The policy states that Medium and its vendors may scan, analyze, and review user content, messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata, including for the purpose of training, testing, and improving machine learning models and algorithms.
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This provision establishes that user-generated content and AI interactions, along with associated metadata, may be shared with and analyzed by third-party vendors for ML model training purposes. The scope of 'AI interactions' is not defined in the document, leaving the precise categories of data subject to this processing operationally ambiguous.
Interpretive note: The term 'AI interactions' is not defined in the document, making the precise scope of data subject to scanning and ML training operationally ambiguous.
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 →Provision now explicitly mentions use of personal information for ML model training and includes reference to 'information you submitted or posted,' significantly expanding the scope of data sharing purposes.
View full change record →Under this clause, content submitted or posted by users, messages sent on the platform, and interactions with AI features may be scanned and reviewed by Medium and its vendors, and used to train machine learning models. The agreement does not define 'AI interactions' or specify which metadata categories are included.
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Compare across platforms →"We share personal information with vendors, service providers, and consultants that need access to personal information, such as information you submitted or posted through our Service, in order to perform services for us, such as companies that assist us with web hosting, storage, and other infrastructure, analytics, payment processing, fraud prevention and security, customer service, communications, and marketing, and to train, test, and improve technology, including machine learning models and algorithms. We and these vendors, service providers, and consultants may scan, analyze, and review your content, messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata.Excerpt from Medium's Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates GDPR Article 6 (lawful basis for processing) and potentially Article 22 (automated decision-making) for EEA and UK users, as well as CCPA provisions governing disclosure of data use for …
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This provision establishes that user-generated content and AI interactions, along with associated metadata, may be shared with and analyzed by third-party vendors for ML model training purposes. The scope of 'AI interactions' is not defined in the document, leaving the precise categories of data subject to this processing operationally ambiguous.
Under this clause, content submitted or posted by users, messages sent on the platform, and interactions with AI features may be scanned and reviewed by Medium and its vendors, and used to train machine learning models. The agreement does not define 'AI interactions' or specify which metadata categories are included.
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