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The 14-day window establishes a concrete, time-bound obligation on Medium to remove account data after closure.
The updated policy states that Medium and its vendors may scan, analyze, and review your content, messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata. Data sharing now explicitly includes information you submitted or posted through the service, extending beyond infrastructure support to machine learning model training and improvement. The policy does not indicate an opt-out mechanism or granular user control over this specific use of content.
View change record →Closing your account triggers a defined deadline by which Medium must delete your account data.
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"If you close your account, we will delete your account data within 14 days.Excerpt from Medium's Privacy Policy
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The 14-day window establishes a concrete, time-bound obligation on Medium to remove account data after closure.
Closing your account triggers a defined deadline by which Medium must delete your account data.
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