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Introduction

Welcome! This page explains in simple terms how Discord collects, uses, and shares your personal information. It also highlights known privacy issues you should be aware of. Our goal is to help you understand what happens to your data when you use this popular chat and voice app.

Basic Information

  • Website: https://discord.com
  • What it does: Discord is an app for chatting, voice calls, video calls, and sharing files, mainly for friends and online communities1.

What Data Is Collected?

Discord may collect2:

  • Information you provide directly, like your username, email address, profile picture, and messages.
  • Data about how you use Discord: what servers you join, friends you add, calls you make, and activity status.
  • Technical details: your IP address, device type, operating system, and information about crashes or bugs.

How Is Your Data Used?

Your data is usually used to2:

  • Let you create an account and chat with others.
  • Operate voice and video calls smoothly.
  • Keep your account secure and fix problems.
  • Improve Discord’s features and make it work better.
  • Sometimes personalize your experience, like suggesting friends or servers.

Who Else Gets Your Data?

Discord may share some information with:

  • Service providers that help run Discord (like cloud storage or voice servers).
  • Law enforcement, if required by law.
  • Business partners, for specific features (like games or streaming).
  • Discord says they do not sell your personal information or show targeted ads based on your messages2.

Tracking and Cookies

  • Cookies: Discord uses cookies to keep you logged in, remember settings, and help protect your account2.
  • Other trackers: Discord mainly tracks usage for security and performance. It does not rely heavily on third-party advertising trackers on its app.

Can You Control Your Data?

Yes — here’s what you can do2,3:

  • Adjust your privacy & safety settings in the app to control who can contact you and who can add you as a friend.
  • Use Discord’s privacy tools to download your data or delete your account.
  • Block or report unwanted contacts.
  • Use browser settings to manage cookies if you use the web version.

Known Privacy Concerns

Some known concerns about Discord’s privacy practices include:

  • No end-to-end encryption: Messages and calls are not fully private4.
  • Data stored unencrypted: User data is kept in plain form on Discord’s servers5.
  • Extensive tracking: Metadata like IP addresses and hardware IDs are logged6.
  • Data retention: Deleting your account or messages does not guarantee full removal7.
  • Vague third-party sharing: Discord shares user data with partners without always being specific8.

Privacy Policy

wPingou.org Notes

  • This report is a simple summary based on Discord’s public policy and trusted external sources.
  • Always read the full privacy policy for detailed rights and options.

Licence

This report is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). You may share or adapt it if you credit wPingou.org.

Thank you for reading! Stay informed and take control of your privacy. wPingou.org — your trusted source for web privacy insights.

Footnotes

  1. Discord Official Website ↩

  2. Discord Privacy Policy ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  3. Discord Privacy & Safety Help Articles ↩

  4. Discussion on lack of end-to-end encryption ↩

  5. Data stored unencrypted on servers ↩

  6. ESET blog: Discord metadata logging ↩

  7. Retention issues ↩

  8. Mozilla Privacy Not Included: Discord ↩

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