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What Discord's terms say

F privacy grade · discord.com · Social & messaging

Discord's terms of service and privacy policy have 83 rated points: 3 serious, 25 bad, 33 worth knowing and 22 good. 57 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 26 only once you have an account.

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Signed in or not

Whenever you use Discord

Serious 3

  • Changes in policies are applied retroactively

    Changes in policies are applied retroactively.

  • Your personal information may be collected, regardless of whether you interacted directly with the service or not

    They store data on you even if you did not interact with the service

  • Your personal data is used for automated decision-making, profiling or AI training

Bad 20

  • Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage

    Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent merely from your usage.

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  • Information is gathered about you through third parties

  • Extra data may be collected about you through promotions

  • Some personal data may be kept for business interests or legal obligations

  • Your personal data may be sold or otherwise transferred as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction

  • You are being tracked via social media cookies/pixels

  • App required for this service requires broad device permissions

  • Referring and/or exit pages are tracked

    This service tracks which web page referred you to it

  • Many different types of personal data are collected

  • This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not essential to its operation

  • Your profile is combined across various products

  • Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

  • If you offer suggestions to the service, they become the owner of the ideas that you give them

  • You are forced into binding arbitration in case of disputes

    You are forced into binding arbitration in case of disputes if living in Canada or the U.S.

  • This service assumes no liability for unauthorized access to your personal information

  • You waive your right to a class action

    You waive your right to a class action.

  • Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user

  • You have a reduced time period to take legal action against the service

  • Third-party cookies are used for statistics

  • Third-party cookies are employed, but with opt out instructions

    Third party cookies are employed, but with opt out instructions

Worth knowing 21

  • You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

  • First-party cookies are used

  • Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location

  • Third parties are involved in operating the service

  • Harming minors in any ways is prohibited

  • Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

    Your personal data is aggregated into statistics

  • The service can stop being provided at any time

    They may stop providing the service at any time

  • No warranty is made regarding an uninterrupted, timely, secure and/or error-free experience

    The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service

  • This service does not condone any ideas contained in its user-generated contents

  • [DEPRECATED] The service is not responsible for linked or (clearly) quoted content from third-party content providers

    The service is not responsible for linked or (clearly) quoted content from third-party content providers

  • This service informs you that its Terms of Service does not apply to third-party services

    This service informs you that its Terms of Service does not apply to third party websites

  • You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the service harmless in case of a claim related to your use of the service

  • The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk

  • No guarantee is made reguarding the accuracy and/or reliability of the information provided

    The service does not guarantee accuracy or reliability of the information provided

  • Spidering, crawling, or accessing the site through any automated means is not allowed

  • No guarantee is given regarding quality

  • The service assumes no liability for any damages the user incurs

  • Other rules, terms, conditions and/or guidelines may apply

    Other applicable rules, terms, conditions or guidelines

  • Defend, indemnify, hold harmless; survives termination

  • Blocking first-party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

    Blocking first party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

  • You are prohibited from attempting to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems

Good 13

  • A list of all cookies used by the service is provided

    A list of all cookies set by the website is provided

  • This service claims that your personal data is not being sold

    Your personal data is not sold

  • Information is provided about what kind of personal information is collected

    Information is provided about what kind of information they collect

  • You can limit how your information is used by third parties and the service

    You can limit how your information is used by third-parties and the service

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is used

  • The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users

  • The service will try to inform and/or notify you regarding government inquiries that may involve your personal information

    The service may inform and/or notify you regarding government inquiries that may involve your personal data

  • Information is provided about security practices

  • You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data

  • You aren’t forced into binding arbitration in case of disputes

  • The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is friendlier to user privacy protection

    The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is friendlier to user privacy protection (California, U.S.A.)

  • The service claims to be LGPD compliant for Brazilian users

  • The service claims to be CCPA compliant for California users

With an account

If you have a Discord account

Bad 5

  • Your account can be deleted or permanently suspended without prior notice and without a reason

    Your account can be deleted without prior notice and without a reason

  • Your provided identifiable information is actively checked by the service

  • You must provide your identifiable information

  • Usernames can be rejected or changed for any reason

  • Your content can be licensed to third parties

Worth knowing 12

  • Your account can be suspended for several reasons

  • This service is only available to users over a certain age

    This service is only available to users over 13 years old

  • You authorise the service to charge a credit card supplied on re-occurring basis

  • Minors must have the authorization of their legal guardians to use the service

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  • You are prohibited from sending chain letters, junk mail, spam or any unsolicited messages

  • Banned users are prohibited from creating a new account

    Users who have been permanently banned from this service are not allowed to re-register under a new account

  • You must create an account to use this service

  • You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for the activities on your account

  • You must report to the service any unauthorized use of your account or any breach of security

  • You cannot distribute or disclose your account to third parties

  • You agree not to submit libelous, harassing or threatening content

  • You are prohibited from posting content which promotes violence or politically or religiously extremist values

    You are prohibited from posting content which promotes violence or politically or religiously extremist values.

Good 9

  • You can delete your content from this service

  • Two factor authentication is provided for your account

  • You can opt out of receiving promotional communications

    You can opt out of promotional communications

  • This service claims User-generated content is encrypted, and they can not decrypt it

    This service claims certain user-generated content like voice and video calls is encrypted, and they can not decrypt it

  • You maintain ownership of your content

  • The service has non-exclusive use of your content

  • Your account may be suspended and/or terminated for breaching the Terms of Service

    User accounts can be terminated after having been in breach of the terms of service repeatedly

  • You have the right to leave this service at any time

  • You can retrieve an archive of your data

The documents

Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.