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.
Class action waivers significantly limit users' practical ability to pursue small or medium-sized claims, since the cost of individual arbitration often exceeds the value of what any single user migh…
This clause establishes the operational basis for behavioral advertising delivery to non-Member users and defines the technical mechanisms (cookies and tracking technologies) through which advertisin…
The provision establishes the operational basis for Medium's content personalization and recommendation systems, which require continuous collection of behavioral data to function. This data collecti…
This clause establishes Medium's authority to unilaterally alter the contractual relationship and service availability. The termination authorization operates without requirement for cause or advance…
The provision establishes Medium's operational rights to deploy user-generated content across its service delivery infrastructure, including its network of publications. The transferability and subli…
Medium's Privacy Policy describes how A Medium Corporation collects and uses personal data from readers, writers, and subscribers on its publishing platform. The policy authorizes collection of identifiers, reading and …
This document establishes the Terms of Service governing user access to and participation in Medium's platform for reading and publishing content. The agreement authorizes Medium to use, reproduce, modify, and …
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 …
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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 8 policy changes in the past 12 months across the documents ConductAtlas tracks.
ConductAtlas has classified 36 provisions across Medium's tracked documents. 5 are rated high severity, 24 medium, and 7 low.
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