Privacy Policy

“Link Protect” (the “Service”) consists of the Link Protect Discord bot, the website at link-protect.com, and the Link Protect iOS app. The Service is operated as an independent project. You can reach us anytime through our support server.

We only collect what is needed to run the Service:

• Discord account basics — when you sign in with Discord (on the website or in the app), we use the identify and guilds OAuth scopes to read your Discord user ID, username and avatar, and the list of servers you are a member of. This is used solely to authenticate you and show the servers you can manage.
• Server configuration — the settings you choose for a server (active blockers, warning thresholds, whitelists, custom blacklists, log channel). Stored per server so the bot can enforce them.
• Moderation history — when the bot acts on a message (warn, timeout, kick, ban) it records the action type, the reason, the affected user’s ID, the channel ID and a timestamp. This powers warning counts, statistics and the activity log.
• Push notifications (app only) — if you enable notifications, we store your device’s push token and your notification preferences so we can deliver alerts. You can turn this off anytime in iOS Settings.

• We do not store the content of your messages. Messages are scanned in memory only to detect links, then discarded.
• We do not collect your email, phone number, address or payment information.
• We do not use any advertising or cross-app tracking, and the app shows no ads. There is no “Sign in with Apple” because the app is purely a client for Discord.

Your data is used only to operate the Service: to authenticate you, to show and let you configure the servers you manage, to enforce your protection settings, to display statistics and logs, and to deliver the notifications you opt into. We do not sell your data, and we do not share it for marketing.

To function, the Service necessarily interacts with:

• Discord — to authenticate you and to perform moderation. Your use of Discord is governed by Discord’s own Privacy Policy.
• Apple Push Notification service — used only to deliver push notifications you enable. Apple receives the device token needed for delivery.

Server configuration and moderation history are kept while the bot is in your server so it can keep working. Removing the bot from a server stops all data collection for that server, and you can request deletion of a server’s stored data through our support server. Push tokens are removed automatically when they become invalid (for example, when you disable notifications or uninstall the app).

The Service is not directed at children under 13, and you must meet Discord’s minimum age requirement to use it.

We take reasonable technical measures to protect your data. Access tokens are stored securely (in the iOS Keychain on device), and no Discord client secret is ever shipped in the app. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, but we keep the data we hold deliberately minimal.

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by the “Last updated” date above. Continued use of the Service after an update means you accept the revised policy.

Questions or data requests? Reach us in the Link Protect support server.