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That's what I wanted to read
That statement is in contradiction to Iraq statement.
And Telegram is known to share the data when required while keeping their transparency channel empty.
Yes, it definitely is - but, from a recent controversy originated from a Delhi court ruling that Telegram must hand them the identity of some users administrating some piracy channels, we learned that "private user data" doesn't include the phone number linked to your account and the IP addresses of your active sessions - which is probably the data Iraq received from them. Citing a telegram's spokesperson response to a Tech Crunch's question on whether they shared private data:
Their privacy policy still mentions this, btw:
...which seems to be a lie considering how much evidence is piling up without being firmly dismissed by Telegram