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Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 22, 2026

Welcome to DISBOARD ("we," "us," or "our"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit disboard.online. Please read this policy carefully. If you disagree with its terms, please discontinue use of the site.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide

  • Discord OAuth data – When you log in with Discord, we receive your Discord user ID, username, avatar, email address, and guild membership information as permitted by your Discord privacy settings.
  • Server submissions – When you submit a Discord server, we collect the invite code, description, category, and tags you provide.
  • Contact forms – Any information you submit via contact or support forms.

1.2 Automatically Collected Information

  • Log data – IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and timestamps.
  • Cookies & local storage – See our Cookie Policy for full details.
  • Device information – Screen resolution, browser language, and device type.

1.3 Information from Third Parties

  • Discord API – Server metadata such as member counts, icons, and verification status fetched via the public Discord invite API.
  • Advertising partners – Our ad partners may collect information using cookies and similar tracking technologies. See Section 5 for details.
  • Analytics providers – Aggregated, anonymised analytics data from services such as Plausible Analytics or similar privacy-respecting tools.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Operate, maintain, and improve DISBOARD
  • Authenticate your identity via Discord OAuth
  • Display your submitted Discord servers in our directory
  • Send transactional emails (e.g., server approval notifications)
  • Detect and prevent fraudulent or abusive activity
  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Serve relevant advertisements (see Section 5)
  • Analyse usage patterns to improve site performance

3. Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR)

If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), we process your personal data under the following legal bases:

  • Contractual necessity – Providing the services you request (e.g., listing management).
  • Legitimate interests – Operating a safe, fraud-free directory and improving our services.
  • Consent – Where you have given explicit consent, such as accepting cookies or marketing communications.
  • Legal obligation – Where required by applicable law.

4. Information Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell your personal data. We may share information with:

  • Service providers – Hosting providers, CDN services, and authentication infrastructure operating under data processing agreements.
  • Advertising partners – As described in Section 5 below.
  • Law enforcement – When required by law, court order, or to protect the rights and safety of users.
  • Business transfers – In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, with prior notice to affected users.

5. Third-Party Advertising

Ad Disclosure: DISBOARD displays advertisements served by third-party advertising networks. These partners may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activity across websites to serve you interest-based (behavioural) advertisements.

Our advertising partners may include, but are not limited to:

  • Google AdSense / Google Ad Manager
  • Media.net
  • Carbon Ads
  • Ethical Ads

These partners operate their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review them:

You can opt out of interest-based advertising through:

For more information, see our dedicated Ad Disclosure page.

6. Cookies

We use essential, functional, analytics, and advertising cookies. Please see our Cookie Policy for a complete breakdown of cookies used on this site and how to manage your preferences.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal data for as long as necessary to provide our services or as required by law. Server listings remain in our directory until removed by the owner or moderated by our team. Account data is retained until account deletion is requested. Logs are retained for up to 12 months.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

  • Access – Request a copy of the data we hold about you.
  • Rectification – Request correction of inaccurate data.
  • Erasure – Request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten").
  • Portability – Receive your data in a machine-readable format.
  • Objection – Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
  • Restriction – Request restriction of processing in certain circumstances.
  • Withdrawal of consent – Where processing is based on consent, withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any right, email us at [email protected].

9. Children's Privacy

DISBOARD is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us immediately and we will delete it.

10. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own. We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, including Standard Contractual Clauses where required by GDPR.

11. Security

We implement industry-standard technical and organisational security measures including TLS encryption, access controls, and regular security reviews. No method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by posting the new policy on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

13. Contact Us

For privacy-related enquiries: