services, or that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the functioning of the Services in any manner; * Upload viruses or other malicious code or otherwise compromise, bypass, or circumvent the security of the Services; * Attempt to circumvent any content-filtering techniques we employ or attempt to access areas or features of the Services that you are not authorised to access; * Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of our Services or any system or network; * Violate any applicable law or regulation in connection with your access to or use of the Services; or * Access or use the Services in any way not expressly permitted by these Terms or our Community Guidelines. 6. Respecting others’ rights ----------------------------- Snap Inc.
2022-09-20
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,automated means
All clauses unchanged from 2022-07-11 (see above).
2023-05-12
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,automated means
All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-20 (see above).
2023-05-17
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,automated means
All clauses unchanged from 2023-05-12 (see above).
2023-07-14
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,automated means
Clause: royalty-free, transferable
Rights You Grant Us ----------------------- Many of our Services let you create, upload, post, send, receive and store content. When you do that, you retain whatever ownership rights to that content you had to begin with. But, you grant us a licence to use that content. How broad that licence is depends on which Services you use and the settings you have selected. For all content you submit to the Services (including Public Content), you grant Snap and our affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free (meaning that there is no ongoing payment to you required), sub-licensable, and transferable licence to host, store, cache, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, analyse, transmit, and distribute that content. This licence is for the limited purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, other service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing such Services. We call Public Story submissions and any other content you submit to public services, like Public Profiles, Spotlight, Snap Map or Lens Studio, “Public Content”. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services, and our business partners a worldwide, royalty-free, and irrevocable right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, Synchronize, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform, and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed.
Clause: royalty-free, derivative works, create derivative, irrevocable
For all content you submit to the Services (including Public Content), you grant Snap and our affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free (meaning that there is no ongoing payment to you required), sub-licensable, and transferable licence to host, store, cache, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, analyse, transmit, and distribute that content. This licence is for the limited purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, other service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing such Services. We call Public Story submissions and any other content you submit to public services, like Public Profiles, Spotlight, Snap Map or Lens Studio, “Public Content”. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services, and our business partners a worldwide, royalty-free, and irrevocable right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, Synchronize, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform, and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed. This licence applies to the separate video, image, sound recording, or musical compositions contained in your Public Content, as well as the name, image, likeness, and voice of anyone featured in Public Content that you create, upload, post, send, or appear in (including as reflected in your Bitmoji). This means, among other things, that you will not be entitled to any compensation if your content, videos, photos, sound recordings, musical compositions, name, image, likeness or voice are used by us, our affiliates, users of the Services or our business partners. The licences granted by you for Public Content continue for so long as the Public Content is on the Services and for a reasonable period of time after you remove or delete the Public Content from the Services (provided we may retain server copies of your Public Content indefinitely). For information about how to tailor who can watch your content, please take a look at our Privacy Policy and Support Site.
Clause: sublicensable, assignable
There’s a good reason for that: these Terms form a legally binding contract between you and Snap Inc. (“Snap”). So please read them carefully. In order to use Snapchat, Bitmoji or any of our other products or services that are subject to these Terms (which we refer to collectively as the “Services”), you must accept these Terms, which are presented to you when you first open the app. If so, Snap grants you a non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable and non-sublicensable licence to use the Services in accordance with these Terms and our policies. Of course, if you don’t accept them, then don’t use the Services. These Terms apply if you live in the United States or if your principal place of business is in the United States. If you live outside of the United States or if your principal place of business is outside of the United States, Snap Group Limited provides you the Services and your relationship is governed by the Snap Group Limited Terms of Service. ARBITRATION NOTICE: IF YOU’RE USING THE SERVICES ON BEHALF OF A BUSINESS, THEN YOUR BUSINESS WILL BE BOUND BY THE ARBITRATION CLAUSE THAT APPEARS LATER IN THESE TERMS.
Clause: automated means
In summary: Most content on the Services is owned or controlled by others, and we don’t have any control or responsibility over that content. We have content moderation policies and processes in place that apply to content on the Services. 7. Respecting the Services and Snap’s Rights --------------------------------------------- As between you and us, Snap is the owner of the Services, which includes all related brands, works of authorship, Bitmoji avatars that you assemble, software and other proprietary content, features and technology. You must also respect Snap’s rights and adhere to the Snapchat Brand Guidelines, Bitmoji Brand Guidelines and any other guidelines, support pages or FAQs published by Snap or our affiliates. That means, among other things, you may not do, attempt to do, enable or encourage anyone else to do, any of the following; and doing so may result in us terminating or suspending your access to the Services: * use branding, logos, icons, user interface elements, product or brand look and feel, designs, photographs, videos, or any other materials Snap makes available via the Services, except as explicitly allowed by these Terms, the Snapchat Brand Guidelines, Bitmoji Brand Guidelines or other brand guidelines published by Snap or our affiliates; * violate or infringe Snap’s, our affiliates’ or any other third party’s copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights, including by using the Services to submit, display, post, create or generate any infringing content; * Copy, modify, archive, download, upload, disclose, distribute, sell, lease, syndicate, broadcast, perform, display, make available, make derivatives of, or otherwise use the Services or the content on the Services, other than temporary files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display purposes, as otherwise expressly permitted in these Terms, as otherwise expressly permitted by us in writing, or as enabled by the Service’s intended functionality; * create another account if we have already disabled your account, attempt to access the Services through unauthorized third-party applications, solicit login credentials from other users, or buy, sell, rent, or lease access to your account, a username, Snaps, or a friend link; * Reverse engineer, duplicate, decompile, disassemble, or decode the Services (including any underlying idea or algorithm), or otherwise extract the source code of the software of the Service; * You will not use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper or other automated means or interface to access the Services or extract other users’ information. * You will not use or develop any third-party applications that interact with the Services or other users’ content or information without our written consent. * You will not use the Services in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other users from fully enjoying the Services, or that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the functioning of the Services in any manner; * Upload viruses or other malicious code or otherwise compromise, bypass, or circumvent the security of the Services; * Attempt to circumvent any content-filtering techniques we employ or attempt to access areas or features of the Services that you are not authorized to access; * Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of our Services or any system or network; * Violate any applicable law or regulation in connection with your access to or use of the Services; or * Access or use the Services in any way not expressly permitted by these Terms or our Community Guidelines. _In summary: We own or control all of the content, features and functionalities of the Services. To ensure the Services and other users are protected from harm, there are rules we need you to follow when you use our Services.
