If Medium is sold, merges with another company, or goes through bankruptcy, your personal data may be transferred to the new owner or successor entity as part of that transaction.
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A corporate transaction could result in your personal data being controlled by a different company with different privacy practices, and this policy gives you no opt-out right in that scenario.
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 →In the event of a sale, merger, or bankruptcy involving Medium, your personal information, including account data, reading history, and payment details, may be transferred to a new entity whose privacy practices you have not reviewed or agreed to.
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"If Medium is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing due diligence, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, sale of company assets, or transition of service to another provider, your personal information and other information may be shared in the diligence process or transferred to a successor or affiliate entity.Excerpt from Medium's Privacy Policy
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A corporate transaction could result in your personal data being controlled by a different company with different privacy practices, and this policy gives you no opt-out right in that scenario.
In the event of a sale, merger, or bankruptcy involving Medium, your personal information, including account data, reading history, and payment details, may be transferred to a new entity whose privacy practices you have not reviewed or agreed to.
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