Discord privacy posture

 Archived Versions
 Discord Privacy Policy
-Effective: March 27, 2023
-Last Updated: February 24, 2023
-Editor's Note: This version of our Privacy Policy is out of date as of April 15, 2024.
+Effective: April 15, 2024
+Last Updated: March 15, 2024
+Editor's Note: This version of our Privacy Policy is out of date as of September 29, 2025.
 Please see our current Privacy Policy
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 Welcome!
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-Discord is your place to find community
+Discord is the best place to talk, hang out and have fun with friends online
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 The information we collect
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-3.1 Information you provide to us
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-3.2 Information we collect automatically
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-3.3 Information we receive from other sources
+Information you provide to us
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+Information we collect automatically
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+Information we receive from other sources
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 How we use your information
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 Data Protection Officer
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-Information for Users in the EEA, United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Brazil
+Information about local privacy laws
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-Information for Users in Certain U.S. States
+Changes to this Privacy Policy
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-Changes to this Privacy Policy
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 This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, protect, and share your personal information through our services. If you reside in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or United Kingdom, Discord Netherlands BV is the “data controller” of your personal information collected through the services (as defined in our
 ). For everyone else, Discord Inc. is the data controller. It’s important that you read this entire policy, but here’s a summary to get you started:
 We care a lot about privacy
-. We are committed to creating spaces where people can come together and find a place to belong. Respecting user privacy is a key part of that mission.
+. We are committed to creating spaces where people can talk, hang out and have fun with friends online. Respecting user privacy is a key part of
+that mission
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 We don’t sell your personal information
 . Our business is based on subscriptions and paid products, not from selling your personal information to third parties.
 We limit what information is required
 . We require the information that enables us to create your account, provide and maintain our services, meet our commitments to our users, and satisfy our legal requirements. The rest is optional.
 We care deeply about safety
-. Our dedicated Trust & Safety team works hard to help keep our community safe. We also use certain information to help us identify violations of our Community Guidelines and prevent harmful content from being distributed through the services.
+. Our dedicated Trust and Safety team works hard to help keep our community safe. We also use certain information to help us identify violations of our Community Guidelines and prevent harmful content from being distributed through the services.
 We give you control
 . We give you the ability to control your privacy on Discord.
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-Discord is your place to find community
-We created Discord to be a platform that brings people together over shared experiences and gives everyone a place to belong. Whether you’re part of a club, gaming group, or just a handful of friends that want to spend time together, Discord makes it easy to express yourself and find community.
+Discord is the best place to talk, hang out and have fun with friends online
+We created Discord to be the best place to talk, hang out and have fun with friends online. Whether you’re part of a club, gaming group, or just a handful of friends that want to spend time together, Discord makes it easy to connect with friends.
 Our “services” has the same meaning as defined in the
 . They include the Discord app, which can be accessed on mobile, web, desktop, console, or even a connected home appliance—any device with a web browser and internet connection. We also have a website, blog, and support center, and we may collect your information through other means like surveys, emails, and social media. If we build another product, our services include that too.
 As explained in our
 , we allow users to add content to the services in a number of different ways, including via direct messages and in smaller and larger spaces. If you share content within larger spaces, that content may be accessed by many people, including people you do not know. For example, some servers are available in the Server Discovery section of the app and do not require an invite link to join. Other server owners may publish their server invite link on public websites. Anyone can access these servers, and you should be aware that server owners or admins set these permissions, and like the size of a server, the permissions may change over time.
-We may also use content posted in larger spaces, to help us improve and power features like
-Highlights Notifications
-, identify harmful content on the services, and enforce our
+We may also use content posted in larger spaces to help us develop, improve and power our services, including features that help you catch up on conversations and safety features that identify harmful content on the services and support the enforcement of our
 and
 Community Guidelines
-. These things are important to us, and we believe they will make Discord even better for our users. We will always try to let you know the type of space you are in (although we don’t control where invite links are shared or the permissions for that server). You can limit the extent to which your content is used for these purposes as described in the “
-How to control your privacy
-” section below. You should take all of this into account when you are using our services, and choose the spaces, features, and settings that are most appropriate for your content.
