Data and privacy policy
Revision of 2026-10-21 (version 2026-10-21)
Webmarket is a search engine over classified ads: we collect offers from open sources and send the buyer to the seller. We do not sell goods and do not take payment for them, so we have no purchase data either — except your own "I bought it" answer, if you gave it to our bot (see "Reviews of sellers"). We have one paid service: a seller can boost their listing to the TOP for Telegram Stars (see "Paying for a TOP spot").
This page describes what the service keeps about a visitor, why it is needed, how long it is kept and how to export or delete it.
Who processes the data and how to reach us
Contact for enquiries: Telegram @webmarketuzsupport.
The data listed below is processed by the owner of the Webmarket service.
A question about data, a request to export or delete it, or a complaint about a listing can be sent through the contact form at the bottom of this page. Please leave a contact we can reply to.
What we keep
A visitor record is created before any sign-in: age confirmation and favourites are needed by people who never intend to sign in. The identifier is a random string the browser keeps on its side; on its own it does not name a person.
| What we keep | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|
| Random browser identifier | telling visitors apart without a sign-in: favourites, history, age confirmation | while the browser is in use; the record is deleted after 365 days without a visit |
| Browser string (User-Agent) and a "looks like a bot" flag | not counting robots as people in our own reports | together with the visitor record |
| Date of age confirmation | showing age-restricted categories | together with the visitor record |
| Telegram: account number, username, display name | one set of favourites and one history across a person's devices | until Telegram is unlinked or the data is deleted |
| One-time sign-in codes | passwordless sign-in through the bot | the code is valid for 1 minute; the record is kept for 24 hours |
| Search history: query, section, category, number of results | showing "you searched for" and learning what the catalogue lacks | 365 days |
| Product card views | seeing what is viewed more often | 365 days |
| Result clicks and hand-offs to sellers (without any phone number) | the main measure of the site: did the buyer reach the seller | 365 days |
| Favourites and saved searches | things the person saved deliberately | until the person removes them or deletes their data; together with the visitor record if the browser is not used for 365 days |
| Consent records: policy version, purpose, date, surface | answering the question "on what basis is this data here" | as long as the visitor record exists |
| A request to a seller, if you left one: contact and text | delivering to the seller what you wrote to them | 365 days, or at once when you delete your data; anything already received by the seller stays with the seller |
| Messages sent through the contact form: name, e-mail, text | answering a question, a data request or a complaint | 365 days; at once when you delete your data |
| Reviews of sellers: the author's Telegram account number, the channel, the hand-off the review refers to, a rating from 1 to 5 and the text | showing other buyers the experience of those who bought, and counting the rating in the seller's score | until you ask us to erase your data; a review removed after a complaint is kept the same way but not shown; the link to the hand-off is erased after 365 days together with the hand-off itself, the review stays |
| The bot's "Did you buy?" questions and your answers, the "Больше не спрашивать" ("stop asking") opt-out | asking once about a hand-off to a seller and not asking those who opted out | a question about a hand-off and your answer to it — 365 days, together with the hand-off; the "stop asking" opt-out — until you ask us to erase your data |
| Webmarket points: credits, debits and expiry (including points for reviews) | showing your balance and rank in "My contribution" | a credit expires after 90 days; ledger rows are kept until you ask us to erase your data |
| Site design variant: which one the browser was given, which one you picked in “My contribution”, when and from which to which you switched | to compare design variants by how often buyers reach the seller with each, and to show the chosen variant on all of a person's devices | the choice — until you change it or delete your data; the switch history — 365 days |
| Paying for a TOP spot with Telegram Stars: the payer's Telegram account number, the listing, hours of display, the amount in Stars, the Telegram payment identifier, a refund mark | issuing the invoice, showing the paid spot and refunding the Stars on cancellation | as long as it is needed to account for income and refunds; payment records stay when your data is erased completely |
| Inviting friends: your invitation link, who invited whom (Telegram account numbers), points credited for invitations | crediting points for invited people | until you ask us to erase your data |
| Channels you suggested to the catalogue and "this is my channel" claims: the channel, the Telegram account number, the verification status | accepting the channel into the catalogue, crediting points for it, confirming the channel owner | until you ask us to erase your data; on erasure the channel stays in the catalogue without your name |
| Consent to appear in the public ranking of participants | showing your rank in the ranking, only if you turned it on | until you turn it off or ask us to erase your data |
| Web server log: connection address, browser string, page address | troubleshooting and protection against enumeration | the retention is set by the server configuration |
What we do not keep
Not your Telegram conversations with sellers or other people, not the phone number of the person who signed in, not passwords, not bank card details: none of this is passed to us and we do not ask for it. A TOP spot is paid for with Stars inside Telegram, and we receive only the amount and the payment identifier. The answers and review text you send to our bot yourself are described under "Reviews of sellers".
