By uploading, distributing, transmitting or otherwise using Your Data with the Services, you grant to us a nonexclusive, transferable, royalty-free, sublicensable, and worldwide license to use Your Data, subject to the Company’s Privacy Policy.
They HAVE to use your data to make it possible for you to use their services and communicate with other people.
'Your data' in this context doesn't mean 'the entire content of your harddrive'. It just means that anything you send through Discord, probably your IP & general info you put on your account will be used.
That's literally in every ToS & EULA for applications like this ever.
Don't get me wrong, plenty of companies use data gathered from users/customers for profit. Many companies actively work with intelligence agencies.
Discord hasn't done any of that as far as I'm aware.
Oh. Well mostly due to what @thantik already said. As soon as you send anything through discord - a message, gay porn, a picture, etc. - they need to be allowed to show that something to other users.
Even in a private chat they need to be allowed to show the recepient of your PM that message.
It would destroy the whole purpose of the application if they can't use 'your data'.
And again, they're not accessing your hard drive or try to steal your personal information like OP claims.
This stuff is common in every program that lets you interact with other people (or use a service) in any way.
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jsac ago
mamwad ago
That's pretty much legally necessary for any chat app.
Apeabel ago
Very much this.
They HAVE to use your data to make it possible for you to use their services and communicate with other people.
'Your data' in this context doesn't mean 'the entire content of your harddrive'. It just means that anything you send through Discord, probably your IP & general info you put on your account will be used. That's literally in every ToS & EULA for applications like this ever.
Don't get me wrong, plenty of companies use data gathered from users/customers for profit. Many companies actively work with intelligence agencies.
Discord hasn't done any of that as far as I'm aware.
NinjaPoolboy ago
why dose it have to be nonexclusive and transferable?
Apeabel ago
You mean the data they gather?
NinjaPoolboy ago
No, the license I grant them. Not the data.
Apeabel ago
Oh. Well mostly due to what @thantik already said. As soon as you send anything through discord - a message, gay porn, a picture, etc. - they need to be allowed to show that something to other users.
Even in a private chat they need to be allowed to show the recepient of your PM that message.
It would destroy the whole purpose of the application if they can't use 'your data'.
And again, they're not accessing your hard drive or try to steal your personal information like OP claims. This stuff is common in every program that lets you interact with other people (or use a service) in any way.