2023-08-09
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,automated means
Clause: royalty-free, transferable
Rights You Grant Us ----------------------- Many of our Services let you create, upload, post, send, receive and store content. When you do that, you retain whatever ownership rights to that content you had to begin with. But, you grant us a licence to use that content. How broad that licence is depends on which Services you use and the settings you have selected. For all content you submit to the Services (including Public Content), you grant Snap and our affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free (meaning that there is no ongoing payment to you required), sub-licensable, and transferable licence to host, store, cache, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, analyse, transmit, and distribute that content. This licence is for the limited purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing such Services. We call Public Story submissions and any other content you submit to public Services, like Public Profiles, Spotlight, Snap Map or Lens Studio, “Public Content”. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services, and our business partners a worldwide, royalty-free, and irrevocable right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, synchronise, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform, and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed.
Clause: royalty-free, derivative works, create derivative, irrevocable
For all content you submit to the Services (including Public Content), you grant Snap and our affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free (meaning that there is no ongoing payment to you required), sub-licensable, and transferable licence to host, store, cache, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, analyse, transmit, and distribute that content. This licence is for the limited purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing such Services. We call Public Story submissions and any other content you submit to public Services, like Public Profiles, Spotlight, Snap Map or Lens Studio, “Public Content”. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services, and our business partners a worldwide, royalty-free, and irrevocable right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, synchronise, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform, and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed. This licence applies to the separate video, image, sound recording, or musical compositions contained in your Public Content, as well as the name, image, likeness, and voice of anyone featured in Public Content that you create, upload, post, send, or appear in (including as reflected in your Bitmoji). This means, among other things, that you will not be entitled to any compensation if your content, videos, photos, sound recordings, musical compositions, name, image, likeness or voice are used by us, our affiliates, users of the Services or our business partners. The licences granted by you for Public Content continue for so long as the Public Content is on the Services and for a reasonable period of time after you remove or delete the Public Content from the Services (provided we may retain server copies of your Public Content indefinitely). For information about how to tailor who can watch your content, please take a look at our Privacy Policy and Support Site.
Clause: sublicensable, assignable
Although we have tried our best to strip the legalese from the Terms, there are places where they may still read like a traditional contract. There’s a good reason for that: these Terms form a legally binding contract between you and Snap Group Limited (“Snap”). So please read them carefully. In order to use Snapchat, Bitmoji or any of our other products or services that are subject to these Terms (which we refer to collectively as the “Services”), you must accept these Terms, which are presented to you when you first open the app. If so, Snap grants you a non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable and non-sublicensable licence to use the Services in accordance with these Terms and our policies. Of course, if you don’t accept them, then don’t use the Services. These Terms apply if you live outside the United States or if your principal place of business is outside of the United States. If you live in the United States or if your principal place of business is in the United States, Snap Inc. provides you the Services and your relationship is governed by the [Snap Inc.
Clause: automated means
In summary: Most content on the Services is owned or controlled by others, and we don’t have any control or responsibility over that content. We have content moderation policies and processes in place that apply to content on the Services. 7. Respecting the Services and Snap’s Rights --------------------------------------------- As between you and us, Snap is the owner of the Services, which includes all related brands, works of authorship, Bitmoji avatars that you assemble, software and other proprietary content, features and technology. You must also respect Snap’s rights and adhere to the Snapchat Brand Guidelines, Bitmoji Brand Guidelines and any other guidelines, support pages or FAQs published by Snap or our affiliates. That means, among other things, you may not do, attempt to do, enable or encourage anyone else to do, any of the following; and doing so may result in us terminating or suspending your access to the Services: * use branding, logos, icons, user interface elements, product or brand look and feel, designs, photographs, videos, or any other materials Snap makes available via the Services, except as explicitly allowed by these Terms, the Snapchat Brand Guidelines, Bitmoji Brand Guidelines or other brand guidelines published by Snap or our affiliates; * violate or infringe Snap’s, our affiliates’ or any other third party’s copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights, including by using the Services to submit, display, post, create or generate any infringing content; * copy, modify, archive, download, upload, disclose, distribute, sell, lease, syndicate, broadcast, perform, display, make available, make derivatives of, or otherwise use the Services or the content on the Services, other than temporary files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display purposes, as otherwise expressly permitted in these Terms, as otherwise expressly permitted by us in writing, or as enabled by the Service’s intended functionality; * create another account if we have already disabled your account, attempt to access the Services through unauthorized third-party applications, solicit login credentials from other users, or buy, sell, rent, or lease access to your account, a username, Snaps, or a friend link; * reverse engineer, duplicate, decompile, disassemble, or decode the Services (including any underlying idea or algorithm), or otherwise extract the source code of the software of the Service; * use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper or other automated means or interface to access the Services or extract other users’ information; * use or develop any third-party applications that interact with the Services or other users’ content or information without our written consent; * use the Services in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other users from fully enjoying the Services, or that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the functioning of the Services in any manner; * upload viruses or other malicious code or otherwise compromise, bypass, or circumvent the security of the Services; * attempt to circumvent any content-filtering techniques we employ or attempt to access areas or features of the Services that you are not authorized to access; * probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of our Services or any system or network; * violate any applicable law or regulation in connection with your access to or use of the Services; or * access or use the Services in any way not expressly permitted by these Terms or our Community Guidelines. In summary: We own or control all of the content, features and functionalities of the Services. To ensure the Services and other users are protected from harm, there are rules we need you to follow when you use our Services. Failure to comply with these rules may result in suspension or termination of your account. 8. Respecting Others’ Rights ----------------------------- Snap respects the rights of others.
2023-08-14
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,automated means
All clauses unchanged from 2023-08-09 (see above).
2023-08-29
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,automated means
All clauses unchanged from 2023-08-14 (see above).
2023-09-16
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,automated means
All clauses unchanged from 2023-08-29 (see above).
