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User Privacy

The protection of user personal information and privacy

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Jan 28, 2026
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Have there been notable cases or incidents where Discord provided device/IP details to authorities?

’s public policies and legal guides make clear the company does disclose device and IP-related information to when served with valid legal process or in narrow emergency situations, and legal commenta...

Jan 19, 2026
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Are uploads to my eyes only on Snapchat run through automated violation detection during the upload process

Snapchat’s official documentation and multiple user guides describe My Eyes Only as a passcode‑protected, in‑app folder for storing saved Snaps and Stories moved from Memories, and they emphasize user...

Jan 23, 2026
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How does Ring’s Community Requests process work and what legal safeguards exist for user footage?

’s Community Requests lets verified public safety agencies post time- and location-bound asks in the Neighbors app so nearby Ring owners can voluntarily review and submit recorded clips that might hel...

Feb 4, 2026

What specific types of Discord data are anonymized rather than deleted and how is anonymization defined by Discord?

’s public policy says the company routinely retains, aggregates, or “” certain data instead of fully deleting every trace: examples called out include aggregated user statistics, usage and personaliza...

Jan 20, 2026

When you clear “off Facebook activity” via Facebook settings, does that remove personal identifiers from this specific dataset?

Clearing “Off‑Facebook Activity” severs the visible connection between third‑party event records and the user’s account in Meta’s interface, but it does not reliably erase the underlying identifiers t...

Jan 9, 2026

How does DuckDuckGo's no-tracking policy affect the amount and type of data it can produce to law enforcement?

DuckDuckGo’s stated “no-tracking” approach means the company claims not to build or retain personally identifiable search histories, which in practice limits the sort of per-user search logs it can ha...

Jan 5, 2026

How does DuckDuckGo's transparency reporting compare to Google's?

DuckDuckGo’s public posture on transparency is fundamentally different from Google’s: DuckDuckGo emphasizes a minimal-data architecture and privacy promises that, by design, leave little user-level da...