User blog comment:CorrosiveDragon/About Chat Bots/@comment-5590986-20151104224830/@comment-25802715-20151104232120

What is private on the internet?

On other communities, the staff has access to all PM logs, history, and chat logs. They reserve the right to review those at any time without discretion. I would argue that it would apply the same here too.

You don't need to worry about what you say in private as long as it doesn't break the rules. Though of course for the English only local rule, that will be neglected in private chats.

If we are revealing personal information without permission, then that is another story which falls into a different category. Therefore, as long as you are not breaking the rules, you shouldn't worry about it.

From what I've been told when I ask these questions, it seems they do it only to catch those who abuses that system to send phising links.