2024-03-07
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means
Clause: royalty-free, transferable
Rights You Grant Us ----------------------- Many of our Services let you create, upload, post, send, receive and store content. When you do that, you retain whatever ownership rights in that content you had to begin with. But you grant us a licence to use that content. How broad that licence is depends on which Services you use and the settings you have selected. For all content you submit to the Services (including Public Content), you grant Snap and our affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable licence to host, store, cache, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, analyse, transmit and distribute that content. This licence is for the purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting, and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing such Services. We call Public Story submissions and any other content you submit to public Services, like Public Profiles, Spotlight, Snap Map or Lens Studio, “Public Content”. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services, and our business partners an unrestricted, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable and perpetual right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, synchronize, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed, for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
Clause: royalty-free, derivative works, create derivative, irrevocable, perpetual right
For all content you submit to the Services (including Public Content), you grant Snap and our affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable licence to host, store, cache, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, analyse, transmit and distribute that content. This licence is for the purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting, and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing such Services. We call Public Story submissions and any other content you submit to public Services, like Public Profiles, Spotlight, Snap Map or Lens Studio, “Public Content”. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services, and our business partners an unrestricted, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable and perpetual right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, synchronize, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed, for commercial and non-commercial purposes. This licence applies to the separate video, image, sound recording or musical compositions contained in your Public Content, as well as the name, image, likeness and voice of anyone featured in Public Content that you create, upload, post, send or appear in (including as reflected in your Bitmoji). This means, among other things, that you will not be entitled to any compensation if your content, videos, photos, sound recordings, musical compositions, name, image, likeness or voice are used by us, our affiliates, users of the Services or our business partners. For information about how to tailor who can watch your content, please take a look at our Privacy Policy and Support Site. All Public Content must be appropriate for people ages 13+.
Clause: sublicensable, assignable
There’s a good reason for that: these Terms form a legally binding contract between you and Snap Inc. (“Snap”). So please read them carefully. By using any of our Services, you agree to the Terms. If so, Snap grants you a non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable, and non-sublicensable licence to use the Services in accordance with these Terms and our policies. Of course, if you don’t agree with the Terms, then don’t use the Services. These Terms apply if you live in the United States or if your principal place of business is in the United States. If you live outside of the United States or if your principal place of business is outside of the United States, Snap Group Limited provides you the Services and your relationship is governed by the Snap Group Limited Terms of Service. ARBITRATION NOTICE: THESE TERMS CONTAIN AN ARBITRATION CLAUSE **A LITTLE LATER ON.
Clause: sublicensable
There’s a good reason for that: these Terms form a legally binding contract between you and Snap Group Limited (“Snap”). So please read them carefully. In order to use our Services, you must accept these Terms (and any other notice or consent), which are presented to you when you first open the Service. If so, Snap grants you a non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable, and non-sublicensable licence to use the Services in accordance with these Terms and our policies. Of course, if you don’t accept them, then don’t use the Services. These Terms apply if you live outside the United States or if your principal place of business is outside of the United States. If you live in the United States or if your principal place of business is in the United States, Snap Inc. provides you the Services and your relationship is governed by the Snap Inc. Terms of Service. ARBITRATION NOTICE: IF YOU’RE USING THE SERVICES ON BEHALF OF A BUSINESS, THEN YOUR BUSINESS WILL BE BOUND BY THE ARBITRATION CLAUSE THAT APPEARS LATER IN THESE TERMS.
Clause: assignable
Although we have tried our best to strip the legalese from the Terms, there are places where they may still read like a traditional contract. There’s a good reason for that: these Terms form a legally binding contract between you and Snap Group Limited (“Snap”). So please read them carefully. In order to use our Services, you must accept these Terms (and any other notice or consent), which are presented to you when you first open the Service. If so, Snap grants you a non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable, and non-sublicensable licence to use the Services in accordance with these Terms and our policies. Of course, if you don’t accept them, then don’t use the Services. These Terms apply if you live outside the United States or if your principal place of business is outside of the United States. If you live in the United States or if your principal place of business is in the United States, Snap Inc. provides you the Services and your relationship is governed by the [Snap Inc.
Clause: automated means
In summary: Most content on the Services is owned or controlled by others, and we don’t have any control or responsibility over that content. We have content moderation policies and processes in place that apply to content on the Services. 7. Respecting the Services and Snap’s Rights --------------------------------------------- As between you and us, Snap is the owner of the Services, which includes all related brands, works of authorship, Bitmoji avatars that you assemble, software and other proprietary content, features and technology. You must also respect Snap’s rights and adhere to the Snapchat Brand Guidelines, Bitmoji Brand Guidelines and any other guidelines, support pages or FAQs published by Snap or our affiliates. That means, among other things, you may not do, attempt to do, enable or encourage anyone else to do, any of the following; and doing so may result in us terminating or suspending your access to the Services: * use branding, logos, icons, user interface elements, product or brand look and feel, designs, photographs, videos or any other materials Snap makes available via the Services, except as explicitly allowed by these Terms, the Snapchat Brand Guidelines, Bitmoji Brand Guidelines or other brand guidelines published by Snap or our affiliates; * violate or infringe Snap’s, our affiliates’, or any other third-party’s copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property rights, including by using the Services to submit, display, post, create or generate any infringing content; * copy, modify, archive, download, upload, disclose, distribute, sell, lease, syndicate, broadcast, perform, display, make available, make derivatives of, or otherwise use the Services or the content on the Services, other than temporary files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display purposes, as otherwise expressly permitted in these Terms, as otherwise expressly permitted by us in writing, or as enabled by the Service’s intended functionality; * create another account if we have already disabled your account, attempt to access the Services through unauthorized third-party applications, solicit login credentials from other users, or buy, sell or lease access to your account, a username, Snaps or a friend’s link; * reverse engineer, duplicate, decompile, disassemble, or decode the Services (including any underlying idea or algorithm), or otherwise extract the source code of the software of the Service; * use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper or other automated means or interface to access the Services or extract other users’ information; * use or develop any third-party applications that interact with the Services or other users’ content or information without our written consent; * use the Services in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other users from fully enjoying the Services, or that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the functioning of the Services in any manner; * upload viruses or other malicious code or otherwise compromise, bypass, or circumvent the security of the Services; * attempt to circumvent any content-filtering techniques we employ or attempt to access areas or features of the Services that you are not authorized to access; * probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of our Services or any system or network; * violate any applicable law or regulation in connection with your access to or use of the Services; or * access or use the Services in any way not expressly permitted by these Terms or our Community Guidelines. In summary: We own or control all of the content, features and functionalities of the Services. To ensure the Services and other users are protected from harm, there are rules we need you to follow when you use our Services. Failure to comply with these rules may result in suspension or termination of your account. 8. Respecting Others’ Rights ----------------------------- Snap respects the rights of others.
2024-03-18
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means
All clauses unchanged from 2024-03-07 (see above).
