Things learn from snap chat first transparency report

Transparency www.avg.com/activation  reports detail the requests for user data that received from governments  Install Avg With License Number activation around the world www.avg.com/activate and what (if any) action was taken avg.com/retail.

Snapchat’s first report Install Avg With License Number activation  contains www.avg.com/activate the first four months www.avg.com/activation ’ worth of data, as they didn’t want to delay avg.com/activation its publication avg.com/retail.

So what do the numbers mean?

 Snapchat is a big deal

Snapchat’s decision to publish www.avg.com/activation  a transparency places them in such esteemed company as Google www.avg.com/activate, Apple and Facebook avg.com/retail when Install Avg With License Number activation it comes to detailing collaboration with governments avg.com/activation.

The messaging Install Avg With License Number activation service has grown www.avg.com/activation  in maturity since its early days and rumors of adding a money avg.com/activation sending service only go avg.com/retail to show that it is intent on upping  www.avg.com/activate its game.

 US are leading the way in requests

Of the 403 requests for information, 93% of those came from the Install Avg With License Number activation United States government. While the US has a track record avg.com/activation of leading the field www.avg.com/activation  in www.avg.com/activate transparency reports, its remarkable how far ahead they are in Snapchat’s report avg.com/retail.

It’s worth mentioning that avg.com/retail Snapchat’s sample size is small and market penetration is much lower in www.avg.com/activate markets avg.com/activation outside the US.

The trend continues with 92% of requests in the www.avg.com/activation  US resulted in sharing data, the figure is only 23% for elsewhere Install Avg With License Number activation. In France, not one of the nine requests ended up in the Snapchat handing www.avg.com/activate over avg.com/activation data.

 Governments CAN look at your snaps

Snapchat highlighted in a 2014 blog post, that www.avg.com/activation  your messages are stored and can be retrieved, so Install Avg With License Number activation it should come as avg.com/retail no surprise therefore that your Snapchat messages, along with avg.com/activation your username, email address, and phone number are at the mercy of governments www.avg.com/activate.

 But they really don’t care 

Despite Snapchat’s reputation for being www.avg.com/activation  a good  avg.com/retail place to share explicit images of Install Avg With License Number activation yourself, the new transparency report shows that Snapchat did not receive a single take down request avg.com/activation for content that isn’t banned by Snapchat’s own Ts&Cs or for copyright infringement www.avg.com/activate.

 Snapchat is taking security seriously

After news broke last year Install Avg With License Number activation that millions avg.com/activation  avg.com/retail of private messages had been leaked via third party service Snapsaved.com www.avg.com/activation , Snapchat has been on a mission to improve security for its users www.avg.com/activate.

Alongside the transparency report avg.com/retail, Snapchat revealed that they have now blocked all third party Install Avg With License Number activation applications avg.com/activation to avoid www.avg.com/activation  a repeat of what has been dubbed “The Snappening www.avg.com/activate”.

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