By: MARK BYRNE
Snapchat has
just updated its terms of service agreement and has been immediately met with
panic and backlash. It's come to light that hidden in the small print of
Snapchat's new privacy policy is the company claiming the right to use and
distribute your sent photos and videos as they please. The new privacy policy
now claims that by agreeing to the new service agreement:
Claiming a
right to your likeness, name, voice and your sent content is a very scary idea.
After all, one of the main selling points of Snapchat is that your photos and
videos are only around for an extremely short period time. Such a concept
offers the peace of mind that everyone is safe from embarrassment and scandal
and won't have trouble getting a job ten years down the line. This change of
policy seems to ignore the entire concept of Snapchat as an app.
Snapchat and
its privacy policy haven't been without controversy before. It was previously
unearthed that the company actually keeps all your photos and images on servers
and devices and it was questionable how secure how these servers were. Snapchat
took to their blog to reassure everyone that there was nothing to worry about,
stating:
"The
Snaps and Chats you send your friends remain as private today as they were
before the update. [...] because we continue to delete them from our servers as
soon as they’re read, we could not—and do not—share them with advertisers or
business partners."
While this
might reassure people for the time being, Snapchat has still claimed the right
to use your information and as such can change their minds about how they plan
to share your information if they so wish. It's all too common for many people
to overlook the terms and conditions when agreeing to during updates, but perhaps
this may be a wake-up call for many when it comes to reading the fine print.
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