2024-11-19
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means
Clause: royalty-free, transferable
Rights You Grant Us Many of our Services let you create, upload, post, send, receive and store content. When you do that, you retain whatever ownership rights in that content you had to begin with. But you grant us a licence to use that content. How broad that licence is depends on which Services you use and the settings you have selected. For all content you submit to the Services (including Public Content), you grant Snap and our affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable licence to host, store, cache, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, analyse, transmit and distribute that content. This licence is for the purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting, and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing such Services. We call Public Story submissions and any other content you submit to public Services, like Public Profiles, Spotlight, Snap Map or Lens Studio, “Public Content”. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services, and our business partners an unrestricted, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable and perpetual right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, synchronize, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed, for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
Clause: royalty-free, derivative works, create derivative, irrevocable, perpetual right
For all content you submit to the Services (including Public Content), you grant Snap and our affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable licence to host, store, cache, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, analyse, transmit and distribute that content. This licence is for the purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting, and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing such Services. We call Public Story submissions and any other content you submit to public Services, like Public Profiles, Spotlight, Snap Map or Lens Studio, “Public Content”. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services, and our business partners an unrestricted, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable and perpetual right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, synchronize, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed, for commercial and non-commercial purposes. This licence applies to the separate video, image, sound recording or musical compositions contained in your Public Content, as well as the name, image, likeness and voice of anyone featured in Public Content that you create, upload, post, send or appear in (including as reflected in your Bitmoji). This means, among other things, that you will not be entitled to any compensation if your content, videos, photos, sound recordings, musical compositions, name, image, likeness or voice are used by us, our affiliates, users of the Services or our business partners. For information about how to tailor who can watch your content, please take a look at our Privacy Policy and Support Site. All Public Content must be appropriate for people ages 13+.
Clause: royalty-free, transferable
Rights You Grant Us Many of our Services let you create, upload, post, send, receive and store content. When you do that, you retain whatever ownership rights to that content you had to begin with. But, you grant us a licence to use that content. How broad that licence is depends on which Services you use and the settings you have selected. For all content you submit to the Services (including Public Content), you grant Snap and our affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free (meaning that there is no ongoing payment to you required), sub-licensable, and transferable licence to host, store, cache, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, analyse, transmit, and distribute that content. This licence is for the limited purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing such Services. We call Public Story submissions and any other content you submit to public Services, like Public Profiles, Spotlight, Snap Map or Lens Studio, “Public Content”. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services, and our business partners a worldwide, royalty-free, and irrevocable right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, synchronise, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform, and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed.
Clause: royalty-free, derivative works, create derivative, irrevocable
For all content you submit to the Services (including Public Content), you grant Snap and our affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free (meaning that there is no ongoing payment to you required), sub-licensable, and transferable licence to host, store, cache, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, analyse, transmit, and distribute that content. This licence is for the limited purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing such Services. We call Public Story submissions and any other content you submit to public Services, like Public Profiles, Spotlight, Snap Map or Lens Studio, “Public Content”. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services, and our business partners a worldwide, royalty-free, and irrevocable right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, synchronise, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform, and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed. This licence applies to the separate video, image, sound recording, or musical compositions contained in your Public Content, as well as the name, image, likeness, and voice of anyone featured in Public Content that you create, upload, post, send, or appear in (including as reflected in your Bitmoji). This means, among other things, that you will not be entitled to any compensation if your content, videos, photos, sound recordings, musical compositions, name, image, likeness or voice are used by us, our affiliates, users of the Services or our business partners. The licences granted by you for Public Content continue for so long as the Public Content is on the Services and for a reasonable period of time after you remove or delete the Public Content from the Services (provided we may retain server copies of your Public Content indefinitely). For information about how to tailor who can watch your content, please take a look at our Privacy Policy and Support Site.
Clause: sublicensable, assignable
There’s a good reason for that: these Terms form a legally binding contract between you and Snap Inc. (“Snap”). So please read them carefully. By using any of our Services, you agree to the Terms. If so, Snap grants you a non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable, and non-sublicensable licence to use the Services in accordance with these Terms and our policies. Of course, if you don’t agree with the Terms, then don’t use the Services. These Terms apply if you live in the United States or if your principal place of business is in the United States. If you live outside of the United States or if your principal place of business is outside of the United States, Snap Group Limited provides you the Services and your relationship is governed by the Snap Group Limited Terms of Service. ARBITRATION NOTICE: THESE TERMS CONTAIN AN ARBITRATION CLAUSE **A LITTLE LATER ON.
Clause: sublicensable
There’s a good reason for that: these Terms form a legally binding contract between you and Snap Group Limited (“Snap”). So please read them carefully. In order to use our Services, you must accept these Terms (and any other notice or consent), which are presented to you when you first open the Service. If so, Snap grants you a non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable, and non-sublicensable licence to use the Services in accordance with these Terms and our policies. Of course, if you don’t accept them, then don’t use the Services. These Terms apply if you live outside the United States or if your principal place of business is outside of the United States. If you live in the United States or if your principal place of business is in the United States, Snap Inc. provides you the Services and your relationship is governed by the Snap Inc. Terms of Service. ARBITRATION NOTICE: IF YOU’RE USING THE SERVICES ON BEHALF OF A BUSINESS, THEN YOUR BUSINESS WILL BE BOUND BY THE ARBITRATION CLAUSE THAT APPEARS LATER IN THESE TERMS.
Clause: automated means
In summary: Most content on the Services is owned or controlled by others, and we don’t have any control or responsibility over that content. We have content moderation policies and processes in place that apply to content on the Services. 7. Respecting the Services and Snap’s Rights As between you and us, Snap is the owner of the Services, which includes all related brands, works of authorship, Bitmoji avatars that you assemble, software and other proprietary content, features and technology. You must also respect Snap’s rights and adhere to the Snapchat Brand Guidelines, Bitmoji Brand Guidelines and any other guidelines, support pages or FAQs published by Snap or our affiliates. That means, among other things, you may not do, attempt to do, enable or encourage anyone else to do, any of the following; and doing so may result in us terminating or suspending your access to the Services: * use branding, logos, icons, user interface elements, product or brand look and feel, designs, photographs, videos or any other materials Snap makes available via the Services, except as explicitly allowed by these Terms, the Snapchat Brand Guidelines, Bitmoji Brand Guidelines or other brand guidelines published by Snap or our affiliates; * violate or infringe Snap’s, our affiliates’, or any other third-party’s copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property rights, including by using the Services to submit, display, post, create or generate any infringing content; * copy, modify, archive, download, upload, disclose, distribute, sell, lease, syndicate, broadcast, perform, display, make available, make derivatives of, or otherwise use the Services or the content on the Services, other than temporary files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display purposes, as otherwise expressly permitted in these Terms, as otherwise expressly permitted by us in writing, or as enabled by the Service’s intended functionality; * create another account if we have already disabled your account, attempt to access the Services through unauthorized third-party applications, solicit login credentials from other users, or buy, sell or lease access to your account, a username, Snaps or a friend’s link; * reverse engineer, duplicate, decompile, disassemble, or decode the Services (including any underlying idea or algorithm), or otherwise extract the source code of the software of the Service; * use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper or other automated means or interface to access the Services or extract other users’ information; * use or develop any third-party applications that interact with the Services or other users’ content or information without our written consent; * use the Services in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other users from fully enjoying the Services, or that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the functioning of the Services in any manner; * upload viruses or other malicious code or otherwise compromise, bypass, or circumvent the security of the Services; * attempt to circumvent any content-filtering techniques we employ or attempt to access areas or features of the Services that you are not authorized to access; * probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of our Services or any system or network; * violate any applicable law or regulation in connection with your access to or use of the Services; or * access or use the Services in any way not expressly permitted by these Terms or our Community Guidelines. In summary: We own or control all of the content, features and functionalities of the Services. To ensure the Services and other users are protected from harm, there are rules we need you to follow when you use our Services. Failure to comply with these rules may result in suspension or termination of your account. 8. Respecting Others’ Rights Snap respects the rights of others.