+. These things are important to us, and we believe they will make Discord even better for our users. We will always try to let you know the type of space you are in (although we don’t control where invite links are shared or the permissions for that server). You can limit the extent to which your content is used for these purposes as described in the “How to control your privacy” section below. You can learn more about our approach to safety and content moderation, including how we use your information for these purposes, in our
+Safety Center
+. You should take all of this into account when you are using our services, and choose the spaces, features, and settings that are most appropriate for your content.
 We make money from paid subscriptions and the sale of digital (and sometimes physical) goods, not from selling your personal information to third parties.
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 The information we collect
 We collect certain information when you use Discord. This includes information you provide to us, information we collect automatically, and information we receive from other sources.
 Information you provide to us
 Account information
-. When you create a Discord account, you can come up with a username and password, and provide a way of contacting you (such as an email address and/or phone number). You’ll also need to provide your birthday. In some cases, you may be required to verify your account or provide additional information (like a verified phone number) to your account. You may also have the option to add your name or nicknames.
+. When you create a Discord account, you can come up with a username and password, and provide a way of contacting you (such as an email address and/or phone number). You’ll also need to provide your birthday. In some cases, we may require additional information to verify your age. You may be required to verify your account or provide additional information (like a verified phone number) to your account. You may also have the option to add your name or choose a display name.
 Content you create
-. This includes any content that you upload to the service. For example, you may write messages or posts (including drafts), send voice messages, create custom emojis, create short recordings of GoLive activity, or upload and share files through the services. This also includes your profile information and the information you provide when you create servers. We generally do not store the contents of video or voice calls or channels. If we were to change that in the future (for example, to facilitate content moderation), we would disclose that to you in advance. We also don’t store streaming content when you share your screen, but we do retain the thumbnail cover image for the stream for a short period of time. We may build features that help users engage with voice and video content, like create or send short recordings.
+. This includes any content that you upload to the service. For example, you may write messages or posts (including drafts), send voice messages, create custom emojis, or post other content that you create with features that we develop. You may also upload and share files through the services. This also includes your profile information and the information you provide when you create servers. We generally do not store the contents of video or voice calls or channels. If we were to change that in the future (for example, to facilitate content moderation), we would disclose that to you in advance. We also don’t store streaming content when you share your screen, but we do retain the thumbnail cover image for the stream for a short period of time. We may build features that help users engage with voice and video content, like create or send short recordings.
 Payment information
-. If you buy any paid services through Discord, you may need to submit a valid payment method and associated billing information, including your full name and billing address. Our payment processors, like Stripe and PayPal, receive and process your payment information. Depending on the processor, we may also receive and store certain billing information, including the last four digits of the credit card number associated with the transaction. If you sell something through Discord, you may be required to provide additional information to our payment processors, such as bank account information to facilitate payments and copies of government issued identification required to identify users in accordance with regulatory obligations. If we decide to process our own payments in the future, we would receive and process this information ourselves.
+. If you buy any paid services through Discord, you may need to submit a valid payment method and associated billing information, including your full name and billing address. Our payment processors, like Stripe and PayPal, receive and process your payment information. Depending on the processor, we may also receive and store certain billing information, including the last four digits of the credit card number associated with the transaction. If you sell something through Discord, you may be required to provide additional information to Discord or to our payment processors, such as bank account information to facilitate payments, tax identification information, and copies of government issued identification required to identify users in accordance with regulatory obligations. If we decide to process our own payments in the future, we would receive and process this information ourselves.
 Information from actions you take
-. We collect information about your use of Discord and your activities on the services. This includes the friends you add, the users, bots, and apps you engage with, the games you play on your device, the servers or other communities you join and participate in, your roles in servers, content moderation decisions you make, information about purchases or sales you make on or through Discord including what you purchased or sold, and other related actions. You can control whether we collect, use, and display this information as described in the “
+. We collect information about your use of Discord and your activities on the services. This includes information such as the friends you add, the users, bots, and apps you engage with, the games you play on your device, the servers or other communities you join and participate in, your roles in servers, content moderation decisions you make, information about purchases or sales you make on or through Discord including what you purchased or sold, and other related actions. You can control the extent to which we collect, use, and display this information as described in the “
 How to control your privacy
 ” section below.
