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Contact Discovery Designed to Protect Privacy

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Signal can optionally discover which contacts in your address book are Signal users, using a service designed to protect the privacy of your contacts.

Excerpt from Signal's Privacy Policy

Provision details

Document information
Document
Signal Privacy Policy
Entity
Signal
Date stated by the document
May 25, 2018
As printed in Signal’s text (version CA-V-006725), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
April 18, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-006725, captured Sept. 11, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-038124
Document ID
CA-D-000305
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Archived bytes SHA-256 (version CA-V-006725)
22fd0a32d64da9a8ce749b258c40f293478a695d505800e53b904c5ff66b27ff
Analysis generated
April 18, 2026 11:58 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-006725, captured Sept. 11, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: Signal
Document: Signal Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-038124
Version: CA-V-006725
Captured: 2026-09-11 00:50:28 UTC
SHA-256: 22fd0a32d64da9a8…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/signal/signal-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-038124/contact-discovery-designed-to-protect-privacy/
Accessed: Nov. 4, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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What does Signal's Contact Discovery Designed to Protect Privacy clause do?

The clause states: “Signal can optionally discover which contacts in your address book are Signal users, using a service designed to protect the privacy of your contacts.”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 285 platforms. See the full comparison.

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