Clause: automated means
In summary: Most content on the Services is owned or controlled by others, and we don’t have any control or responsibility over that content. We have content moderation policies and processes in place that apply to content on the Services. 7. Respecting the Services and Snap’s Rights As between you and us, Snap is the owner of the Services, which includes all related brands, works of authorship, Bitmoji avatars that you assemble, software and other proprietary content, features and technology. You must also respect Snap’s rights and adhere to the Snapchat Brand Guidelines, Bitmoji Brand Guidelines and any other guidelines, support pages or FAQs published by Snap or our affiliates. That means, among other things, you may not do, attempt to do, enable or encourage anyone else to do, any of the following; and doing so may result in us terminating or suspending your access to the Services: * use branding, logos, icons, user interface elements, product or brand look and feel, designs, photographs, videos, or any other materials Snap makes available via the Services, except as explicitly allowed by these Terms, the Snapchat Brand Guidelines, Bitmoji Brand Guidelines or other brand guidelines published by Snap or our affiliates; * violate or infringe Snap’s, our affiliates’ or any other third party’s copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights, including by using the Services to submit, display, post, create or generate any infringing content; * copy, modify, archive, download, upload, disclose, distribute, sell, lease, syndicate, broadcast, perform, display, make available, make derivatives of, or otherwise use the Services or the content on the Services, other than temporary files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display purposes, as otherwise expressly permitted in these Terms, as otherwise expressly permitted by us in writing, or as enabled by the Service’s intended functionality; * create another account if we have already disabled your account, attempt to access the Services through unauthorized third-party applications, solicit login credentials from other users, or buy, sell, rent, or lease access to your account, a username, Snaps, or a friend link; * reverse engineer, duplicate, decompile, disassemble, or decode the Services (including any underlying idea or algorithm), or otherwise extract the source code of the software of the Service; * use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper or other automated means or interface to access the Services or extract other users’ information; * use or develop any third-party applications that interact with the Services or other users’ content or information without our written consent; * use the Services in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other users from fully enjoying the Services, or that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the functioning of the Services in any manner; * upload viruses or other malicious code or otherwise compromise, bypass, or circumvent the security of the Services; * attempt to circumvent any content-filtering techniques we employ or attempt to access areas or features of the Services that you are not authorized to access; * probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of our Services or any system or network; * violate any applicable law or regulation in connection with your access to or use of the Services; or * access or use the Services in any way not expressly permitted by these Terms or our Community Guidelines. In summary: We own or control all of the content, features and functionalities of the Services. To ensure the Services and other users are protected from harm, there are rules we need you to follow when you use our Services. Failure to comply with these rules may result in suspension or termination of your account. 8. Respecting Others’ Rights Snap respects the rights of others.
2024-12-17
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means
All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-19 (see above).
2025-01-04
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means
All clauses unchanged from 2024-12-17 (see above).
2025-01-23
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means
All clauses unchanged from 2025-01-04 (see above).
2025-02-06
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means
All clauses unchanged from 2025-01-23 (see above).
2025-02-07
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means
All clauses unchanged from 2025-02-06 (see above).
2025-02-13
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means
All clauses unchanged from 2025-02-07 (see above).
2025-03-06
- Explicit AI clause: YES
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means,scrape,artificial intelligence,train AI/models,fine-tune
Clause: royalty-free, transferable
Rights You Grant Us Many of our Services let you create, upload, post, send, receive and store content. When you do that, you retain whatever ownership rights in that content you had to begin with. But you grant us a licence to use that content. How broad that licence is depends on which Services you use and the settings you have selected. For all content you create using the Services, or submit or make available to the Services (including Public Content), you grant Snap and our affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicencable and transferable licence to host, store, cache, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, analyse, transmit and distribute that content, including the name, image, likeness or voice of anyone featured in it. This licence is for the purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing and improving such Services. We call Public Story submissions and any other content you submit to public Services, like Public Profiles, Spotlight, Snap Map or Lens Studio, “Public Content”. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services and our business partners an unrestricted, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable and perpetual right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, synchronise, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed, for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
Clause: royalty-free, derivative works, create derivative, irrevocable, perpetual right
For all content you create using the Services, or submit or make available to the Services (including Public Content), you grant Snap and our affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicencable and transferable licence to host, store, cache, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, analyse, transmit and distribute that content, including the name, image, likeness or voice of anyone featured in it. This licence is for the purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing and improving such Services. We call Public Story submissions and any other content you submit to public Services, like Public Profiles, Spotlight, Snap Map or Lens Studio, “Public Content”. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services and our business partners an unrestricted, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable and perpetual right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, synchronise, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed, for commercial and non-commercial purposes. This licence applies to the separate video, image, sound recording or musical compositions contained in your Public Content, as well as the name, image, likeness and voice of anyone featured in Public Content that you create, upload, post, send or appear in (including as reflected in your Bitmoji). This means, among other things, that you will not be entitled to any compensation if your content, including videos, photos, sound recordings, musical compositions, name, image, likeness or voice included in your content are used by us, our affiliates, users of the Services or our business partners. For information about how to tailor who can watch your content, please take a look at our Privacy Policy and Support Site. All Public Content must be appropriate for people ages 13+.
