When you sign up for Snapchat and use our services, we may collect certain information from you, such as your phone number.
Snap may use your phone number for different purposes, such as:
- Account verification and two-factor authentication
- Two-factor authentication is an optional security feature to verify that it’s really you when you log into your Snapchat account! This helps make your account more secure 🔐
- To contact you
- Snap may send SMS messages to send you information about your account (e.g., suspicious account activity alerts, unopened Snap/Chats, pending friend requests, and more), updates about Snap products and services, and other useful info
- To help you and your friends find each other
- Please Note: You can choose not to be findable by your phone number. Go to the Mobile Number settings and toggle off ‘Let others find me using my mobile number’
- Advertising
- Snap may use your phone number to help personalize and measure ads for you
- Other uses in line with our Privacy Policy