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Metadata collection goes beyond message content and captures behavioral and technical identifiers that can be used to profile or identify users.
Interpretive note: The excerpt does not itself state the purpose of metadata collection; the purpose (security and spam prevention) appears in the clause name but not in the quoted language. The canonical claim includes the purpose because the clause name is part of the record, but this introduces mild inferential risk. The 'etc.' in the excerpt signals the listed metadata types are non-exhaustive.
Technical and behavioral information about how you use Telegram—including your IP address and username history—may be collected.
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Metadata collection goes beyond message content and captures behavioral and technical identifiers that can be used to profile or identify users.
Technical and behavioral information about how you use Telegram—including your IP address and username history—may be collected.
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