A cloud-based instant messaging platform that enables users to send text messages, voice messages, photos, videos, and files across devices with end-to-end encryption options. The service supports group chats, channels for broadcasting to large audiences, and bot integrations for automated interactions. Its policies are significant to consumers because they govern data handling practices, content moderation standards, and privacy protections for personal communications and shared media.
High, provisions that significantly limit your legal rights, authorize broad data collection, or create material financial exposure.
Medium, provisions worth knowing about but with partial protections or limited scope.
Low, standard terms with minimal consumer impact.
Objective measurements
Counted directly from the archive for Telegram — documents, captured versions, and detected changes.
2
Documents tracked
7
Versions captured
5
Changes · 12 mo
5
Changes · all-time
23.5 d
Avg between changes
17
Days since change
55 d
Longest stable stretch
ConductAtlas User-Protection Index
Provisional · scored on 3 of 6
58.2/100
Consumer tier · provisional until more dimensions are known
Baseline58.2 here · corpus average 31.4 across 191 scored platformsTop quartileQ1 18.4 · median 30.8 · Q3 42.3
Higher = more protective of you, the user/customer — a deliberately user-protective lens, not a universal “good vs bad” score.
Computed algorithmically from Telegram’s cited governance stances; no dimension we haven’t confidently read is ever counted against the score. Free, reproducible, and never purchasable.
Consumer tier · 58.2/100 · provisional · scored on 3 of 6
HighAdmin solely responsible for giveaway legal compliance
Telegram bears no legal responsibility for the lawfulness of user-run giveaways, leaving the organising user fully exposed to any legal liability.
HighNon-compliance may result in ban from Telegram
Non-compliance carries the consequence of losing access to Telegram entirely or to specific services, either temporarily or permanently.
HighChargeback consent to release account data to third party
Initiating a chargeback or refund triggers a data-sharing consent the user may not anticipate, disclosing account status information to an external third party.
HighNo refund for remaining billing period days
Users who cancel mid-period lose the monetary value of unused subscription days with no financial remedy.
HighPremium authorizes recurring payment
The purchase act itself constitutes authorisation for ongoing recurring charges, committing the user financially until an affirmative cancellation step is taken.
Document Coverage
PrivacypolicyTermsofservice
Last change detected: Aug 22, 2026Changes (12 months): 5Documents monitored: 2Provisions tracked: 35
Telegram's Privacy Policy explains what data Telegram collects about you, how it stores your messages, and when it shares your information. Your regular cloud chat messages are stored on Telegram's …
This document sets out the rules for using Telegram and for paying for Telegram Premium. If you subscribe, you are authorising recurring charges — and cancelling your account or deleting …
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ConductAtlas tracks 2 Telegram documents including terms of service, privacy policy, and other governance documents. Every document is captured daily with cryptographic verification.
How many policy changes has Telegram made in the past year?
Telegram has made 5 policy changes in the past 12 months across the documents ConductAtlas tracks.
How many provisions has ConductAtlas classified for Telegram?
ConductAtlas has classified 35 provisions across Telegram's tracked documents. 3 are rated high severity, 27 medium, and 5 low.
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