Does a Discord bot need a privacy policy?

Yes. Discord’s Developer Terms require every Application — bots included — to provide and follow a privacy policy and link it in the Developer Portal.

Is there a Discord-specific template?

No. PrivacyPage generates a general app policy; describe your bot’s intents, scopes and storage in the wizard.

Discord Developer Platform · Platform guide

Privacy policy for Discord bots

Discord’s Developer Terms require every application, including bots, to provide a privacy policy that accurately describes what data it collects, how it is used and shared, and how users can request deletion. You must keep a public, up-to-date link to it in the Developer Portal and make it easy to reach from the bot.

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What Discord Developer Platform requires

Developer Terms of Service — Implement Good Privacy Practices

“You will provide and adhere to a privacy policy for your Application that is compliant with applicable privacy laws and clearly, accurately, and fully describes to users of your Application what data you collect, how you use and share such data with us and third parties, and how users can request deletion of such data.”

Source: support-dev.discord.com verified 2026-10-29

1.1Link in the Developer Portal. “You will maintain publicly available, up-to-date links to your privacy policy in the Developer Portal and make it easily accessible to users from your Application.” Source: support-dev.discord.com

1.2No selling or ad use of API Data; no AI training on messages. The Developer Policy bans disclosing API Data to data brokers or ad networks, selling it, and using message content to train AI models without Discord’s express permission. Source: support-dev.discord.com

1.3Message Content is a privileged intent. Privileged intents must be enabled in the Developer Portal, and for verified apps (required at 100+ servers) approved after verification. If your bot reads message content, say so in the policy. Source: discord.com

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What common SDKs collect

SDK / API	Data it collects	Source
Discord OAuth2 scopes	identify: the user object from /users/@me, without email email: adds the user’s email address guilds: the servers the user is in	Source: discord.com
Gateway intents	MESSAGE_CONTENT (privileged): message text, embeds, attachments and components in events GUILD_MEMBERS (privileged): server member events	Source: discord.com

Everything in this table must appear in your policy if the SDK ships in your build.

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Where to put the URL

3.1Discord Developer Portal → your application → the privacy policy URL field.
3.2Add the link to your bot’s help command or profile so users can find it.

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Sample clause

§ 4.1 · Messages

The bot reads message content only in channels where it is used, to respond to commands. We store the server ID, channel ID and your user ID for settings. We do not store message text after responding, do not share Discord data with advertisers, and do not use it to train AI models. Run /delete-my-data to erase your records.

Illustrative wording. Your generated policy is written from your own answers.

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Questions

Does a Discord bot need a privacy policy?: Yes. Discord’s Developer Terms require every Application — bots included — to provide and follow a privacy policy and link it in the Developer Portal.
Is there a Discord-specific template?: No. PrivacyPage generates a general app policy; describe your bot’s intents, scopes and storage in the wizard.