-Information used to enable optional features
+Information from optional features
 . Certain features, like contact syncing, may require that you provide additional information (or grant us access to such information) to make them work. This also includes third-party integrations you choose to enable and the data you authorize those third-party services to share with us. For example, when you link a music streaming account, we may collect information about that account such as the song you are listening to in order to display that information on your profile or as your status (if you have chosen to do so).
 Other information you provide directly to us
-. You may have the option to submit additional information as you use Discord. For example, you may choose to participate in our verified server program, which requires that you provide additional information about yourself or your company. Or, you may participate in surveys where you can provide feedback on the services, or submit information to our Discord Support teams.
+. You may have the option to submit additional information as you use Discord. For example, you may participate in surveys where you can provide feedback on the services, or submit information to our Discord Support teams.
 Information we collect automatically
 We also collect information automatically from you when you use Discord. This includes:
 Information about your device
 . We collect information about the device you are using to access the services. For example, this includes information like your IP address, operating system information, browser information, and information about your device settings, such as your microphone and/or camera.
 Information about your use of the apps or websites
-. For example, we collect log and event information related to how and when you use our services (such as the pages, servers, and channels you visit, the activities you engage in, or the embedded content you interact with).
 Other information that we collect automatically
 . When you take certain actions on other sites, we may receive information about you. For example, when we advertise for Discord on third party platforms, if you click on the ad, we may receive information about which ad you saw and on which platform. Similarly, we may also receive certain information when you click on a referral link, such as which website you came from.
 Information we receive from other sources
 We may receive information about you from other sources, including from other users and third parties, and combine that information with the other information we have about you. For example, if you interact with our social media account on another platform, we may receive certain information about you like your username on that platform.
 How we use your information
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 To fulfill our contract with you
 To provide you with the services
 . We use your information to provide you with the Discord services. For example, when you start a video call, we process your images and audio to make that work. We similarly collect and store the messages you send and display them as you direct. We also use the information you provide to us to create and manage your account and to facilitate purchases. When you enable optional features (like connecting your Discord account to other platforms), we use information from those services to power the feature (like displaying what song you are listening to on another service within the Discord app).
 To meet our commitments to the Discord community
 To contact you
 . We use your information to contact you in connection with your account, such as to verify or secure it with two-factor authentication. We may also use your information to contact you about important product or policy changes and to send you information about products you have purchased.
 To provide customer service
 . We use your information to respond to your questions about our products and services, and to investigate bugs or other issues.
 For our legitimate business interests
 To protect our services
 To report on our company’s performance
 . We use your information to track the fundamental metrics of our business, to perform financial reporting, to respond to regulatory obligations, and to debug billing issues.
 To personalize the product
 How to control your privacy
 ” section below, you can choose to what extent we will use your personal information to personalize your Discord experience.
 To improve our services
 To advertise our services on Discord and other platforms
 . We are proud of the product we've built. We may tell you about our paid services and other features directly in the services 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
 To comply with our legal obligations
 We retain and use your information in connection with potential legal claims when necessary and for compliance, regulatory, and auditing purposes. For example, we retain information where we are required by law or if we are compelled to do so by a court order or regulatory body. Also, when you exercise any of your applicable legal rights to access, amend, or delete your personal information, we may request additional information from you for the purpose of confirming your identity.
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 Discord Privacy Policy
-Effective: April 15, 2024
-Last Updated: March 15, 2024
-Editor's Note: This version of our Privacy Policy is out of date as of September 29, 2025.
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 Archived Versions
-DISCORD PRIVACY POLICY
-Effective: March 28, 2022
-Last Updated: February 25, 2022
 Please see our current Privacy Policy

 DISCORD PRIVACY POLICY
-Last updated and effective: June 23, 2020
-Editor's Note: This version of our Privacy Policy is out of date as of March 28, 2022.
+Effective: March 28, 2022
 Please see our current Privacy Policy