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Telegram — Privacy Policy
| Snapshot 2026-07-15 15:56 UTC | Snapshot 2026-09-11 08:30 UTC | ||||
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| 20 | Telegram has two fundamental principles when it comes to collecting and processi | 20 | Telegram has two fundamental principles when it comes to collecting and processi | ||
| > | ng private data: | > | ng private data: | ||
| 21 | 21 | ||||
| n | 22 | - We don't use your data to show you ads. | n | 22 | - We don't use the contents of any of your chats or contact lists to show you ad |
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| 23 | - We only store the data that Telegram needs to function as a secure and feature | 23 | - We only store the data that Telegram needs to function as a secure and feature | ||
| > | -rich messaging service. | > | -rich messaging service. | ||
| 24 | 24 | ||||
| 25 | #### __1.2. Terms of Service | 25 | #### __1.2. Terms of Service | ||
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| 151 | We may use some aggregated data about how you use Telegram to build useful featu | 151 | We may use some aggregated data about how you use Telegram to build useful featu | ||
| > | res. For example, when you open the Search menu, Telegram displays the people yo | > | res. For example, when you open the Search menu, Telegram displays the people yo | ||
| > | u are more likely to message in a box at the top of the screen. To do this, we c | > | u are more likely to message in a box at the top of the screen. To do this, we c | ||
| > | alculate a rating that shows which people you message frequently. A similar rati | > | alculate a rating that shows which people you message frequently. A similar rati | ||
| > | ng is calculated for inline bots so that the app can suggest the bots you are mo | > | ng is calculated for inline bots so that the app can suggest the bots you are mo | ||
| > | st likely to use in the attachment menu (or when you start a new message with “@ | > | st likely to use in the attachment menu (or when you start a new message with “@ | ||
| > | ”). To turn this feature off and delete the relevant data, go to Settings > Priv | > | ”). To turn this feature off and delete the relevant data, go to Settings > Priv | ||
| > | acy & Security > Data Settings and disable “Suggest Frequent Contacts”. | > | acy & Security > Data Settings and disable “Suggest Frequent Contacts”. | ||
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| n | 153 | #### __5.6. No Ads Based on User Data | n | 153 | #### __5.6. No Ads Based on Contents of Chats or Contact Lists |
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| n | 155 | Unlike other services, we don't use your data for ad targeting or other commerci | n | 155 | Unlike other services, we don't use the contents of your private chats or contac |
| > | al purposes. Telegram only stores the information it needs to function as a secu | > | ts lists for ad targeting or other commercial purposes. Telegram only stores the | ||
| > | re and feature-rich cloud service. | > | information it needs to function as a secure and feature-rich cloud service. | ||
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| n | 157 | Telegram offers a tool for advertisers to promote their messages in public one-t | n | 157 | Telegram offers a tool for advertisers to promote their messages in public one-t |
| > | o-many channels , but these sponsored messages are based solely on the topic of | > | o-many channels (with 1,000 subscribers or more), as well as in bots, stories, a | ||
| > | the public channels in which they are shown. No user data is mined or analyzed t | > | nd Telegram’s public search. By default, these sponsored messages are based sole | ||
| > | o display ads or sponsored messages. | > | ly on the topic of the public channels or search terms in which they are shown. | ||
| > | No contents of private chats or contacts lists are mined or analyzed to display | ||||
| > | ads or sponsored messages. | ||||
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| 159 | Telegram Premium users don’t see ads and are not affected by the Telegram Ad Pla | ||||
| > | tform . | ||||
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| 161 | ##### __5.6.1. Additional advertising tools | ||||
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| 163 | Non-intrusive advertising models help us sustain our Services. The data relied u | ||||
| > | pon to serve ads is processed on the basis of Telegram’s legitimate interest of | ||||
| > | delivering effective and innovative Services to you. This data cannot be disclos | ||||
| > | ed to any third parties – advertisers included. | ||||
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| 165 | Telegram Premium users don’t see ads and are not affected by the Ad Platform. Ta | ||||
| > | rgeting-related data referenced in this section is not processed for such users. | ||||
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| 167 | In large public one-to-many channels (with **1,000 subscribers or more** ), and | ||||
| > | public search results, ads may be shown based on the language of the content – h | ||||
| > | owever, that language may be common to several different countries. To keep ads | ||||
| > | relevant, ads can be shown in a **particular country and city** , approximated b | ||||
| > | ased on the country and area code of a user's phone number or their IP address. | ||||
| > | This data is never passed to advertisers, no other geolocation data is used, and | ||||
| > | no precise location-tracking is involved for these purposes. This makes it poss | ||||
| > | ible for advertisers to restrict ad visibility to certain countries or regions – | ||||
| > | for instance, creating an ad for Spanish-speaking audiences but opting not to d | ||||
| > | isplay it within Spain. | ||||
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| 169 | Users following a sufficient number of large public one-to-many channels (e.g., | ||||
| > | _Finance, Business & Entrepreneurship, or Humor & Memes_ ), may see ads from tha | ||||
| > | t category in other large public channels or in other bots as well. Users may al | ||||
| > | so see ads selected on the basis of the channels they follow. This data is never | ||||
| > | passed to advertisers. | ||||
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| 171 | Your rights described in section 9 below remain unaffected. | ||||
| 158 | 172 | ||||
| 159 | ### __6. Bot Messages | 173 | ### __6. Bot Messages | ||
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| 320 | 334 | ||||
| 321 | - Expanded 3.2. Your Email Address with information on login emails. | 335 | - Expanded 3.2. Your Email Address with information on login emails. | ||
| 322 | 336 | ||||
| n | 323 | **February 3, 2022** | n | 337 | **February 3, 2023** |
| 324 | 338 | ||||
| 325 | - Updated 8.4 and 8.5 to reflect the new premium feature that allows translating | 339 | - Updated 8.4 and 8.5 to reflect the new premium feature that allows translating | ||
| > | entire chats. | > | entire chats. | ||
| 326 | 340 | ||||
| 341 | **September 29, 2024** | 355 | **September 29, 2024** | ||
| 342 | 356 | ||||
| 343 | - Updated 10.4 to reflect the new default time period for Account Self-Destructi | 357 | - Updated 10.4 to reflect the new default time period for Account Self-Destructi | ||
| > | on. | > | on. | ||
| t | t | 358 | |||
| 359 | **August 21, 2026** | ||||
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| 361 | - The Privacy Policy was updated to describe geographic limitations and other ad | ||||
| > | vertising tools that may affect the ways how ads are displayed. | ||||
| 344 | 362 | ||||
| 345 | Important changes made to this Privacy Policy will be notified to you via Telegr | 363 | Important changes made to this Privacy Policy will be notified to you via Telegr | ||
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