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“We may also receive information about you from advertisers and third-party data providers, such as demographic information and how you engage with other products and services outside of Discord.”

What that means: Your online behavior and demographic data from services outside Discord can be used to enrich your profile within Discord, potentially leading to more targeted content or advertisements, without you directly providing that information to Discord.

Discord collects information about your activities and engagement with other products and services from external advertisers and data providers, supplementing the data it collects directly.

“We may also provide limited information to advertising platforms to help us reach people that we think will like our products and to measure the performance of our ads shown on those platforms.”

What that means: Your data is used to enable Discord to target you with its own advertisements across different online platforms, and your interactions help them optimize their ad spending, contributing to a broader advertising ecosystem tracking your activities.

Discord shares some user information with advertising platforms to facilitate its own advertising efforts on other sites and apps, and to evaluate how effective those advertisements are.

“We will update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We always indicate the date the last changes were published, and if changes are significant, we’ll provide a more prominent notice as required by law, such as by emailing you or highlighting the changes within the services.”

What that means: Your data privacy terms can change without requiring your explicit agreement to the new policy, potentially introducing new data practices that you may not be aware of or agree with, requiring you to actively monitor the policy for updates.

Discord reserves the right to modify its Privacy Policy at any time. While it pledges to provide notice for significant changes, the standard for such notice is defined as 'as required by law,' which can be less comprehensive than explicit user consent for new terms.

“Content may be retained by Discord for use as described elsewhere in this policy and in [our data retention policy]. Also, in limited circumstances, we may have a legal obligation to retain certain information, even if you delete the information or your account.”

What that means: Your deleted content and personal information may not be completely purged from Discord's systems, as they can retain it for their stated uses or legal obligations, meaning your data could persist longer than you intend after deletion requests.

Even after you delete your account or specific content, Discord states it may retain some information, referring to a separate data retention policy for details, and also citing legal requirements that might necessitate continued storage.

“We retain personal information until we determine it is no longer needed for the processing purposes for which we collected or retain it or for legal compliance. You can learn more about data retention periods in [our data retention policy].”

What that means: Discord can store your personal data for an indefinite period based on its internal assessment of necessity, which means your information may be held for an extended time without clear limits, reducing your control over its longevity.

Discord retains personal information for an unspecified duration, stating that data is kept until it is no longer deemed necessary for its processing activities or legal compliance, without providing specific timeframes within this policy.