What are your thoughts on internet privacy? Big internet companies like Facebook or Google have effectively hijacked the privacy discourse in the recent years. Their marketers managed to convince the public that the most important things about privacy are superficial tools that allow hiding your public posts from the people around you. Adding these superficial tools enables companies to calm down the public and change nothing in how they are turning over private data to marketers and other third parties. At Telegram we think that the two most important components of Internet privacy should be instead:  Protecting your private conversations from snooping third parties, such as officials, employers, etc. Protecting your personal data from third parties, such as marketers, advertisers, etc.  This is what everybody should care about, and these are some of our top priorities. We don’t use your data for ad targeting, we don’t sell it to others i> Q: A bot or channel is infringing on my copyright. What do I do? All Telegram chats and group chats are private amongst their participants. We do not process any requests related to them. But sticker sets, channels, and bots on Telegram are publicly available. If you see a bot, channel, or sticker set that is infringing on your copyright, kindly submit a complaint to dmca@telegram.org. Please note that such requests should only be submitted by the copyright owner or an agent authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.  Q: Wait! 0_o Do you process take-down requests from third parties? Our mission is to provide a secure means of communication that works everywhere on the planet. To do this in the places where it is most needed (and to continue distributing Telegram through the App Store and Google Play), we have to process legitimate requests to take down illegal public content (e.g., sticker sets, bots, and channels) within the app. For example, we can take down sticker sets that violate intellectual property rights or porn bots. User-uploaded stickers sets, channels, and bots by third-party developers are not part of the core Telegram UI. Whenever we receive a complaint at abuse@telegram.org or dmca@telegram.org regarding the legality of public content, we perform the necessary legal checks and take it down when deemed appropriate. Please note that this does not apply to local restrictions on freedom of speech. For example, if criticizing the government is illegal in some country, Telegram won't be a part of such politically motivated censorship. This goes against our founders' principles. While we do block terrorist (e.g. ISIS-related) bots and channels, we will not block anybody who peacefully expresses alternative opinions To protect the data that is not covered by end-to-end encryption, Telegram uses a distributed infrastructure. Server-client encryption is used in Cloud Chats (private and group chats) Go to Telegram Settings &gt. Privacy and Security and turn on Two-Step Verification. This way the phone number alone will not be enough to log in to your account. Bots are made by third-party developers using the Telegram Bot API and platform. 

Summary:
This service offers a symbolic but nonbinding statement about a matter of opinion, ethics, society, or politics. This service does not sell your personal data. If you are the target of a copyright claim, your content may be removed. Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world. The service can read your private messages. Two factor authentication is provided for your account. Many third parties are involved in operating the service.