Summary Of The Snapchat Case

I chose the last case of the list. The case is about Snapchat, the mobile app that offers a photo sharing service. The distinguish promise of Snapchat is that the photos and videos you send disappear. However, the FTC states that this is a false promise and that Snapchat is lying to their costumers. So, Snapchat is violating the law because the company has not kept their privacy promises to consumers. Also, Snapchat has access to the contacts, numbers, and location of their consumers and this is not stated, consumers do not know about this. According to the FTC each violation may result in a civil penalty of up to $16,000. Finally, I made some extra research and I found that the FTC announced on December 31, 2014 that the commission voted 5-0