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Snapchat can no longer legally claim that photos sent over its service are \ephemeral,\ \disappear forever\ and \arent saved,\ after a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission today (May 8). The FTC argued that Snapchat was \deceiving customers\ because Snapchat users have a number of ways to save these messages, such as opening Snapchat messages […]

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Snapchat has settled a dispute with the Federal Trade Commission over their misrepresentation of \disappearing\ content. The FTC found that while Snapchat was marketing their photo app as a truly ephemeral product, they were tracking user data such as location, contacts, and phone numbers, therefore misrepresenting their privacy and security settings.  The FTC also accused […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Snapchat has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that it deceived customers about the disappearing nature of messages sent through its service and that it collected users contacts without telling them or asking permission.

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