Clause: royalty-free
Rights You Grant Us Many of our Services let you create, upload, post, send, receive and store content. When you do that, you retain whatever ownership rights to that content you had to begin with. But, you grant us a licence to use that content. How broad that licence is depends on which Services you use and the settings you have selected. For all content you create using the Services, or submit or make available to the Services (including Public Content), you grant Snap and our affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free (meaning that there is no ongoing payment to you required), sublicencable and transferable licence to host, store, cache, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, analyse, transmit and distribute that content, including the name, image, likeness or voice of anyone featured in it. This licence is for the limited purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing and improving such Services. We call Public Story submissions and any other content you submit to public Services, like Public Profiles, Spotlight, Snap Map or Lens Studio, “Public Content”. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services and our business partners a worldwide, royalty-free and irrevocable right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, synchronise, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed.
Clause: royalty-free, derivative works, create derivative, irrevocable
For all content you create using the Services, or submit or make available to the Services (including Public Content), you grant Snap and our affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free (meaning that there is no ongoing payment to you required), sublicencable and transferable licence to host, store, cache, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, analyse, transmit and distribute that content, including the name, image, likeness or voice of anyone featured in it. This licence is for the limited purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing and improving such Services. We call Public Story submissions and any other content you submit to public Services, like Public Profiles, Spotlight, Snap Map or Lens Studio, “Public Content”. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services and our business partners a worldwide, royalty-free and irrevocable right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, synchronise, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed. This licence applies to the separate video, image, sound recording or musical compositions contained in your Public Content, as well as the name, image, likeness and voice of anyone featured in Public Content that you create, upload, post, send or appear in (including as reflected in your Bitmoji). This means, among other things, that you will not be entitled to any compensation if your content, including videos, photos, sound recordings, musical compositions, name, image, likeness or voice included in your content are used by us, our affiliates, users of the Services or our business partners. The licences granted by you for Public Content continue for so long as the Public Content is on the Services and for a reasonable period of time after you remove or delete the Public Content from the Services (provided we may retain server copies of your Public Content indefinitely). For information about how to tailor who can watch your content, please have a look at our Privacy Policy and Support Site.
Clause: sublicensable
(“Snap”). So please read them carefully. By using any of our Services, you agree to the Terms. If so, Snap grants you a non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable and non-sublicensable licence to use the Services in accordance with these Terms and our policies. Of course, if you don’t agree with the Terms, then don’t use the Services. These Terms apply if you live in the United States or if your principal place of business is in the United States. If you live outside of the United States or if your principal place of business is outside of the United States, Snap Group Limited provides you the Services and your relationship is governed by the Snap Group Limited Terms of Service. Where we have provided summary sections in these Terms, these summaries have been included for your convenience only, and you should read these Terms in full to understand your legal rights and obligations. ARBITRATION NOTICE: THESE TERMS CONTAIN AN ARBITRATION CLAUSE **A LITTLE LATER ON.
Clause: sublicensable, assignable
So please read them carefully. In order to use our Services, you must accept these Terms (and any other notice or consent), which are presented to you when you first open the Service. If so, Snap grants you a non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable and non-sublicensable licence to use the Services in accordance with these Terms and our policies. Of course, if you don’t accept them, then don’t use the Services. These Terms apply if you live outside the United States or if your principal place of business is outside of the United States. If you live in the United States or if your principal place of business is in the United States, Snap Inc. provides you the Services and your relationship is governed by the Snap Inc. Terms of Service. Where we have provided summary sections in these Terms, these summaries have been included for your convenience only, and you should read these Terms in full to understand your legal rights and obligations.
Clause: derivative works, automated means, scrape
We have content moderation policies and processes in place that apply to content on the Services._ 8. Respecting the Services and Snap’s Rights As between you and us, Snap is the owner of the Services, which includes all related brands, works of authorship, Bitmoji avatars that you assemble, software and other proprietary content, features and technology. The Services may also be covered by patents owned by Snap or its affiliates, including those listed at www.snap.com/patents. You must also respect Snap’s rights and adhere to the Snapchat Brand Guidelines, Bitmoji Brand Guidelines and any other guidelines, support pages, or FAQs published by Snap or our affiliates. That means, among other things, you may not do, attempt to do, enable or encourage anyone else to do any of the following; and doing so may result in us terminating or suspending your access to the Services: * use branding, logos, icons, user interface elements, product or brand look and feel, designs, photographs, videos or any other materials Snap makes available via the Services, except as explicitly allowed by these Terms, the Snapchat Brand Guidelines, Bitmoji Brand Guidelines or other brand guidelines published by Snap or our affiliates; * violate or infringe Snap’s, our affiliates’ or any other third party’s rights of publicity, privacy, copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property rights, including by using the Services to submit, display, post, create or generate any infringing content; * copy, modify, archive, download, upload, disclose, distribute, sell, lease, syndicate, broadcast, perform, display, make available, make derivatives of or otherwise use the Services or the content on the Services, other than temporary files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display purposes, as otherwise expressly permitted in these Terms, as otherwise expressly permitted by us in writing, or as enabled by the Service’s intended functionality; * attempt to access the Services through unauthorised third-party applications, solicit login credentials from other users, or buy, sell, rent or lease access to your account, a username, Snaps or a friend link; * reverse engineer, make unauthorised copies or derivative works of, decompile, disassemble, modify or decode the Services (including any underlying idea, technology or algorithm) or any content included therein, or otherwise extract the source code of the software of the Services, without our written permission, except to the extent an exception or limitation applies under an open source licence or applicable laws; * use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper, script, software or other automated or semi-automated means, processes or interfaces to access, scrape, extract or copy the Services, including any user data, content or other data contained in the Services; * use or develop any third-party applications that interact with the Services or other users’ content or information without our written consent; * use the Services in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other users from fully enjoying the Services, or that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the functioning of the Services in any manner; * upload viruses or other malicious code or otherwise compromise, bypass or circumvent the security of the Services; * attempt to circumvent any content-filtering techniques we employ or attempt to access areas or features of the Services that you are not authorised to access; * use the Services to create or develop a competing product or service; * state or imply that we endorse your content; * probe, scan or test the vulnerability of our Services or any system or network; * violate any applicable law or regulation in connection with your access to or use of the Services; or * access or use the Services in any way not expressly permitted by these Terms or our Community Guidelines. In summary: We own or control all of the content, features and functionalities of the Services, except your content. To ensure the Services and other users are protected from harm, there are rules we need you to follow when you use our Services. Failure to comply with these rules may result in suspension or termination of your account. 9. Respecting Others’ Rights Snap respects the rights of others.
