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An online publishing platform that allows users to write, publish, and read articles on various topics, operating on a freemium model with both free and paid subscription content. The platform hosts millions of writers and publications, making it a significant hub for digital journalism, opinion pieces, and long-form content. Its terms of service and privacy policies directly affect how user-generated content is moderated, monetized, and shared, while also governing data collection practices for both writers and readers.
High, provisions that significantly limit your legal rights, authorize broad data collection, or create material financial exposure. Medium, provisions worth knowing about but with partial protections or limited scope. Low, standard terms with minimal consumer impact.
Excluding these categories of damages means users typically cannot recover for losses that flow indirectly from Medium's conduct, even if significant.
This is a direct statement that Medium does not engage in the sale of personal data, which is a key concern under privacy laws such as the CCPA.
Users' personal data may be subject to the legal frameworks of foreign jurisdictions that offer fewer protections, potentially affecting their privacy rights.
Medium may disclose personal data based on its own belief that a policy or legal violation has occurred, without requiring a confirmed or adjudicated violation.
Medium reserves the right to disclose personal data to authorities or in legal proceedings based on its own belief that disclosure is legally appropriate, which may occur without prior user notice.
Medium's privacy policy explains what personal information Medium collects about you, who it shares that information with, and what rights you have over your data. Medium does not sell your …
Medium's Terms of Service govern what you can do on the platform and what Medium can do with your content and account. When you post content, you give Medium a …
Medium modified its Terms of Service on July 11, 2026 by removing a sentence about subscription sign-up language and replacing it with a new provision stating that Medium may discontinue …
View change record →Medium updated its privacy policy on June 19, 2026 to specify that vendors and service providers may receive personal information including content you submitted or posted, and to clarify that …
View change record →Medium removed the phrase 'as a Newsletter Editor' from a clause requiring users to represent that they have lawfully collected personal information. The updated language now applies this representation requirement …
View change record →ConductAtlas tracks 2 Medium documents including terms of service, privacy policy, and other governance documents. Every document is captured daily with cryptographic verification.
Medium has made 16 policy changes in the past 12 months across the documents ConductAtlas tracks.
ConductAtlas has classified 54 provisions across Medium's tracked documents. 7 are rated high severity, 35 medium, and 12 low.
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