Your section 9 rights remain alongside ad targeting, subject to Telegram's stated minimum requirements
Telegram says the rights described in section 9 remain unaffected by its advertising tools. Under applicable data protection legislation and in certain circumstances you have rights concerning your personal data, and you exercise them using the contact details in section 12. You can also control how your data is used, for example by deleting synced contacts, in Data Settings in the mobile apps. Telegram adds that if you are not OK with its "modest minimum requirements" it cannot provide you with its Services, and you can delete your account.
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Your rights described in section 9 below remain unaffected.
Under applicable data protection legislation, in certain circumstances, you have rights concerning your personal data.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, kindly use the contact details in section 12 below.
You can control how your data is used (e.g., delete synced contacts) in Settings > Privacy & Security > Data Settings (using one of our mobile apps).
Sadly, if you're not OK with Telegram's modest minimum requirements, it won't be possible for us to provide you with our Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
The rights apply "in certain circumstances" under "applicable" data protection legislation.
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The policy does not define the "minimum requirements" or say which laws apply to a particular user.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
You can change or revoke a Business chatbot's permissions and chat list at any time
You can alter or revoke a connected bot's permissions, including the list of chats it can access, at any time from Settings > Telegram Business > Chatbots on official Telegram clients.
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You can alter or revoke the bot’s permissions, including the list of chats it can access, at any time from Settings > Telegram Business > Chatbots on official Telegram clients.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
Under applicable data protection law you may have rights to a copy, deletion, restriction, correction and complaint
Under applicable data protection legislation, in certain circumstances, you have rights concerning your personal data: (1) to request a copy of all personal data Telegram stores and to transmit it to another data controller; (2) to delete or amend your personal data; (3) to restrict, or object to, its processing; (4) to correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data; and (5) to lodge a complaint with national data protection authorities. For deletion the policy points to section 10; deleting your account removes all data you store in the Telegram cloud.
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Under applicable data protection legislation, in certain circumstances, you have rights concerning your personal data. You have a right to: (1) request a copy of all your personal data that we store and to transmit that copy to another data controller; (2) delete (see section 10 below) or amend your personal data; (3) restrict, or object to, the processing of your personal data; (4) correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold on you; and (5) lodge a complaint with national data protection authorities regarding our processing of your personal data.
Deleting your account removes all messages, media, contacts and every other piece of data you store in the Telegram cloud.
Qualifications & exceptions
The rights apply "in certain circumstances" and under "applicable" legislation, which the policy does not name.
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The policy does not say whether, or in which circumstances, these rights are available to users in the United States, or whether rights under US state privacy laws are covered.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
To exercise your rights, use the contact details in section 12; EEA users can also use the EDPO representative
To exercise these rights, Telegram says to use the contact details in section 12. Section 12 points to the FAQ and to Telegram's Volunteer Support, reached in the app through Settings > Ask a Question, and says that people in the EU who want to submit a GDPR-related request should "see here". Section 1.4 separately names EDPO as the EEA representative for GDPR queries, with an online form and a Brussels postal address.
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If you wish to exercise any of these rights, kindly use the contact details in section 12 below.
If you have any questions please feel free to explore our
or contact Telegram's Volunteer Support in-app via Settings > Ask a Question.
If you live in the EU and would like to submit a GDPR-related request, please see here.
pursuant to Article 27 of the GDPR. You can direct to EDPO any of your GDPR-related queries:
by using EDPO’s online request form at
by writing to EDPO at Avenue Huart Hamoir 71, 1030 Brussels, Belgium.
Qualifications & exceptions
The EDPO route is stated for people who live in the EEA, and the "see here" request route for people who live in the EU.
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The target of the "see here" link is not visible in the saved text, and no response deadline or verification process for rights requests is described.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
Data Settings in the mobile apps let you control how your data is used, for example delete synced contacts
You can control how your data is used, for example by deleting synced contacts, in Settings > Privacy & Security > Data Settings, using one of Telegram's mobile apps.
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You can control how your data is used (e.g., delete synced contacts) in Settings > Privacy & Security > Data Settings (using one of our mobile apps).
Qualifications & exceptions
The path is described for the mobile apps.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Without accepting Telegram's "modest minimum requirements" it cannot provide the Services; you can delete your account
Telegram says that if you are not OK with its "modest minimum requirements" it will not be possible to provide you with the Services, and that you can delete your Telegram account through the deactivation page.
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Sadly, if you're not OK with Telegram's modest minimum requirements, it won't be possible for us to provide you with our Services.
You can delete your Telegram account by proceeding to the
Not stated here
The "minimum requirements" are not defined.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Questions can go to the FAQ or Telegram's Volunteer Support in the app; EU users have a GDPR request page
For questions, Telegram points to its FAQ and to Telegram's Volunteer Support, reached in the app through Settings > Ask a Question. It adds that people who live in the EU and want to submit a GDPR-related request should "see here"; the link behind "here" is not visible in the saved text.
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If you have any questions please feel free to explore our
or contact Telegram's Volunteer Support in-app via Settings > Ask a Question.
If you live in the EU and would like to submit a GDPR-related request, please see here.
Not stated here
The destination of the "see here" link and the process it leads to are not shown in the saved text.