Clause: derivative works, automated means, scrape
We have content moderation policies and processes in place that apply to content on the Services._ 8. Respecting the Services and Snap’s Rights As between you and us, Snap is the owner of the Services, which includes all related brands, works of authorship, Bitmoji avatars that you assemble, software and other proprietary content, features and technology. The Services may also be covered by patents owned by Snap or its affiliates, including those listed at www.snap.com/patents. You must also respect Snap’s rights and adhere to the Snapchat Brand Guidelines, Bitmoji Brand Guidelines and any other guidelines, support pages, or FAQs published by Snap or our affiliates. That means, among other things, you may not do, attempt to do, enable or encourage anyone else to do any of the following; and doing so may result in us terminating or suspending your access to the Services: * use branding, logos, icons, user interface elements, product or brand look and feel, designs, photographs, videos or any other materials Snap makes available via the Services, except as explicitly allowed by these Terms, the Snapchat Brand Guidelines, Bitmoji Brand Guidelines or other brand guidelines published by Snap or our affiliates; * violate or infringe Snap’s, our affiliates’ or any other third party’s rights of publicity, privacy, copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property rights, including by using the Services to submit, display, post, create or generate any infringing content; * copy, modify, archive, download, upload, disclose, distribute, sell, lease, syndicate, broadcast, perform, display, make available, make derivatives of or otherwise use the Services or the content on the Services, other than temporary files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display purposes, as otherwise expressly permitted in these Terms, as otherwise expressly permitted by us in writing, or as enabled by the Service’s intended functionality; * attempt to access the Services through unauthorised third-party applications, solicit login credentials from other users, or buy, sell, rent or lease access to your account, a username, Snaps or a friend link; * reverse engineer, make unauthorised copies or derivative works of, decompile, disassemble, modify or decode the Services (including any underlying idea or algorithm) or any content included therein, or otherwise extract the source code of the software of the Services, without our written permission, except to the extent an exception or limitation applies under an open source licence or applicable laws; * use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper, script, software or other automated or semi-automated means, processes or interfaces to access, scrape, extract or copy the Services, including any user data, content or other data contained in the Services; * use or develop any third-party applications that interact with the Services or other users’ content or information without our written consent; * use the Services in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other users from fully enjoying the Services, or that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the functioning of the Services in any manner; * upload viruses or other malicious code or otherwise compromise, bypass or circumvent the security of the Services; * attempt to circumvent any content-filtering techniques we employ or attempt to access areas or features of the Services that you are not authorised to access; * use the Services to create or develop a competing product or service; * state or imply that we endorse your content; * probe, scan or test the vulnerability of our Services or any system or network; * violate any applicable law or regulation in connection with your access to or use of the Services; or * access or use the Services in any way not expressly permitted by these Terms or our Community Guidelines. In summary: We own or control all of the content, features and functionalities of the Services, except your content. To ensure the Services and other users are protected from harm, there are rules we need you to follow when you use our Services. Failure to comply with these rules may result in suspension or termination of your account. 9. Respecting Others’ Rights Snap respects the rights of others.
Clause: transferable
When you do that, you retain whatever ownership rights to that content you had to begin with. But, you grant us a licence to use that content. How broad that licence is depends on which Services you use and the settings you have selected. For all content you create using the Services, or submit or make available to the Services (including Public Content), you grant Snap and our affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free (meaning that there is no ongoing payment to you required), sublicencable and transferable licence to host, store, cache, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, analyse, transmit and distribute that content, including the name, image, likeness or voice of anyone featured in it. This licence is for the limited purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. This licence includes a right for us to make your content available to, and pass these rights along to, service providers with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing and improving such Services. We call Public Story submissions and any other content you submit to public Services, like Public Profiles, Spotlight, Snap Map or Lens Studio, “Public Content”. Because Public Content is inherently public, you grant Snap, our affiliates, other users of the Services and our business partners a worldwide, royalty-free and irrevocable right and licence to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, reproduce, distribute, synchronise, overlay graphics and auditory effects on, publicly perform and publicly display all or any portion of your Public Content in any form and in any and all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed. This licence applies to the separate video, image, sound recording or musical compositions contained in your Public Content, as well as the name, image, likeness and voice of anyone featured in Public Content that you create, upload, post, send or appear in (including as reflected in your Bitmoji).
Clause: assignable
There’s a good reason for that: these Terms form a legally binding contract between you and Snap Inc. (“Snap”). So please read them carefully. By using any of our Services, you agree to the Terms. If so, Snap grants you a non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable and non-sublicensable licence to use the Services in accordance with these Terms and our policies. Of course, if you don’t agree with the Terms, then don’t use the Services. These Terms apply if you live in the United States or if your principal place of business is in the United States. If you live outside of the United States or if your principal place of business is outside of the United States, Snap Group Limited provides you the Services and your relationship is governed by the Snap Group Limited Terms of Service. Where we have provided summary sections in these Terms, these summaries have been included for your convenience only, and you should read these Terms in full to understand your legal rights and obligations.
Clause: artificial intelligence
AI Features and Outputs are provided as-is and made available to you without representations or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. This means that your use of any AI Features and Outputs is at your own risk, and you should not rely on them for any purpose, including to make decisions or for professional, medical, legal, financial, educational or other advice. Outputs are not Snap representations. When using our AI Features, unless we give our permission, you must not take any action that would reasonably be expected to: * use Inputs that contain or make use of, and otherwise could reasonably be expected to generate Outputs that contain or make use of, content that you do not have permission to use, would violate the rights of others or has otherwise been unlawfully obtained; * violate any submission guidelines or other policies we make available to you that apply to your use of AI Features or submission of Inputs; * direct AI Features to generate any Outputs in violation of these Terms, the Community Guidelines, or any applicable intellectual property right, contractual restriction or applicable laws, or which might otherwise cause harm; * alter, obscure or remove any watermark or disclosure applied to Outputs by the AI Features; * circumvent any safety or privacy features, safeguards or mechanisms in the AI Features; * use or share Outputs that will be used to train, develop or fine tune models, services or other AI technologies; or * misrepresent Outputs as having been human-generated or otherwise generated without the use of artificial intelligence. Separate terms apply to any AI Features you use through or in connection with our business Services and Lens Studio instead of those set out above, and will be displayed to you in connection with your use of those other Services. In summary: Inputs and Outputs from AI Features may be used in accordance with our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and terms relevant to the AI-specific products you use. AI Features may not be accurate or appropriate and you should not rely on them as a source of truth, facts or substitute for human judgment. 7. Content Moderation Much of the content on our Services is produced by users, publishers and other third parties. Whether that content is posted publicly or sent privately, the content is the sole responsibility of the user or entity that submitted it.
