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| 3 | For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, ‘we’ , ‘us’ and ‘our’ refers to Telegram, and ‘you’ refers to you, the user of the Services. 1.1 Privacy Principles Telegram has two fundamental principles when it comes to collecting and processing private data: We don't use your data to show you ads. | 3 | For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, ‘we’ , ‘us’ and ‘our’ refers to Telegram, and ‘you’ refers to you, the user of the Services. 1.1 Privacy Principles Telegram has two fundamental principles when it comes to collecting and processing private data: We don't use the contents of any of your chats or contact lists to show you ads. |
| 76 | To turn this feature off and delete the relevant data, go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Data Settings and disable “Suggest Frequent Contacts”. 5.6. No Ads Based on User Data Unlike other services, we don't use your data for ad targeting or other commercial purposes. | 76 | To turn this feature off and delete the relevant data, go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Data Settings and disable “Suggest Frequent Contacts”. 5.6. No Ads Based on Contents of Chats or Contact Lists Unlike other services, we don't use the contents of your private chats or contacts lists for ad targeting or other commercial purposes. |
| 78 | Telegram offers a tool for advertisers to promote their messages in public one-to-many channels , but these sponsored messages are based solely on the topic of the public channels in which they are shown. | 78 | Telegram offers a tool for advertisers to promote their messages in public one-to-many channels (with 1,000 subscribers or more), as well as in bots, stories, and Telegram’s public search. |
| 79 | No user data is mined or analyzed to display ads or sponsored messages. 6. | 79 | By default, these sponsored messages are based solely on the topic of the public channels or search terms in which they are shown. |
| 80 | No contents of private chats or contacts lists are mined or analyzed to display ads or sponsored messages. | ||
| 81 | Telegram Premium users don’t see ads and are not affected by the Telegram Ad Platform . 5.6.1. Additional advertising tools Non-intrusive advertising models help us sustain our Services. | ||
| 82 | The data relied upon to serve ads is processed on the basis of Telegram’s legitimate interest of delivering effective and innovative Services to you. | ||
| 83 | This data cannot be disclosed to any third parties – advertisers included. | ||
| 84 | Telegram Premium users don’t see ads and are not affected by the Ad Platform. | ||
| 85 | Targeting-related data referenced in this section is not processed for such users. | ||
| 86 | 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 – however, that language may be common to several different countries. | ||
| 87 | To keep ads relevant, ads can be shown in a particular country and city , approximated based on the country and area code of a user's phone number or their IP address. | ||
| 88 | This data is never passed to advertisers, no other geolocation data is used, and no precise location-tracking is involved for these purposes. | ||
| 89 | This makes it possible for advertisers to restrict ad visibility to certain countries or regions – for instance, creating an ad for Spanish-speaking audiences but opting not to display it within Spain. | ||
| 90 | Users following a sufficient number of large public one-to-many channels (e.g., Finance, Business & Entrepreneurship, or Humor & Memes ), may see ads from that category in other large public channels or in other bots as well. | ||
| 91 | Users may also see ads selected on the basis of the channels they follow. | ||
| 92 | This data is never passed to advertisers. | ||
| 93 | Your rights described in section 9 below remain unaffected. 6. | ||
| 169 | February 3, 2022 Updated 8.4 and 8.5 to reflect the new premium feature that allows translating entire chats. | 183 | February 3, 2023 Updated 8.4 and 8.5 to reflect the new premium feature that allows translating entire chats. |
| 190 | August 21, 2026 The Privacy Policy was updated to describe geographic limitations and other advertising tools that may affect the ways how ads are displayed. | ||
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