Medium removed a call-to-action encouraging newsletter sign-up and replaced it with a disclosure statement listing the categories of personal information collected in the preceding 12 months, identifiers, commercial information, internet or other electronic network activity information, and inferences. This change substitutes a user engagement message with a privacy-related data collection statement.
The updated policy now explicitly discloses the categories of personal information Medium collected in the preceding 12 months, identifiers, commercial information, internet or other electronic network activity information, and inferences. This disclosure appears in place of a newsletter sign-up prompt, shifting the policy page from marketing outreach to transparency disclosure. This change does not alter what data Medium collects; it changes where and how that collection is described in the policy document.
Updated policy now explicitly states that Medium collected identifiers, commercial information, internet or other electronic network activity information, and inferences in the preceding 12 months
This change record describes what was added, removed, or modified in the document. Analysis reflects what the updated agreement states or permits. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Applicability may vary by jurisdiction. Methodology
Medium replaced a newsletter sign-up call-to-action with an explicit 12-month data collection disclosure in its privacy policy. This change appears to respond to privacy disclosure obligations, particularly those required under California privacy law and similar …
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Medium's privacy policy header was revised in an update detected on August 31, 2026. The text removed a numerical reference …
A minor editorial change was detected in Medium's Privacy Policy on August 5, 2026. The phrase 'Privacy Media' was removed …
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