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+++ b/web/templates/privacy.html
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         </p>
 
         <p>
-            This page was last updated on <strong>April 25, 2024.</strong>
+            This page was last updated on <strong>April 29, 2024.</strong>
         </p>
 
         <p>
@@ -706,16 +706,39 @@
         <h3>DMs on the Chat Room</h3>
 
         <p>
-            Direct Messages on the chat room are NOT stored persistently on the server. They are sent directly
-            back out to the recipient(s) as they come in.
+            <span class="tag is-success">Updated: Apr 29 2024</span>
+        </p>
+
+        <p>
+            Direct Messages on the chat room are stored for user convenience. They are available so that you may be
+            able to remember your recent conversation with somebody when you see them online again in the future.
+        </p>
+
+        <p>
+            Your Direct Message history on the chat room can be deleted at any time by clicking on the
+            "Clear direct message history" button in the Chat Settings (on the Misc tab). Your chat DMs are also
+            fully deleted if you change your username on the main website, or fully delete your {{PrettyTitle}} account,
+            in order to protect your privacy in case your former username becomes registered to somebody else in the
+            future. Old DMs are routinely erased after the message is 90 days old.
+        </p>
+
+        <p>
+            You are also able to delete, or "take back" specific messages you had sent to somebody before, even
+            if they are not currently online. This will remove the message from the server database and won't show
+            in the message history for your chat partner. If they were presently online at the time, and your message
+            was visible on their page, the "take back" action will remove it from their page immediately.
+        </p>
+
+        <p>
+            When you erase your DM history, it will erase your history from your previous chat partners' side as
+            well. The next time they open a chat with you, the history will be empty as though it is the very first
+            time they are chatting with you.
         </p>
 
         <p>
             DMs are NOT monitored by admins on the chat room: the software is not programmed to reveal them on
-            the front-end web page to moderators. However, they MAY be logged as part of the chat server's operation,
-            especially if the server is running in debug mode which may sometimes happen while a new feature is being
-            developed or a bug is being researched and fixed. The log file is NOT regularly monitored except when
-            debugging an issue.
+            the front-end web page to moderators. However, they CAN be accessed in case a conversation is reported
+            for violating the site rules or discussing illegal content.
         </p>
 
         <p>
@@ -728,7 +751,7 @@
             Messages sent to your chat partner may be cached on their web browser page until they close the window
             or refresh the chat. You may "take back" individual messages by clicking on the red
             <i class="fa fa-rotate-left has-text-danger"></i> icon which will remove it from everyone else's screen
-            who saw that message. Deleting your DM thread only removes the thread from your view, but does not remove
+            who saw that message. Closing the DM thread only removes the thread from your view, but does not remove
             the thread from your partner's view. This is communicated in a pop-up before you delete the DM thread.
         </p>