Discord promises outraged users it won’t store call recordings—for now
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Before it was updated last month, Discord's privacy policy specifically promised to alert users in advance" if the company ever started storing contents of video calls, voice calls, or channels. That's why some users became alarmed when the latest updates-which go into effect March 27-seemed to quietly drop this promise. One Discord user asked Ars to investigate, wondering, Does Discord plan to retain call recordings?"
According to a Discord spokesperson, the answer is no.
There has not been a change in Discord's position on how we store or record the contents of video or voice channels," a Discord spokesperson told Ars. We recognize that when we recently issued adjusted language in our privacy policy, we inadvertently caused confusion among our users. To be clear, nothing has changed and we have reinserted the language back into our privacy policy, along with some additional clarifying information."