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This provision specifies the legal ground under which Telegram conducts personal data processing. Legitimate interests functions as an alternative legal basis to consent, allowing the organization to process data for operational purposes provided that processing does not violate user protections or fundamental rights.
Removal of this provision eliminates explicit disclosure of the legal basis ('legitimate interests') for Telegram's metadata collection practices under GDPR.
View full change record →Under this clause, Telegram may process personal data to deliver Services and maintain security without obtaining explicit user consent, subject to the condition that such processing respects user rights and protections. Users do not have the ability to opt out of processing conducted under legitimate interests, though they retain rights under applicable data protection law to contest the balancing of interests.
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"We process your personal data on the ground that such processing is necessary to further our legitimate interests (including: (1) providing effective and innovative Services to our users; and (2) to detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud or security issues in respect of our provision of Services), unless those interests are overridden by your interest or fundamental rights and freedoms that require protections of personal data.— Excerpt from Telegram's Telegram Privacy Policy
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This provision specifies the legal ground under which Telegram conducts personal data processing. Legitimate interests functions as an alternative legal basis to consent, allowing the organization to process data for operational purposes provided that processing does not violate user protections or fundamental rights.
Under this clause, Telegram may process personal data to deliver Services and maintain security without obtaining explicit user consent, subject to the condition that such processing respects user rights and protections. Users do not have the ability to opt out of processing conducted under legitimate interests, though they retain rights under applicable data protection law to contest the balancing of …
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