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Discord Privacy Policy

1 serious, 2 to watch. Found 7 of 23 practices.
discord.com/privacy, crawled 2 Oct 2026
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Do they use your data to target ads?Yes

… and through our own channels, and we spend money advertising Discord on other platforms. As part of that, we use certain information to assist in the delivery of our advertising, to measure the effectiveness of advertisements for our own products, and to improve such advertisements in the future. To contact you. We may use your information to let you know about new products or features we think you’ll like, to ask you for feedback about our services, or to tell you about experiments that might interest you. You may opt-out of receiving such marketing communications. Where local law requires, we will obtain your consent before sending such communications. To comply with our legal obligations
discord.com/privacy, lines 337–339
In plain wordsDiscord uses your information to show you personalized ads and to help them decide which advertisements will be most effective for you. They may also use your data to send you direct messages or emails about new features and products they think you will like.

Can they hand your data to authorities without telling you?Partly

…vide information to analytics and measurement partners to measure the effectiveness of sponsored content if you engage with it (for example, by starting a Quest or clicking on other sponsored content). To comply with the law. We may disclose information in response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is required by law, including meeting national security or law enforcement requirements. Where allowed and feasible, we may attempt to provide you with prior notice before disclosing your information in response to such a request. Our Transparency Report has additional information about how we respond to requests from governments and law enforcement entities. To prevent serious…
discord.com/privacy, lines 347–349
In plain wordsThe company can share your information with law enforcement or government agencies if they believe it is required by law. While they will try to notify you first if they can, they are not required to do so.

Do they use what you post to train AI?Partly

…use the Information We Collect—Account information, Content you create, Payment information, Information from actions you take, Information used to enable optional features, Other information you provide directly to us, Information about your device, Information about your use of the apps or websites, other information that we collect automatically, and Information we receive from other sources—for the following reasons and according to these legal bases (where applicable). For each reason, we describe how we process your information to achieve each purpose. This processing can include use of automated technologies such as machine learning systems that help us power and improve our services.
discord.com/privacy, lines 325–325
In plain wordsDiscord may use the content you create and your activity data to train machine learning systems to improve their services. This means your messages and interactions could be used to develop their automated technologies.

Checked, nothing hostile

selling or sharing your data, reading your private messages, giving up the right to sue in court, passing your data on if the company is sold.

Not covered by these documents

rights over the things you post or upload, refusing to let you delete your account, changing the terms without asking you, locking you in for a year or more, refusing responsibility when things go wrong, closing your account at any time, tracking you across sites and apps, keeping your data after you leave, keeping rights to your content after you leave, using your name or photo in ads, combining your data across their products, denying responsibility if your data leaks, renewing your subscription automatically, making you pay their legal costs, forcing disputes into their home courts, taking ownership of your ideas and feedback. These usually live in a document we haven’t read yet.