# What the Spectacles 5 knows about you

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## Capture indicator

An LED blinks when internet-connected Lenses are capturing camera, microphone, or location data. Published Lenses that combine internet access with sensitive data must show an explicit permission prompt.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2025-10-21
- Source: primary source (https://values.snap.com/privacy/privacy-policy/spectacles-supplemental-privacy-policy?lang=en-US)

## Biometric storage

Collects hand size, knuckle spacing, hand position and motion, voice data, and eye distance measurements. Face, hand, and voice data is deleted within three years of last use of Snapchat, or immediately on account deletion.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2025-10-21
- Source: primary source (https://values.snap.com/privacy/privacy-policy/spectacles-supplemental-privacy-policy?lang=en-US)

## Training data use

Snap uses hand tracking, voice, and environmental recognition data to improve its AR machine learning models, and shares hand position and gesture data with Lens developers for Lenses to function.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2025-10-21
- Source: primary source (https://values.snap.com/privacy/privacy-policy/spectacles-supplemental-privacy-policy?lang=en-US)

## Location tracking

Precise GPS is off by default and only enabled if you turn it on, used for location-specific Lenses and geotagging. Camera and microphone access are mandatory for the device to work at all.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2025-10-21
- Source: primary source (https://values.snap.com/privacy/privacy-policy/spectacles-supplemental-privacy-policy?lang=en-US)

## Data retention

User captures such as photos and videos are retained until the user deletes them; biometric data including face, hands, and voice information is deleted within 3 years of the user's last use of Snapchat, or sooner if the account is deleted.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2025-10-21
- Source: primary source (https://values.snap.com/privacy/privacy-policy/spectacles-supplemental-privacy-policy?lang=en-US)

## Cloud upload

User captures stay on the Spectacles device and app until deleted; TrueDepth face data for eye-distance estimation is used in real time and not stored on Snap's servers, but other sensor data including surroundings, hand tracking, and voice transcripts are processed through Snap's cloud services and shared with Lens developers.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2025-10-21
- Source: primary source (https://values.snap.com/privacy/privacy-policy/spectacles-supplemental-privacy-policy?lang=en-US)

## Third-party sharing

Snap shares Spectacles data with Lens developers who receive hand position and gesture information; Colocated Lens sessions share display name, device information, Bitmoji, and certain camera data with other participants; service providers also receive shared information.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2025-10-21
- Source: primary source (https://values.snap.com/privacy/privacy-policy/spectacles-supplemental-privacy-policy?lang=en-US)

## Data deletion control

Users can delete captures at any time via the Gallery or Spectacles App; account deletion removes all associated face, hands, and voice biometric data; users can change fit adjustments anytime in the app and download their data via Snapchat's tool.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2025-10-21
- Source: primary source (https://values.snap.com/privacy/privacy-policy/spectacles-supplemental-privacy-policy?lang=en-US)

## Bystander recording

Spectacles collect information about the physical space including walls, windows, furniture, and whether the user is in a vehicle; the microphone picks up surrounding sounds, and the camera captures face landmarks and hand joints of people nearby for AR functionality, with no consent mechanism for bystanders beyond a small LED ring indicator.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2025-10-21
- Source: primary source (https://values.snap.com/privacy/privacy-policy/spectacles-supplemental-privacy-policy?lang=en-US)

## On-device processing

Captures stay on the device until deleted; eye distance data persists on the device; TrueDepth face data is processed in real time without server storage; however, processed sensor outputs including face landmarks and hand joints are shared with cloud services and Lens developers, indicating a hybrid architecture.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2025-10-21
- Source: primary source (https://values.snap.com/privacy/privacy-policy/spectacles-supplemental-privacy-policy?lang=en-US)

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