Clause: artificial intelligence, train AI/models, fine-tune
AI Features and Outputs are provided as-is and made available to you without representations or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. This means that your use of any AI Features and Outputs is at your own risk, and you should not rely on them for any purpose, including to make decisions or for professional, medical, legal, financial, educational or other advice. Outputs are not Snap representations. When using our AI Features, unless we give our permission, you must not take any action that would reasonably be expected to: * use Inputs that contain or make use of, and otherwise could reasonably be expected to generate Outputs that contain or make use of, content that you do not have permission to use, would violate the rights of others, or has otherwise been unlawfully obtained; * violate any submission guidelines or other policies we make available to you that apply to your use of AI Features or submission of Inputs; * direct AI Features to generate any Outputs in violation of these Terms, the Community Guidelines or any applicable intellectual property right, contractual restriction or applicable laws, or which might otherwise cause harm; * alter, obscure or remove any watermark or disclosure applied to Outputs by the AI Features; * circumvent any safety or privacy features, safeguards or mechanisms in the AI Features; * use or share Outputs that will be used to train, develop or fine tune models, services or other AI technologies; or * misrepresent Outputs as having been human-generated or otherwise generated without the use of artificial intelligence. Separate terms apply to any AI Features you use through or in connection with our business Services and Lens Studio instead of those set out above, and will be displayed to you in connection with your use of those other Services. In summary: Inputs and Outputs from AI Features may be used in accordance with our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and terms relevant to the AI-specific products you use. AI Features may not be accurate or appropriate and you should not rely on them as a source of truth, facts or substitute for human judgment. 7. Content Moderation Much of the content on our Services is produced by users, publishers and other third parties. Whether that content is posted publicly or sent privately, the content is the sole responsibility of the user or entity that submitted it.
Clause: train AI/models, fine-tune
If Outputs reference individuals or third parties including their products or services, it does not mean the individual or third party endorses Snap, or that they or these products are affiliated with Snap. AI Features and Outputs are provided as-is and made available to you without representations or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. This means that your use of any AI Features and Outputs is at your own risk, and you should not rely on them for any purpose, including to make decisions or for professional, medical, legal, financial, educational or other advice. Outputs are not Snap representations. When using our AI Features, unless we give our permission, you must not take any action that would reasonably be expected to: * use Inputs that contain or make use of, and otherwise could reasonably be expected to generate Outputs that contain or make use of, content that you do not have permission to use, would violate the rights of others or has otherwise been unlawfully obtained; * violate any submission guidelines or other policies we make available to you that apply to your use of AI Features or submission of Inputs; * direct AI Features to generate any Outputs in violation of these Terms, the Community Guidelines, or any applicable intellectual property right, contractual restriction or applicable laws, or which might otherwise cause harm; * alter, obscure or remove any watermark or disclosure applied to Outputs by the AI Features; * circumvent any safety or privacy features, safeguards or mechanisms in the AI Features; * use or share Outputs that will be used to train, develop or fine tune models, services or other AI technologies; or * misrepresent Outputs as having been human-generated or otherwise generated without the use of artificial intelligence. Separate terms apply to any AI Features you use through or in connection with our business Services and Lens Studio instead of those set out above, and will be displayed to you in connection with your use of those other Services. In summary: Inputs and Outputs from AI Features may be used in accordance with our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and terms relevant to the AI-specific products you use. AI Features may not be accurate or appropriate and you should not rely on them as a source of truth, facts or substitute for human judgment. 7. Content Moderation Much of the content on our Services is produced by users, publishers and other third parties.
2025-03-07
- Explicit AI clause: YES
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means,scrape,artificial intelligence,train AI/models,fine-tune
royalty-free, sublicensable, derivative works, create derivative, transferable, assignable, irrevocable, perpetual right, automated means: narrower window than 2025-03-06.
scrape, artificial intelligence, train AI/models, fine-tune unchanged from 2025-03-06.
2025-04-09
- Explicit AI clause: YES
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means,scrape,artificial intelligence,train AI/models,fine-tune
All clauses unchanged from 2025-03-07 (see above).
2025-04-21
- Explicit AI clause: YES
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means,scrape,artificial intelligence,train AI/models,fine-tune
All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-09 (see above).
2025-04-22
- Explicit AI clause: YES
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means,scrape,artificial intelligence,train AI/models,fine-tune
All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-21 (see above).
2025-04-23
- Explicit AI clause: YES
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means,scrape,artificial intelligence,train AI/models,fine-tune
All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-22 (see above).
2025-04-24
- Explicit AI clause: YES
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means,scrape,artificial intelligence,train AI/models,fine-tune
All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-23 (see above).
2025-04-25
- Explicit AI clause: YES
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means,scrape,artificial intelligence,train AI/models,fine-tune
All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-24 (see above).
2025-05-06
- Explicit AI clause: YES
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means,scrape,artificial intelligence,train AI/models,fine-tune
All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-25 (see above).
2025-05-10
- Explicit AI clause: YES
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means,scrape,artificial intelligence,train AI/models,fine-tune
All clauses unchanged from 2025-05-06 (see above).
2025-05-15
- Explicit AI clause: YES
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means,scrape,artificial intelligence,train AI/models,fine-tune
All clauses unchanged from 2025-05-10 (see above).
2025-05-17
- Explicit AI clause: YES
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means,scrape,artificial intelligence,train AI/models,fine-tune
All clauses unchanged from 2025-05-15 (see above).
2025-05-20
- Explicit AI clause: YES
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means,scrape,artificial intelligence,train AI/models,fine-tune
All clauses unchanged from 2025-05-17 (see above).
2025-06-30
- Explicit AI clause: YES
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means,scrape,artificial intelligence,train AI/models,fine-tune
All clauses unchanged from 2025-05-20 (see above).
2025-08-08
- Explicit AI clause: YES
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means,scrape,artificial intelligence,train AI/models,fine-tune
All clauses unchanged from 2025-06-30 (see above).
2025-10-03
- Explicit AI clause: YES
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,derivative works,create derivative,transferable,assignable,irrevocable,perpetual right,automated means,scrape,artificial intelligence,train AI/models,fine-tune
All clauses unchanged from 2025-08-08 (see above).