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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 personal information, but it does share it with vendors and service providers, and it may disclose it to authorities when it believes the law requires. You can access, correct, delete, or export your account data at any time through your Settings page, and if you close your account, Medium will delete your data within 14 days.
Medium's privacy policy establishes the categories of personal information Medium collects directly from users (including name, username, bio, email address, and user content), the tracking technologies it deploys (cookies, web beacons, and device identifiers operated partly by third-party analytics providers across Medium and other websites), and the circumstances under which it shares that information with vendors, service providers, law enforcement, or other parties. Medium expressly states it does not sell personal information. The policy sets a 14-day deletion obligation following account closure and grants users self-service rights to access, correct, delete, and export account data through the Settings page. Personal information may be transferred to jurisdictions that do not provide equivalent data protection levels, and Medium and its vendors may scan, analyze, and review user content, messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata.
As a Medium user, your name, photo, and bio become visible to others when you publish content, post comments, or send private notes. Your activity on Medium and other websites is tracked through cookies, web beacons, and device identifiers by both Medium and third-party analytics providers, and your content, messages, and AI interactions may be scanned and reviewed by Medium and its vendors. Your personal data may be stored or accessed in countries with weaker privacy protections than your own. Medium may share your personal information if it believes you have violated its policies or the law, or if disclosure is consistent with legal process or authority requests. One concrete action available to you: you can access, correct, delete, and export your account information at any time by visiting the Settings page.
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12 important changes detected
15 versions captured · Last updated: August 2026
Medium's Privacy Policy detected a change on July 15, 2026 involving minor formatting adjustments and the addition of subscription-related interface language ('Subscribe', 'Remember me for faster sign in'). The substantive …
View change record →Medium's Privacy Policy was detected to have changed on July 14, 2026. The policy removed a sentence about email subscription preferences and modified two sentences in sections describing the feature's …
View change record →Medium's Privacy Policy was updated on July 13, 2026 with minor formatting and structural changes. The update added navigation elements and a subscription prompt at the top of the policy …
View change record →Medium removed a subscription call-to-action from its privacy policy and replaced it with an explanation of the legitimate interests basis for a feature that helps users connect with people they …
View change record →Medium's privacy policy metadata changed on July 7, 2026, with a minor edit to the document share count displayed in the policy header. The share count increased from 20 to …
View change record →The detected change in Medium's Privacy Policy on July 5, 2026 involves a minor modification to metadata: the share count displayed with the policy increased from 19 to 20. This …
View change record →The detected change is a single character modification in the read count display within the policy header metadata, changing from '18' to '19' reads. This appears to be a routine …
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's privacy policy was updated on June 6, 2026 to add engagement metrics (53K views, 13 responses) to the policy document header. The change is purely editorial and adds visible …
View change record →Medium updated its Privacy Policy on May 18, 2026 to add detailed disclosure about its address book contact feature. The new language explains that when users opt in to this …
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