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Data Subject Rights (Access, Deletion, Portability)

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

These rights give you meaningful control over your personal information, but you must actively request them by contacting Medium — they are not automatically applied.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Medium collects a broad range of personal data including reading history, payment information, device and location data, and data from linked third-party accounts such as Google or Facebook, and shares this data with analytics providers, advertising partners, and potential acquirers. EU and California residents have legally supported rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict their data, while users in other jurisdictions have fewer guaranteed protections under this policy. You can submit a data access or deletion request by contacting Medium at privacy@medium.com.

How other platforms handle this

Runway Medium

In addition to the above rights, your local laws (including those in the EU, UK, Japan, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, or Utah) may afford you f...

ADP Medium

If you are a California resident, you may have certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These rights may include: the right to know about personal information collected, disclosed, or sold; the right to delete personal information collected from you; the right to opt-out of t...

TransUnion Medium

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights with respect to your personal information. These rights may include: The right to know what personal information we have collected about you, including the categories of personal information, the categories of sources from which we collected i...

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You have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below. If you are a resident of the EEA, you have certain data protection rights. A Medium Corporation aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

— Excerpt from Medium's Medium Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Colorado AI Act
US-CO
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
UK GDPR
United Kingdom
Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US
VPPA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
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Medium Privacy Policy
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Medium
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
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May 10, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
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CA-P-006295
Document ID
CA-D-00246
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May 10, 2026 19:54 UTC
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Citation Record
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Document: Medium Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-006295
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URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/medium/medium-privacy-policy/data-subject-rights-access-deletion-portability/
Accessed: May 14, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Medium's Data Subject Rights (Access, Deletion, Portability) clause do?

These rights give you meaningful control over your personal information, but you must actively request them by contacting Medium — they are not automatically applied.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 3 platforms. See the full comparison.

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