Consent records hold neither a connection address nor Telegram data: the browser identifier is enough to answer who consented to what.
We do not buy data about you from anyone and we do not link your identifier to advertising profiles.
Telegram sign-in and consent
Signing in serves two things: keeping favourites, saved searches and history the same on all your devices, and letting you review a seller you reached through us (see "Reviews of sellers"). The catalogue works in full without signing in.
Before signing in we ask for consent as a separate action and record it: the version of this text, the purpose "telegram_login", the date and the surface (site or Telegram app). Without a recorded consent the server refuses to link the browser to Telegram.
Consent can be withdrawn: "Unlink Telegram" removes the link and marks the consent as withdrawn. The catalogue, favourites and this browser's history stay where they are.
Age
Age confirmation is your statement about yourself, not a consent to data processing, and we do not pass one off as the other. We cannot truly verify age and do not pretend to; the date of the statement is recorded.
Age confirmation does not unlock goods that may not be advertised: nobody sees those.
Reviews of sellers
If you signed in with Telegram and went from Webmarket to a seller, our bot may ask you once, a few days later: "Did you buy from them?". We ask only in the daytime, at most once a week and without reminders; the "Больше не спрашивать" ("stop asking") button turns the questions off for good.
We cannot see the purchase itself and we take your word for it. After "Yes, I bought" you can give a rating of 1 to 5 stars and write a few words. Without a hand-off from us to that seller and without the "I bought" answer a review is not accepted; one person — one review of a seller, which can be edited.
Phone numbers, links, e-mail addresses and mentions are removed from the review text automatically; a text with prohibited content is not published. The review is shown on the seller's page without your name or Telegram number. The seller and other visitors can complain about a review: a complaint does not hide it, the owner of the service decides.
For a published review we credit Webmarket points — once per review; if the review is removed after a complaint, the points are debited. Points cannot be bought, withdrawn or exchanged for money.
Reviews, answers to the bot's questions and points are included in your data export and are deleted when your data is erased completely.
Paying for a TOP spot
A seller can boost their listing to the TOP: for the paid hours it is shown first in its category or in the general feed. Payment is in Telegram Stars through our bot: the invoice and the payment itself go through Telegram. Buyers have nothing to pay us for.
We keep a record of every payment (the "Paying for a TOP spot" row in the table above). If a spot is cancelled before the display starts, or a payment does not match the invoice, the Stars are refunded through Telegram and the refund is marked in the same record.
A TOP spot can also be paid for with Webmarket points. We exchange neither Stars nor points for money.
What you can do
Download your data — we return, as a file, everything held under your account. The web server log and the traffic counters' data are not included.
Delete your account — in one action with an explicit confirmation: access is closed on all your devices and the consent to sign in with Telegram is withdrawn, while the records themselves (history, favourites, saved searches and the rest) are kept for the retention periods in this Policy. If you sign in with Telegram again and give the consent again, access to them comes back.
Erase your data completely — on request: write through the "Contact Webmarket" form on this page or to support in Telegram and name the Telegram account you signed in with. We will delete history, views, clicks, favourites, saved searches, sign-in codes, consent records, requests to sellers, contact-form messages, reviews, answers to the bot's questions, points, invitations and the credits for them, "this is my channel" claims, the Telegram link and the visitor records themselves; your name is removed from the channels and catalogue sections you suggested. Records of TOP payments stay: they are needed to account for income and refunds. The catalogue and sellers' listings are untouched.
Unlink Telegram — the link is removed, the browser's data stays.
Export, unlinking and account deletion are in the personal screen "My contribution" (site menu and Mini App) after signing in with Telegram. The exported file contains your data — do not pass it on to anyone else.
Cookies and traffic counters
The site itself sets no cookies for visitors: the chosen language, the colour theme and design variant, the browser identifier, the items added to comparison and which variant of the home page headline this browser was shown are kept in the browser's own storage.
Beyond that, Yandex Metrica and Google Tag Manager run on the pages. These are third-party counters: they set their own cookies and send events about page views and clicks to Yandex and Google, which handle them under their own rules. What exactly is stored in the browser, and how to opt out of the counters, is described on the Cookies and analytics page.
Changes
The document has a version. When the text changes, the version changes and consent is asked again: consent to a previous revision is not consent to the new one. The current revision is always published on this page.
Contact Webmarket
This is the site's general contact form: a question about the service, a question about your data, a complaint about a listing or a rightsholder's notice — it all arrives here. Leave a contact if you expect a reply.
The fastest way is Telegram: @webmarketuzsupport
Catalogue news and picks are in our channel: @uz_webmarket