“If Telegram receives a valid order from the relevant judicial authorities that confirms you’re a suspect in a case involving criminal activities that violate the Telegram Terms of Service, we will perform a legal analysis of the request and may disclose your IP address and phone number to the relevant authorities.”
The old policy covered terror suspects only. Now it covers any crime that also breaks Telegram’s terms, which is whatever Telegram says it is. The change came one month after French authorities charged Pavel Durov. Telegram’s privacy promise lasted exactly as long as its CEO stayed out of a French courtroom.