Telegram
Owned by Telegram Messenger
telegram.org ↗Privacy Panel Label
Privacy Panel
Telegram
Data Collected
●Message & Email Contentsensitive
Cloud chat messages, media and files
●Precise Locationsensitive
Live location data
●Financial & Payment Datasensitive
Shipping information
Payment tokens
●Race, Religion & Demographicssensitive
Birthday (optional)
○Contact Info
Mobile phone number
Profile name
Email address
○Device & Online IDs
Username
IP address
Device information
○Contacts / Address Book
Phone contacts
○Browsing & Search History
Cookies
○App Usage & Diagnostics
Aggregated usage metadata
History of username changes
○Photos, Videos & Audio
Voice and video message audio data
Data Sharing & Use
noSold to third parties
7 recipient categories (Other Telegram users, Telegram group companies (Telegram Group Inc, Telegraph Inc., Telegram FZ-LLC), Law enforcement / judicial authorities, …)
noShared for advertising
noCross-site tracking
noUsed for profiling / AI decisions
?Used to train AI models
YESDisclosed to law enforcement
Data Uses
Core serviceSecurity / fraudPersonalizationAnalytics
Data Retention
18 months (inactive account self-destruction default)
Varies by data type
Data is retained as long as necessary to provide the service. Security metadata …
Consumer Rights
Access
Delete
Portability
Correct
Opt-out
Security
Encrypted in transit
Encrypted at rest
MFA available
?
Breach notificationBrowser Privacy Signals
unknownGPC / DNT
This label summarizes privacy practices as disclosed in the company's privacy policy. This is not legal advice. Full policy ↗
This label summarizes privacy practices as disclosed in the company's privacy policy. It is a neutral, factual restatement — not an evaluation. What is this?
Source Evidence
Report an issueIf a specific extraction below looks wrong (the quote does not match the policy, or the YES/no is misinterpreted), use the per-finding flag to help us improve.
What's on the label
Sold to third parties
no97% confidence
We don't use your data to show you ads... Unlike other services, we don't use your data for ad targeting or other commercial purposes.
Shared for advertising
no97% confidence
We don't use your data to show you ads... Unlike other services, we don't use your data for ad targeting or other commercial purposes. Telegram only stores the information it needs to function as a secure and feature-rich cloud service.
Cross-site tracking
no90% confidence
The only cookies we use are those to operate and provide our Services on the web. We do not use cookies for profiling or advertising.
Used for profiling
no92% confidence
We do not use cookies for profiling or advertising... Unlike other services, we don't use your data for ad targeting or other commercial purposes.
Signals & rights
Sources / Provenance
Analyzed June 3, 2026 · policy fetched June 3, 2026
Archived copy: not yet available
Source hash: a8563f1f35bd…